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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Liberating the Curriculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Zayd when the transformation of child to adult began?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Ten.

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

3. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?
(a) Jessica Howard.
(b) David Carroll.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) Pat Carini.

4. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Homer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?

4. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

5. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?

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