EDU 532

THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL

CURRICULUM D. The curriculum must be
sequenced
1. If you decide to develop a lesson the 6. Which of the following school activities
constructivist’s way, what kind of is closely related and has greater impact
learning environment must you create to curriculum development?
for you to succeed? A. Monthly meeting with the
A. Authoritarian barangay officials
B. Open and flexible B. School visit of visitors from
C. Laissez faire other places
D. Structured C. Review of the textbooks and
2. Every curriculum has this dimension. reference material
This is both unplanned and implicit but D. Principal’s evaluation of
its instructional effects are often evident teachers
in the students’ behavior, values and 7. Which curriculum development phase
dispositions. This dimension is referred focuses on alteration of a curriculum’s
to as basic structure and design?
A. Instructional curriculum A. Curriculum implementation
B. Societal curriculum B. Curriculum improvement
C. Hidden curriculum C. Curriculum evaluation
D. Institutional curriculum D. Curriculum change
3. Emily works on her assignments which 8. He was one of the hallmarks of
was based on their past lessons which curriculum, who believed that
level of curriculum is this? curriculum is a science and extension of
A. Instructional Curriculum schools philosophy.
B. Societal Curriculum A. Franklin Bobbit
C. Institutional Curriculum B. Hilda Tabs
D. Experimental Curriculum C. Ralph Tyler
4. Mrs. Galang often makes use of D. Hollis Caswell
experiential rather than the rote 9. The teachers have the right to teach
method in teaching; she is, thus, students how to think but not what to
observed to provide “custom-made” think, this anchored in what
activities for her pupils. The curriculum philosophy?
pattern she apparently follows is that A. Pragmatism
of : B. Existentialism
A. Process-oriented C. Essentialism
B. Life-functions-focused D. Idealism
C. Activity-based 10. Learning should be organized in order
D. Child-centered that students can experience success in
5. Which holds true when each level of the process of mastering the subject
subject matter is smoothly connected to matter. This is one advocacy of a:
the next level and glaring gaps, wasteful A. Humanist
overlaps in subject matter are avoided? B. Behaviorist
A. The curriculum must be C. Cognitivist
continued. D. Sociologist
B. The curriculum must be 11. If you are a constructivist, what
integrated. assumptions about learning and learner
C. The curriculum must be govern your thinking?
articulated.
 A. Learners are empty C. The curriculum is
receptacles waiting to be continuously evolving.
filled. D. The curriculum is
B. For learners to learn, democratically conceived.
knowledge should be 15. If your approach to your lesson is
transmitted directly from behaviorist, what features will dominate
teachers to learners. your lesson?
C. Teachers are the only source I. Drill
of knowledge. II. Reasoning
D. Learners are capable of III. Lecturing
constructing meaning of what IV. Cooperative learning
is taught to them. A. I, II, III, IV
12. Several students in an art class may be B. I only
exposed simultaneously to the same C. only
painting. The painting itself constitutes D. I, IIII, IV
the content of learning. One student 16. Before a reader could read the WORD,
may be attracted more to the color than he must learn to read the WORLD first.
to other elements. Another may react This statement implies that:
more to form or to composition. This A. The text supplies the readers
suggests to what component of with the necessary knowledge
curriculum? they need to make sense of
A. Subject Matter the print.
B. Learning Evaluation B. Students or readers must
C. Learning Experiences know the names of the letter
D. Goals and Objectives first before they will know
13. A P.E. Teacher wrote this objective in what the word means.
her lesson plan, “to execute the four C. Words are only
fundamental steps.” When observed by representations of the
the school principal, she was showing concepts that the child or
her class how to execute basic dance reader knows before
step correctly. Why did the teacher use encountering the print.
a demonstration method to means D. Readers must know the
implement her objective? sounds of the letters first
A. No students know how to before they will know what
execute the steps. the word
