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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. What writer referred to "pedagogical intercourse"?

2. Although fear and sex were identified as two main instincts, what word did Ashton-Warner say was missing from the beginning Maori readers?

3. What was the new teacher doing when Ashton-Warner left the classroom?

4. What color were the new doors in the classrooms?

5. Whom did Matawhero hit in "Post Holiday Notes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ashton-Warner think about as she gazed at the empty site where her old classroom had once stood?

2. Why did Ashton-Warner say that when giving first words to her students, she avoided showing them any illustrations of those words?

3. What were the vocabulary words like in the new classroom?

4. In "Post Holiday Notes," what word did Ashton-Warner use to represent the key instinct of fear to her students?

5. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?

6. What was Ashton-Warner's attitude toward the white students who accused Maori students of theft?

7. What set the local Maori pa (village) where Ashton-Warner taught apart from other pas?

8. Why did Ashton-Warner write at the end of "Holidays" that she was no longer lonely?

9. In her discussion of pedagogy as marriage, what did Ashton-Warner mean when she said that "love interferes with fidelity"?

10. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the traditional Maori music performed by the children under the direction of Kahu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ashton-Warner pointed out that although the Maori love words, they frequently speak to one another in one-word sentences that convey detailed meaning. Do you think this tendency is natural to human beings or was it developed over time by the Maori as they lived on a previously-isolated island nation? Do humans develop different language patterns based on their culture? Would it be possible for a non-Maori to develop the skill of interpreting the many nuances of a one-word Maori sentence? How can different speech patterns lead to misunderstandings?

Essay Topic 2

Ashton-Warner wrote about the "Golden Section" in education and how she incorporated nature into the classroom. What are the benefits of teaching about nature in the classroom? How does nature provide insights into other areas of the curriculum? Ashton-Warner's classroom was somewhat unique in that the nature was right outside and sometimes even entered the classroom. How do teachers living in more urban environments bring nature into the classroom? Is it possible for all teachers to take their students out into actual natural settings or can there be benefits to bringing natural lessons into the physical classroom? How does the natural world speak to children and how can that be harnessed?

Essay Topic 3

Although Ashton-Warner was willing to sometimes rein in her classroom, overall she accepted the fact that there would be noisy chaos among the children. How does a teacher harness this sort of energy when asking the students to perform specific tasks? How does he ensure that it does not become disruptive? Based on Ashton-Warner's experiences, is this noise ever destructive? Would it be possible to allow this level of noise in most modern-day classrooms or would the differences among the children preclude allowing it?

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