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1. Curriculum track is also known as
A. Course
B. syllabus
C. Overall activities of an institution
D. Co-curricular activities
2. The organization of content of a curriculum into subjects refers to:
A. Education
B. Objectives
C. Values
D. Learning areas
3. Which of the following refers to the extra-mural curricular events and activities as planned experiences apart from the planned subjects, their teaching and assessment
A. Hidden curriculum
B. Operational curriculum
C. Extra curriculum
D. Meso curriculum
4. Identify an international 21st contemporary issue of school curriculum
A. Teen pregnancies
B. Bullying
C. Unemployment of school leavers
D. Ineffective school management
5. Choose one that is an official outcome of pre-primary education in Namibia.
A. Develop attention skills to concentrate on their own play activities and on tasks given.
B. To encourage lifelong learning.
C. To develop and instill a sense of national identity, unity, and loyalty to Namibia.
D. To develop democratic attitudes and skills.
6. Which one of the following is a duty of a teacher?
A. Facilitate learning
B. Assess learning
C. produce and use learning materials
D. All of the above
7. Identify the overall goal of Education in Egypt (3000 BCE – 300 BCE).
A. To prepare elite officials to govern the empire according to Confucian principles.
B. To prepare priest-scribes to administer the empire.
C. For Athens it was to cultivate civic responsibility and to develop well-rounded persons while for Sparta it was to train soldiers and military leaders.
D. To develop civic responsibility for a republic and then empire, and to develop administrative and military skills.
8. Which one of the following statements belongs to John Dewey?
A. Curriculum prepares leaners for adult life.
B. Behaviour is based on prerequisite conditions.
C. Education is a social process, and its purpose was social growth.
D. He puts importance to human emotions, based on love and trust.
9. Choose the statement that belongs to Maria Montessori.
A. Assimilation, accommodation and equilibrium.
B. Early experiences have a formative influence on children’s later lives.
C. Curriculum are purposeful activities which are child-centred.
D. Curriculum prepares leaners for adult life.
10. Which of these statements belongs to Ralph Tyler?
A. The curriculum is based on students’ needs and interests.
B. Curriculum constitute the professional core of planners.
C. He started a curriculum development movement.
D. Curriculum prepares learners for adult life.
11. What foundation of curriculum reflects the educational focus schools of Idealism, Realism, Humanism, Existentialism, Rationalism, Pragmatism, Naturalism and Post-modernism?