B. It is easier to imitate a teacher 17. Learning constitutes a logical method
who shows the steps. for organizing and interpreting learning.
C. It is a chance to show This is one thinking of the:
teacher’s expertise. A. Humanist
D. Class time is limited to ask B. Sociologist
students to execute. C. Cognitivist
14. What characteristics of a good D. Behaviorist
curriculum does this imply? “The 18. Other than the teacher, there must be
curriculum must adapt the educational materials which should help in the
activities and services to meet the implementation of a written curriculum
needs of a modern and dynamic in order to have a successful teaching.
community.” This is referred to as:
A. The curriculum is a complex A. Recommended curriculum
of details B. Taught curriculum
B. The curriculum is based on C. Supported curriculum
the needs of the people. D. Intended curriculum
19. Which of the following reading skills or
strategies is the closest to outside-in
processing or reading?
A. Predicting outcomes
B. Outlining
C. Structural analysis
D. Inferencing
20. One popular conception of curriculum is
that which aims to provide the learners
with the needed skills in this ever-
changing world. Which conception is
this?
A. Self-actualization
B. Social relevance
C. tradition of organized
knowledge
D. Technology
21. If you apply integrated curriculum
approach, which one is out?
A. Relating topic to life
experiences.
B. Lifelong learning
C. solving
D. Rote learning
22. Which one appropriately describes your
lesson if you use the cognitive
approach?
A. Highly-directed teaching
B. Lecture-dominated
C. Rote-learning dominated
D. Promotes “find out for
yourself” approach
23. He believed that curriculum is a set of
experiences in which the subject matter
is developed around social functions
and learners’ interests.
A. Werret Charters
B. William Kilpatrick
C. Harold Hugg
D. Hollis Caswell
24. It aims to develop the inherent power of
the learner?
A. Pragmatism
B. Reconstructionism
C. Existentialism
D. Realism
25. He introduced a curriculum for
individual and societal development?
A. Luther
B. Erasmus
C. Dewey
D. Da Feltre
26. It aims to prepare the child to face the
real world?
A. Essentialism
B. Pragmatism
C. Idealism
D. Realism
27. Teacher C has presented a reading
lesson to her students. The lesson went
on for a span of a week. After a day or
two, when the teacher introduced a
new lesson that requires them the
knowledge of the previous lesson, the
students no longer remember it. What
could be the cause of this problem?
A. The text used and the
instruction given in the
previous lesson is within the
students’ instructional level.
B. There was a lack of activities
that integrate the students’
background experiences to
the text presented.
C. The text used and the
instruction given in the
previous lesson is within the
students’ independent level.
D. There was a lack of constant
drill and practice given by the
teacher.
28. Teacher Ybiel aims her students toward
the holistic development. Teacher Ybiel
is?
A. Idealist
B. Progressivist
C. Essentialist
D. Realist
29. Which curriculum design element is
taking place when Eduardo, a 4th-year
student can connect the lessons he
learned in a subject area to related
content in another subject area?
A. Articulation
B. Balance
C. Continuity
D. Integration
30. It aims to prepare the child to face the
real world?
A. Essentialism
B. Pragmatism
 C. Idealism
D. Realism
31. Which is not a component of curriculum
designing?
A. Objective
B. Learning content
C. Learning experiences
D. Diagnosis of needs
32. Which type of curriculum design serves
as a response to society’s demand for
the integration of knowledge and
enables the learner to see relationships
among various aspects?
A. Broadfield
B. Correlated
C. Core
D. Separate subjects
33. Who controls the subject centered-
curriculum?
A. Learner
B. Teacher
C. Parent
D. Teacher and parent
34. To provide individual differences in the
classroom, how is a curriculum
designed?
A. Minimum learning
competencies are included
B. Realistic and meaningful
experiences are provided
C. Some degree of flexibility is
provided
D. Social skills are emphasized
35. To ensure success in curriculum
development, which of the following
specific actions should a curriculum
leader avoid?
A. Work with people over them
B. Use your status frequently to
establish discipline
C. Keep channels of
communication open
