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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Creating an Environment for Learning.

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) William Ayers.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) Nel Noddings.

2. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?
(a) The lives of children.
(b) The lives of administrators.
(c) The lives of teachers.
(d) The lives of the incarcerated.

3. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?
(a) The problems that plagued education.
(b) A new focus.
(c) The ongoing conversation about teaching.
(d) The willingness to embrace the new.

4. Who created an impressive archive and research center where they have collected the work of hundreds of children over many years?
(a) William Ayers.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Pat Carini.
(d) Kevin Sweeney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayers say died at an early age for too many young Americans?

2. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?

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

4. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?

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