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Sunday, April 30, 2023

CURRICULUM ESSENTIALS

 1. There are at most seven curricula that simultaneously operate in the classroom when you teach. When teaching, which of these do you give priority to?

a. Recommend Curriculum

b. Written Curriculum

c. Taught Curriculum

d. A, B, and C 

2. How would you know, if you have succeeded in your teaching?

a. If the learners are happy after class.

b. If the learners have changed behavior.

c. If you have covered the lesson to be taught.

d. If you have followed the suggestions of your principal.

3. While you are taking courses in your Bachelor's degree, you realized that 

a. There are many things you learned in elementary or high school that are obsolete. 

b. Textbooks are not only source of learning.

c. Teachers cannot be taken out of the classroom and be replaced.

d. There are many things taught in school that are in conflict with what is learned at home. 

4. The PISA Examination results released in 2019 revealed that the Philippines is at the bottom of other participating countries. How would you explain the dismal results?

a. The recommend curriculum was not followed.

b. The supported curriculum is inadequate.

c. The hidden curriculum had greater influence than the taught Curriculum.

d. A, B, and C 

5. As a curricularist, what is your major role in learner's learning outcome.

a. Knower of curriculum

b. Writer of curriculum

c. Implementer of the curriculum

d. Evaluator of the curriculum

6. What to you is curriculum?

a. Everything that is happening in and outside the school that children learn.

b. The contents of the textbooks required by the teacher.

c. The result of the school achievement test.

d. The subject matter taught by the teacher. 

7. As a teacher, how would you approach a school curriculum?

a. As a body of knowledge

b. As a process of achieving the content

c. As a product of learning

d. A,B and C 

8. Which of the criteria in the selection of the contents in the curriculum. What you are going to teach should be your utmost priority?

a. Significance

b. Validity

c. Utility

d. Learnability 

9. In the four phases of curriculum development process, which would indicate that you have succeeded? 

a. Curriculum planning

b. Curriculum designing 

c. Curriculum implementing

d. Curriculum  evaluating 

10. Of the three models of the curriculum process models (Tyler, Taba, Taylor) all followed a similar pattern of planning, designing, implementing and evaluating. However, Taba begins with 

a. Establishing objectives

b. Determining the purpose of the school.

c. Organization of experiences.

Diagnosing learners needs. 

11. Which of the following questions does NOT refer to the philosophical foundation of curriculum? 

a. What are school for?

b. What subjects are important?

c. How should students learn?

d. Is the curriculum influenced during the time of William Kilpatrick. 

12. Who among the prominent personalities does NOT belong to the group? 

a. Ralph Tyler

b. Hilda Taba

c. Peter Olivia

d. Edward Thorndike

13. All of these persons contributed to the foundation in curriculum development, but one does not belong to the group. Who does NOT belong? 

a. Jean Piaget

b. Lev VYGOTSKY

c. Howard Gardner

d. William Kilpatrick 

14. School curricula are anchored on (a) philosophy, (b) history, (c) psychology and (d) sociology. As a teacher, which of the four foundations do you consider as important?

a. Philosophical foundation

b. Historical Foundation

c. Psychological Foundation

d. Sociological Foundation 

15. As a future classroom teacher, what do you consider as your most important role as a curricularist?

a. Knower of curriculum

b. Writer of curriculum

c. Planner of curriculum

d. A, B and C

Answer key 

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. D

8. D, B, C, A

9. D

10. D

11. D

12. D 

13. D

14. C 

15. D