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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Nel Noddings.

2. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?
(a) William Ayers.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

3. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?
(a) Teachers.
(b) The child.
(c) Parents.
(d) Doctors.

4. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Profit-driven.
(b) Teacher centered.
(c) Student-centered.
(d) Administration centered.

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) The student.
(b) The parents.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?

2. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?

3. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?

4. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?

5. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

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