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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. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.
(b) Less structured curriculum.
(c) Supported students rights.
(d) Higher pay for teachers.

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

3. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?
(a) Parents.
(b) Children.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Administrators.

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

5. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?
(a) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) The Tempest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?

2. What did Ayers's students do preschool through high school that was considered a class job or responsibility?

3. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?

4. What city is La Escuela Fratney located?

5. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?

(see the answer key)

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