A. Psychological
B. Philosophical
C. Historical
D. Socio-cultural
12. The forces that affect the development of curriculum are called:
A. Foundations of curriculum
B. Curriculum Evaluation
C. Elements of curriculum
D. Curriculum design
13. Perennialism curriculum is dealing with:
A. Support for learners in their discovery of their unique personalities
B. Knowledge that was important over centuries and that is still relevant today
C. Evaluating of schools and society to uncover exploitative power relationships
D. Moral values deduction from the physical world
14. Psychological foundations deal with:
A. Student’s needs
B. Economy
C. History
D. War
15. A feature of essentialism
A. Acknowledges both the physical and the spiritual world as real worlds
B. Believes that the real world is the physical world.
C. Believes that knowledge is discovered via scientific empirical findings only.
D. Focuses more on instilling the ‘essentials of academic knowledge and character development.
16. Political factors influence the curriculum and education through:
A. Teachers and learners are protected by sexual harassment laws.
B. Corporal punishment is also prohibited in Namibia.
C. Not establishing education structures and how they relate to each other.
D. Where schools are erected and what the size of the schools will be.
17. To assess learning is one the main duty of the:
A. Learner
B. Principal
C. Teacher
D. Head of Department
18. Choose a feature of Competency-Based Education.
A. Competencies are not carefully selected.
B. Few audiovisual and simulations
C. Learning should be group-paced.
D. Supporting theory is integrated with skill practice.
19. Subject –Based Education emphasizes on…
A. Outputs
B. Input
C. Groups
D. Social problems
20. Which of the following is a disadvantage of Competency-Based Education?
A. Too behavioristic
B. Reduces overload of programmes
C. Promotes broader access to education
D. Improving the public image of education
21. Identify the domain that deals with motivation of learners:
A. Behavioral
B. Affective
C. Cognitive
D. Objective
22. Which of the following refers to assessing the effectiveness of the curriculum design and implementation elements?
A. Evaluation
B. Development
C. Objective
D. Testing
23. Based on Bloom’ s taxonomy, the term “compile” is
A. A synthesis verb
B. A comprehension verb
C. A knowledge verb
D. An application verb
24. Select Marzano and Kendall’s lowest level of thinking.
A. Retrieval
B. Self-system thinking
C. Metacognition
D. Knowledge utilization
25. Select the Social Studies combination subjects.
A. History and Geography
B. History and Biology
C. Economics and Biology
D. Mathematics and English
26. Point out the importance of proper implementation steps.
A. To ensure quality education programme.
B. To ensure quality curriculum development.
C. To pilot the programme.
D. To ensure multiple registration opportunities.
27. The 14 steps of CBE implementation model was proposed by:
A. Carl
B. Engelbrecht
C. Bloom
D. Piaget
28. Piloting the programme entails…
A. Using the results from the monitor process to improve the system.
B. Conducting both formative and summative evaluation.
C. Monitoring student support plans.
D. Developing teachers to allow them to do their best.
29. Continuous evaluation of the programme quality and institutional environment can be carried out
A. Daily
B. Weekly
C. Every three to five years
D. Monthly
30. Selecting staff and acquiring teaching-learning resources step includes:
A. Considering phasing in and phasing out costs
B. Marketing the new qualification through various means
C. Interviewing lecturing and administrative staff
D. Monitoring student support plans
31. Identify the 2014 Upper Primary phase grades.
A. Grades 1-3
B. Grades 4-6
C. Grades 7-9
D. Grades 10-12
32. The 2014 academic curriculum’s two support subjects in grade 10-11 were:
A. English and Life orientations
B. Computer Studies and Mathematics
C. Life orientations and Information and Communication
D. English and Mathematics
33. Choose which is not an implementation issue of career education.
A. National standards
B. Selection
C. National assessment
D. Regional assessment
34. Assess which statement is true about the career-oriented secondary schools in which learners can specialize in the Finnish system.
A. The economic sector which is subdivided into administration, catering, commercial services, fashion and clothing
B. The curriculum also focuses on information and workplace technology, entrepreneurship, occupational health and safety, learning skills, problem solving skills and communication skills.
C. The care and welfare sector which is subdivided into external care and welfare.
D. The technical sector, which is subdivided into construction, graphics, metal, vehicles, electrical installation, transport and logistics
35. Determine a key action for the curriculum implementation phase.
A. Formulate holistic-based aims of the qualification
B. Get stakeholders’ input
C. Set criteria for the selection and organising of content
D. Analyse the physical facilities required
36. Decide which of the following descriptions best suits “Null curriculum”.
A. Comprises thus the informal and unplanned experiences for learning about the above appropriate roles, behaviour, values and communication.
B. Plays an important role in developing values, behaviour, attitudes and understanding of social and emotional dimensions of ourselves and other people.
C. Subjects that could be included in a school curriculum, such as ‘parenting, law, psychology or dance’ but instead the ‘big four’ subjects, namely, ‘English, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science’ dominate the curriculum.
D. A nationally designed and officially approved and prescribed curriculum which includes the aims, learning areas, subjects, content, policy documents for administration, teaching and assessment, lists of specified prescribed resources and support documents.
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C. Overall activities of an institution
D. Learning areas
C. Extra curriculum
C. Unemployment of school leavers
A. Develop attention skills to concentrate on their own play activities and on tasks given.
D. All of the above
B. To prepare priest-scribes to administer the empire.
C. Education is a social process, and its purpose was social growth.
C. Curriculum are purposeful activities which are child-centred.
A. The curriculum is based on students’ needs and interests.
B. Philosophical
A. Foundations of curriculum
B. Knowledge that was important over centuries and that is still relevant today
A. Student’s needs
D. Focuses more on instilling the ‘essentials of academic knowledge and character development.
C. Not establishing education structures and how they relate to each other.
C. Teacher
D. Supporting theory is integrated with skill practice.
A. Outputs
A. Too behavioristic
B. Affective
A. Evaluation
A. A synthesis verb
A. Retrieval
A. History and Geography
A. To ensure quality education programme.
B. Engelbrecht
A. Using the results from the monitor process to improve the system.
C. Every three to five years
C. Interviewing lecturing and administrative staff
B. Grades 4-6
C. Life orientations and Information and Communication
D. Regional assessment
B. The curriculum also focuses on information and workplace technology, entrepreneurship, occupational health and safety, learning skills, problem solving skills and communication skills.
C. Set criteria for the selection and organising of content
C. Subjects that could be included in a school curriculum, such as ‘parenting, law, psychology or dance’ but instead the ‘big four’ subjects, namely, ‘English, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science’ dominate the curriculum.
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