CHECK YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Promoting a culture of innovation in education means

• Generating creative and new or improved approaches

• Innovation is driven by rote learning and duplication of new ideas

• Anything new in school is innovation

Self-evaluation is ------

• a postcondition for school improvement

• Self-evaluation is forward-looking

• Self-evaluation should take place because inspection is imminent

Framework of Standards and indicators creates:              

• The publication of performance standards and indicators contributes to the transparency of the inspection process.

• Brief descriptors do not describe observable actions for each performance level

• an awareness of key factors of teaching quality

Inclusion ...             

• Teachers alone have the responsibility to facilitate and develop inclusive attitudes

• Inclusion means treating people the same without regard for individual differences

• UAE is determined to become an inclusive, barrier-free, insight-based society

    Judgement scales in DSIB inspection follow the 6-levels of quality. Among them the below given level defines outstanding rating as :

• Outstanding- Quality of performance substantially exceeds the expectations of the UAE

• Outstanding – Majority meets the expectation required in the quality of performance

• Outstanding-Quality of performance meets the minimum level of quality required in the UAE

Choose the most appropriate option from the given below that defines student-centered Learning as per the framework:

• Students are the active participants in the classroom learning

• Students’ needs are identified and met which guide them to learn at their own pace and they develop their own strategies

• A student takes lesson based on the instructions received from their instructor

Activities are differentiated when

• Teachers plan, teach, and assess using different strategies

• Teachers plan, teach and assess to enable students to score well

• Teachers plan, teach and assess taking account of differences amongst the students