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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. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?
(a) Motivational speakers visited and taught.
(b) The teacher allowed the student to pursue their goals.
(c) Videos of best practice.
(d) The teacher taught straight from the book.

2. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) Cabrini Green.
(b) A shanty town.
(c) An old church.
(d) A habitat house.

3. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?
(a) Student review.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Administrative review.
(d) Staff review.

4. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Pat.
(b) Chesa.
(c) Sid.
(d) Jose.

5. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Berkeley High School.
(b) North Campton High School.
(c) Bismarck High School.
(d) Los Angeles High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?

2. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?

3. What should all teachers take into consideration when understanding children, according to Ayers?

4. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

5. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?

(see the answer key)

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