Fundamentals of Curriculum Quiz

What is curriculum?

• All of the above

• That which is taught in school.

• A series of experiences undergone by learners in school.

• Everything that goes on within a school.

How does history contribute to the curriculum foundations?

• Gives various perspectives on how humans learn.

• Understand the decisions made at different points of time.

• Provides numerous beliefs as to how people should be educated and what knowledge is worthwhile.

• Provides insights about societal values and beliefs.

The one-room school house met the needs of

• The knowledge society

• The industrial society

• An agrarian society

• None of the above

What are the elements of curriculum?

• All of the above

• Philosophy, psychology, sociology, and history

• Purposes, contents, methodology, evaluation and context

• Agrarian society, industrial society, and information society

How can syllabuses be organized?

• Structural, situational, topical, functional, notional, skills and task, and mixed or layered syllabuses

• Approaches, syllabuses, techniques, and exercises

• None of the above

• Classical approach, grammar-translation approach, direct approach, audiolingual approach, and communicative approach

What are the four educational philosophies?

• Perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, and reconstructionism

• Behaviourist, cognitive, humanistic

• None of the above

• Learning outcomes, objectives, evaluation

Behaviorist psychology states as follows:

• Learning constitutes a logical method for organizing and interpreting learning.

• Learning should be organized in order that students can experience success in the process of mastering the subject matter.

• It is concerned how human learners can develop their human potential.

• None of the above.

The notional-functional curriculum is based on:

• All of the above

• The forms marking the tense system of the language.

• The language being learned in situations and settings.

• The teaching of categories of language use rather than categories of language.

A structural syllabus has:

• All of the above.

• The teaching is defined in terms of form.

• Analyses of the language.

• A good deal of morphology.

What is the first step in curriculum development?

• Design

• Implementation

• Evaluation

• Planning