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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?
(a) The student-centered model.
(b) The surplus model.
(c) The teacher-centered model.
(d) The deficit model.

2. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Profit-driven.
(b) Administration centered.
(c) Teacher centered.
(d) Student-centered.

3. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Administrators.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Principals.

4. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) William Ayers.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) Nel Noddings.

5. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?
(a) Tired teachers.
(b) Crusading teachers.
(c) Experienced teachers.
(d) Kind teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?

2. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?

3. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

4. Which country's children did Gellhorn write about?

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

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