Freedom, to Gathercoal, means:
a. students are creative individuals and are free to express their individuality in almost anyway they please.
b. a commodity that can be purchased with Good Behavior points.
c. students do not have license to do as they please. It means they have freedom to think and act on behalf of their own self-interests, but only if those individual interests are balanced with the welfare needs of other members of the larger community.
d. about the same as Charles Silberman's book during the 1960s about allowing students freedom to learn and express themselves.
Question 2
The average on Mr. Brighton's fifth-period class' last exam was 68.2 percent. When discussing the results with his fellow teacher, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Brighton said, I need to examine how I might change my style and manner of teaching to help my students more effectively. Mr. Paxton replied, You shouldn't change anything at all, because I have those same students in third period, and they're just not a very bright or motivated group of students.
In this situation, all but which of the following are obviously true?
a. Mr. Brighton sees himself as bearing personal responsibility for student success.
b. Mr. Paxton is likely to have less successful relationships with the students than Mr. Brighton does.
c. The material that Mr. Brighton is teaching is too difficult for the students in his fifth-period class.
d. Mr. Brighton could be characterized as a reflective practitioner.