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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. 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"?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Parents.
(c) Principals.
(d) Administrators.

2. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?
(a) The surplus model.
(b) The teacher-centered model.
(c) The deficit model.
(d) The student-centered model.

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

4. Which country's children did Gellhorn write about?
(a) Canada.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) United States.
(d) Mexico.

5. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Ideal schools.
(b) Teacher-centered schools.
(c) Big schools.
(d) Small schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?

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

3. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?

4. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?

5. What was the name of the group of housing activists who constructed simple and livable structures for the homeless?

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