Professional Education

Curriculum Development


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1) It is accepted practice that in preparing a lesson for a day, the setting of objectives is followed by the selection of ________ to achieve the objectives.

a) activities and references

b) methods and procedures

c) group leaders and members

d) strategies and techniques


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The correct answer is "strategies and techniques" as they are crucial in determining how the objectives will be met. Activities and references, methods and procedures, and group leaders and members support the strategies and techniques.

2) Philippines' Elementary Curriculum emphasizes on the development of the skills in writing, counting and reading. This manifests the great consideration given to the philosophy.

a) Idealism

b) Progressivism

c) Perennialism

d) Essentialism


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The correct answer is essentialism, which emphasizes fundamental skills such as writing, counting, and reading. Idealism focuses on ideal values, progressivism on experiential learning, and perennialism on timeless values.

3) Children’s interests are generally largely dependent on their experiences. Which of the following is an implication of this statement?

a) The curriculum should provide vital experiences if the school must use its opportunities to develop interest.

b) A large part of the subject matter has to be easy if they are to be interesting and within the learn

c) The experience of the child reduces the area in which the school may choose to develop interests.

d) The school should not develop interest outside the experience of the child.


ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The correct answer is a] The curriculum should provide vital experiences if the school must use its opportunities to develop interest because a curriculum that offers diverse and meaningful experiences can help cultivate a child's interests. The other options limit the scope of how interests can be developed.


4) The Grade 6 Science teachers are engaged in panning the units for Science. Which of the following activities will not be engaged in by the group of teachers?

a) Rearranging or adding lesson content to provide task-relevant prior knowledge.

b) Translating unit outcomes/objectives into specific lesson objective.

c) Classifying unit outcome/objectives at a higher level of behavior.

d) Breaking the lesson contents into chunks.


ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The correct answer is a] Rearranging or adding lesson content to provide task-relevant prior knowledge. This task typically occurs before unit planning, whereas the others are integral to the planning process.

5) Educational institutions’ effort of developing work skills inside the school are aimed at _____.

a) developing moral character

b) inculcating love of country

c) teaching the duties of citizenship

d) developing vocational efficiency


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The correct answer is d] developing vocational efficiency. This aligns directly with the goal of equipping students with practical work skills. The other options focus on broader educational goals rather than specific vocational skills.

6) The key to continuing community support for an instructional program is to:

a) Develop a program responsive to the changing needs of the community.

b) Allow community participation in the evaluation of teacher’s performance.

c) Maintain an instructional program that stresses a traditional academic education.

d) Rely on the media to improve the image of the school.


ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: The correct answer is a] Develop a program responsive to the changing needs of the community because it ensures relevance and adaptability, fostering long-term support. Community participation in evaluations, traditional programs, and media reliance are less directly impactful on ongoing support.

7) Which curricular move served to strengthen spiritual and ethical values?

a) Re-introducing Science as a subject in Grade 1

b) Reducing the number of subject areas into the skill subject

c) Integration of creative thinking in all subject

d) Introduction of Value Education as a separate subject area


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The introduction of Value Education as a separate subject area was a curricular move aimed at strengthening spiritual and ethical values in students. This subject focuses on moral development and the internalization of positive values. Therefore, the correct answer is "Introduction of Value Education as a separate subject area."


8) If you recall, there are four variables in the teaching learning process: the teacher, the nature of the subject matter, the learner and the?

a) references

b) materials to use

c) learning process

d) objectives


ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: The correct answer is "learning process" as it encompasses the methods and approaches used in teaching and learning. References and materials to use are resources, and objectives are goals, but the learning process directly influences how teaching and learning occur.

9) For Aristotle, what aspect/s of the subjects taught must be given emphasis?

a) practical aspect

b) theoretical aspect

c) practical and theoretical aspects

d) none of the above


ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: For Aristotle, neither the practical nor the theoretical aspects should be emphasized exclusively, as he believed in a balanced approach to education that includes both.

10) The main reason for the use of remedial teaching is to ________.

a) Guide the child to look for the proper procedure to learn what is taught.

b) Re-study something which was wrongly taught.

c) Guide the child to correct his own errors in all types of learning.

d) Provide more opportunities to repeat what was taught for better mastery.


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: The correct answer is d] Provide more opportunities to repeat what was taught for better mastery because remedial teaching focuses on reinforcing learning for students who need extra practice. Guiding procedures and correcting errors are part of it but not the primary goal.

11) Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she uphold?

a) Dual-Coding Theory

b) Information Processing Theory

c) Meaningful Reception Learning Theory

d) Social Cognitive Theory


ANSWER: A
RATIONALE: Ms. Erika upholds the Dual-Coding Theory, which suggests that people learn better when information is presented in both visual and verbal formats. This theory emphasizes the importance of using images alongside text to enhance learning. The Information Processing Theory focuses on how information is processed and stored, the Meaningful Reception Learning Theory emphasizes the assimilation of new information with existing knowledge, and the Social Cognitive Theory highlights the role of observational learning and social interactions in acquiring knowledge.

12) The process of task analysis ends up in the formulation of:

a) instructional objectives

b) goals of learning

c) enabling objectives

d) behavioral objectives


ANSWER: D
RATIONALE: Task analysis leads to the formulation of behavioral objectives, which are specific, measurable statements outlining what learners should be able to do as a result of instruction.




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