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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Liberating the Curriculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Hannah Arendt.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Nel Noddings.

3. According to Ayers, what are schools?
(a) Learning factories.
(b) Large places.
(c) Porous places.
(d) Small places.

4. In what publication did Bernardina and Zayd read coverage of the Central Park rape?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Chicago Sun Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) Teachers.
(b) The parents.
(c) Doctors.
(d) The student.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?

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

3. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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