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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?

2. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?

3. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?

4. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?

5. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are people called to teaching, according to Ayers?

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

3. Describe the positives to small schools as stated by Ayers.

4. What did Ayers say the child running in a pre-school area saw?

5. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," describe the treasure hunt.

6. What is the difference between the old and new edition of "To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher"?

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

8. What pains does Ayers say teachers usually face?

9. According to Ayers, what is every child?

10. What does learning require, according to Ayers's research?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pat Carini argued that "each person was a mystery." Each student was a mystery to the teacher.

Part 1) Discuss Pat Carini's argument.

Part 2) What did Carini remind teachers about?

Essay Topic 2

According to Ayers, standardized testing measured only one small part of a child. Standardized testing was biased and expensive.

Part 1) What alternatives to standardized testing did Ayers propose?

Part 2) Describe the approach these alternatives took toward the education process.

Essay Topic 3

Ayers discussed culture and the many things culture was and was not.

Part 1) According to Ayers what was culture?

Part 2) Who did Ayers believe determined the culture of a community?

Part 3) What cultures did Ayers discuss in the book?

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