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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Beginning Again, The Current Challenge to Teach.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," who suggested to "go into yourself"?
(a) Addams.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Stanislavsky.
(d) Dewey.

3. What is a sophisticated and complex cognitive process as suggested in Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum"?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Learning.
(d) Reading.

4. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?
(a) Savages.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Culturally deprived.
(d) At Risk.

5. Who must be autobiographers and be authentic suggested by Ayers?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Parents.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers suggests that _____________ tears down walls?

2. Who created an impressive archive and research center where they have collected the work of hundreds of children over many years?

3. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?

4. What did Ayers suggest should be the center of knowledge?

5. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?

(see the answer key)

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