D. Show that you too desire to
improve
36. Which of the following is a reason for
the continuous appraisal of the existing
curriculum at all levels?
A. New national policies in
government
B. Changing needs and condition
of society
C. Economic status of the people
D. Political trust of the country
37. Which of the following best defines
curriculum development?
A. The total mental phenomena
directly received at any given
time
B. The planning of learning
opportunities intended to
bring about certain desired
changes in pupils and the
assessments of the extent to
which these changes have
taken place.
C. A continuous cycle of
activities in which all
elements of the curriculum
are considered.
D. Education is aiding each child
to be a socially creative
individual.
38. To build a sense of pride among Filipino
youth, which should be done in the
curriculum?
A. Re-study our history and
stress our achievements as a
people
B. Re-study our history and
stress our responsibility as a
people
C. Replace the study of folklore
and myths with the technical
subject.
D. Set aside the study of local
history.
39. What do you call the curriculum when a
teacher puts into action all the different
planned activities in the classroom?
A. Recommended curriculum
B. Written curriculum
C. Taught curriculum
D. Supported curriculum
40. Which statement about the subject-
centered curriculum is NOT true?
A. There is a high level of
cooperative interaction
B. It covers much content in a
short period of time
C. The teacher has full control of
the classroom activities
 D. The main task is mastery of
learning
41. Schools divide the school hours into
different subjects such as reading,
grammar, literature, math, science,
history, and geography. What
curriculum design is referred to here?
A. Problem-centered
B. Teacher-centered
C. Learner-centered
D. Culture-based
42. Which is NOT a description of the
learner-centered curriculum?
A. Emphasis is on the total
growth and development of
the learners
B. Controlled and cooperatively
directed by learners, teachers,
and parents
C. Education is a means to
develop socially creative
individual
D. Emphasis upon facts and
knowledge for future use
43. The K-12 Curriculum is otherwise called
as
A. 2002 Basic Education
Curriculum
B. Revitalized Basic Education
Curriculum
C. Enhanced Basic Education
Curriculum
D. Extended Basic Education
Curriculum
44. What refers to an individual or group of
individuals who have a direct and
indirect influence on curriculum
development?
A. Stockholders
B. Stakeholders
C. Promoters
D. Incorporators
45. What refers to the appropriateness of
the content in the light of the particular
students who are to experience the
curriculum?
A. Significance
B. Validity
C. Interest
D. Learnability
46. Which of the following statements is
NOT acceptable?
A. Instruction is the actual
engagement of learners in the
planned learning activities.
B. Curriculum determines what
assessment should be done,
and how to do it.
C. Instruction requires teachers
to use a variety of actions to
accomplish a variety of
functions.
D. Assessments establish what is
to be accomplished in
teaching and learning.
47. Which characteristics of a good
curriculum highlight the psychological
nature of the learner?
A. Provisions are made for the
smooth transition and
continuing achievement of
pupils.
B. Curriculum plans in areas that
extend over several years are
developed vertically.
C. Classroom practices give
attention to the maturity and
learning problems of each
pupil.
D. Cooperative planning and
teaching provide for the
exchange of information
about pupils’ learning
experiences.
48. Objectives must be evaluated in light of
practical considerations, including
teacher competence, availability of
instructional materials, time allotment,
etc. What characteristics of educational
 objective are defined by the
aforementioned statement?
A. Comprehension
B. Attainability
C. Consistency
D. Feasibility

49. “Knowledge is true if it is workable”.

What philosophical foundation supports
this statement?
A. Idealism
B. Realism
C. Pragmatism
D. Essentialism
50. As a member of the curriculum
committee, your chief concern is to give
the child the freedom to choose what to
learn and believe, as you allow them to
set their own identities and standards.
What philosophy will you consider?
A. Existentialism
B. Realism
C. Idealism
D. Pragmatism

TAUTHO, REYGEN S.
BSED-ENG-P