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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?
(a) Time.
(b) Redbook.
(c) Life.
(d) Ladies Home Journal.

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

3. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?
(a) To manage the mob.
(b) Create the "factory" student.
(c) Teach great lessons.
(d) Teach students one on one.

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

5. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?
(a) Children became more shy.
(b) Children became close-minded.
(c) Children disobeyed authority figures.
(d) Children began to think more openly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music was played at the detention center during work time?

2. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.

3. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

4. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Ayers, how do students describe teachers?

2. What reasons does Ayers give not to teach?

3. What are Ayers feelings about community?

4. According to Ayers, what does learning with students enact and demonstrate?

5. Why, according to Ayers, is child observation is important?

6. How did Ayers build a laboratory for discovery and surprise?

7. According to Ayers, what is every child?

8. Ayers discusses a link between democracy and education. What is the link between democracy and education?

9. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did Ayers describe Chesa?

10. In Chapter 1, "Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching," how did Jakob feel after learning to read?

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