The Teacher and The School Curriculum

What view of curriculum leads to the concept that discipline is the sole source of curriculum? Hence, curriculum is divided into chunks of knowledge we call subject areas.

• A. Progressivist’s view 

    

•   B. Essentialist’s view 

• C. Socio-Constructivist’s view

• D. Existentialist’s view

When the teacher puts into action all the different planned activities in the classroom, the curriculum is called _____.

•  A. Recommended curriculum 

   

•   B. Written curriculum 

   

• C. Taught curriculum

•  D. Supported curriculum

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 learning

Mrs. Aguilar would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the subject-centered curriculum true?

•   A. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests and abilities 

   

•   B. No, because it is the experience-centered curriculum that emphasizes the teaching of facts and knowledge for future use 

•   C. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control. 

•   D. No, because it is the experience-centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of a subject area. 

Peer influences, school environment, physical condition, mood of teachers, etc. are part of the Unintended Curriculum which may affect or influence learning outcomes. This also known as ______ curriculum.

•   A. Supported 

   

•  B. Hidden

• C. Recommended 

•  D. Learned

Schools divide the school hours to different subjects such as reading, grammar, literature, math, science, history and geography. What curriculum design is referred here?

•   A. Problem-centered 

   

• B. Learner-centered 

• C. Subject-centered

• D. Culture-based

Mr. Bernardo, a curriculum consultant on economics insists that in selecting curriculum content, it is better that throughout the high school years, economic geography concepts be used to recur and be repeated with depth for effective learning. What criterion in content selection is shown here?

•  A. Validity 

    

• B. Continuity & sequence 

• C. Significance

•  D. Learnability

As stakeholder in curriculum development, Mrs. Cruz, a district supervisor and a member of the school board, has one of the following primary roles. Which one is this?

•   A. Support and participate in parent-school organization activities 

   

• B. Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation 

• B. Authorize school expenditures for curriculum development, implementation and evaluation 

• D. Recommend changes in the curriculum

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 

What design under subject-centered curriculum fuses subjects such as geography, economics, political science, anthropology and history into one subject called social studies?

• A. Subject design 

   

•   B. Discipline design 

• C. Correlation design 

• D. Broad field design