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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. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Profit-driven.
(b) Student-centered.
(c) Teacher centered.
(d) Administration centered.

2. In Ayers preschool classroom, which area felt "cozy and home-like"?
(a) The loft where the blocks were stored.
(b) The store.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The dress-up area.

3. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?
(a) Job loss.
(b) Violence.
(c) School failure.
(d) Drugs.

4. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?
(a) Learning.
(b) Communication.
(c) Bridge-building.
(d) Teaching.

5. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Abraham Maslow.
(d) Erik Erikson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

3. What color did Darlene "spy"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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