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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?
(a) Jose Vega.
(b) Pat Carini.
(c) Eleanor Duckworth.
(d) Mara Sapon-Shevin.

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

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

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

5. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?
(a) Adequate education for all children.
(b) Complete overall of educational system.
(c) Increased teacher pay.
(d) Adequate education for 75% of children.

6. What year did Ayers begin teaching?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

7. 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 willingness to embrace the new.
(b) A new focus.
(c) The problems that plagued education.
(d) The ongoing conversation about teaching.

8. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) The student.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) The parents.

9. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) A success.
(b) An adequate system.
(c) A failure.
(d) An equal system.

10. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) William Ayers.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

11. What type of music was played at the detention center during work time?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Country music.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Rock music.

12. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?
(a) Skateboarding.
(b) Football.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Running.

13. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 14 months old.
(d) 14 years old.

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

15. In Ayers classroom, what dominated the window sills and counter tops?
(a) Photos of students.
(b) Student projects.
(c) Teacher's artwork.
(d) Classroom rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?

2. What is considered by Ayers an epidemic in our schools known as a toxic habit with no limits?

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

4. Ayers believes that learning is what?

5. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?

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