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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Creating an Environment for Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?
(a) Jessica Howard.
(b) David Carroll.
(c) Pat Carini.
(d) Maxine Greene.

2. What type of music was played at the detention center during work time?
(a) Country music.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Rock music.

3. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Small schools.
(b) Teacher-centered schools.
(c) Big schools.
(d) Ideal schools.

4. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) A habitat house.
(b) A shanty town.
(c) An old church.
(d) Cabrini Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?

2. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?

3. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?

4. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

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

(see the answer key)

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