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

2. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?

3. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?

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

5. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As stated by Ayers, why are people drawn to the teaching profession?

3. In Chapter 3, "Creating an Environment for Learning," what was found on the wall of Mr. Ayers classrooms?

4. How does Ayers suggest teachers give students the opportunity to choose?

5. What did Ayers say the first step of a staff review required?

6. What are Ayers feelings about community?

7. In the classroom described in Chapter 1, "Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching," what were students expected to do in the classroom?

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

9. What pains does Ayers say teachers usually face?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Ayers, teaching was entombed in a myth. Ayers discussed twelve myths of teaching.

Part 1) Discuss three of the twelve myths Ayers addressed in the book.

Part 2) Why did these myths exist?

Part 3) How can one be sure these myths are not true?

Essay Topic 2

Ayers discussed the success of Stokley Carmichael's Freedom School. Stokley Carmichael was very active in the Black Power movement.

Part 1) Discuss what Ayers said about the success of Freedom School?

Part 2) According to Ayers, what role did the Freedom School play in the life of students who attended Freedom Schools?

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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