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TL6 Study Notes from looking at the past paperTeaching section
Multiple choice questions
Situation analysis does NOT involve
A) Learners
B) Aims and objectives
C) Logistics
D) The school and classroom
A situation analysis may take into consideration…
A) economic activities
B) the availability of classrooms
C) the geographical situation
D) parent involvement
Situation analysis (pg 75/76)
1 is often based on the broad educational goals and philosophies of life
2 Is the staring point for curriculum development
3 gives clear direction on what learner’s should be able to do
A) 1 & 2
B) 1 & 3
C) 1, 2 & 3
D) 2 & 3
Situation analysis of the physical environment involves
A) Types and number of classrooms
B) The teachers’ views on the subject
C) The school’s local community
D) The structure of the subject content
A situation analysis of the school environment includes
1 The number of learners in the school
2 Language medium
3 The type and number of classrooms
A) 1 & 3
B) 1 & 2
C) 2 & 3
D) 1, 2 & 3
When conducting a situation analysis in curriculum design for micro-curriculum development in respect of a
learner the focus should be on the following
1 Learner population
2 Development and learning
3 Logistic aspects
4 Qualification and experience
5 Home, family and environmental conditions
A) 3 & 4
B) 1, 2, 3 & 4
C) All of the above
D) 1, 2, 3 & 5
What is the sequence of micro-curriculum planning?
1 Objectives
2 Methods
3 Educational media
4 Learner activities
5 Evaluation
A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
C) 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
D) 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
At local level the situation analysis should be made considering the
A) learners and teachers
B) learners and parents
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, C) principal and content
D) parents and principal
The term “process aims/goals” refers to goals that are aimed at
A) introducing and controlling the body of knowledge and the proficiencies and skills of a particular
subject
B) introducing and understanding the body of knowledge and skills of a specific curriculum
C) introducing and promoting the typical working strategies of a subject and thought processes that
may be served through a particular subject
D) introducing, collecting and promoting data for interpretation
Who differentiates between the institutional, Course and Subject Curriculum
A) Walters
B) Gore
C) Olivia
D) Rowntree
Select the statement that is most incorrect
A) Teachers must only be able to do micro-curriculation within the classroom
B) The teachers need to be motivated by the principal
C) The principal needs to engage in transformational leadership
D) Principals have to go through the process of empowerment in order to function as educational leaders
Select the most appropriate statement
A) Principals will lose authority if they empower their staff
B) Only the principal is responsible for the empowerment of staff
C) The role of the principal is to be a facilitator
D) Principals have to go through the process of empowerment in order to function as educational
leaders
Which paper on Education and Training that was passed by the new Constitution in 1995 advanced the
implementation of a new curriculum that must promote critical thinking?
A) The Green Paper on Education and Training
B) The Red Paper on Education and Training
C) The Yellow paper on Education and Training
D) The White Paper on Education and Training
Which of the following is the aim of the South African Qualifications Authority?
A) To promote access to learning
B) To provide a variety of routes to qualifications
C) To certify all qualifications
D) To ensure quality (Other paper says all of the above)
The acronym ‘NQF’ refers to
A) National quality framework
B) Notional qualification framework
C) National qualifications framework
D) National quantity framework
Which of the following is an aim of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)?
A) to monitor the quality of education and training
B) to publish policy
C) to certify all qualifications
D) to promote access to learning
Which of the following are some of the aims of the NQF?
A) Permit more people to enter education
B) Promote access to learning
C) Ensure quality
D) All of the above
The real success of a curriculum is determined by
A) the particular design
B) the dissemination of the curriculum
C) the degree to which it works in practice
D) the aims and objectives
Which statement about the curriculum is true?
A) it entails experience-specific activities and experiences that lead to learning
B) it deals with content only
C) it has nothing to do with the community
D) it is designed by experts and handed to teachers to implement only
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,One type of curriculum that schools do not teach, but which is just as important as the formal curriculum is the
A) hidden curriculum
B) null curriculum
C) planned curriculum
D) perceived curriculum
Curriculum development
A) should not change people who influence curriculum change
B) is influenced by co-operative group efforts
C) ends when the curriculum is published
D) only entails the inclusion or exclusion of content
Which of the following has NOT detrimentally influenced curriculum development?
A) teachers are uniformed about curriculum theory and practice
B) there is a tendency towards bureaucracy
C) there are too many curriculum specialists
D) teachers do not contribute to curriculum development
Which one of the following is NOT a specific initiative to investigate curriculum development
A) The HSRC’s main investigation into education (1981)
B) The provisional report of the National Education Policy Investigation (NEPI) (1992)
C) The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act (1995)
D) The ANC’s discussion document: A policy framework for Education and Training (1994)
Curriculum development is an ongoing process ranging from
A) development to evaluation
B) implementation (Also have: implementation to evaluation)
C) design to evaluation
D) design to implementation
The planning phase of curriculum development commences with
A) the selection and classification of learning content
B) the situation analysis
C) the production of teaching material
D) formative evaluation
One of the actions in the planning phase of curriculum development is
A) Selection and classification of learning content
B) Planning and experimental design
C) Planning learning contents
D) Production of teaching material
Which of the following statement is false?
A) The goal of curriculum development is to bring about more effective education
B) Curriculum development is an ongoing, complex and dynamic process
C) Curriculum development comprises of a number of phases, from situation analysis to
implementation
D) Change and development occur as we move from one phase to the other of the curriculum development
process
Which of the following contribute to renewal and change during ongoing curriculum development?
A) Autonomy
B) An assiduous focus on diversity
C) Continuity
D) Autocratic control
The academic approach to curriculum development is based on
A) the role of teachers and learners and their cooperative curriculum decisions
B) the application of studied logic in educational decision-making
C) maximising educational effectiveness by applying the same scientific management and production
principles to the instructional situation
D) a political and eclectic process in which concepts and principle derived from varios theoretical models
are used
Curriculum dissemination entails
A) planning a new curriculum
B) applying the relevant design in practice
C) a review and replanning of an existing curriculum
D) preparing the consumers of the curriculum for its intended implementation
Curriculum dissemination refers to
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, A) the phase in curriculum development during which the curriculum consumers are prepared for
the intended implementation
B) the phase during which a new curriculum is planned, or during which the re-planning and review of an
existing curriculum is done
C) the phase during which relevant design is applied in practice
D) the phase during which not only the success and effectiveness of the curriculum are evaluated, but also
the effect thereof on the learners
Curriculum development should be based on accountable principles. Which of the following statements is NOT
true regarding these principles?
A) Curriculum development must be based on sound curriculum theory
B) Meaningful connection between the various elements is essential in the beginning of the process
C) The claims of subject content must be taken into account
D) Effective and ongoing evaluation from the design phase to the evaluation phase is essential
Curriculum dissemination
A) takes place after the design has been finalised
B) entails preparing implementers of the curriculum
C) requires that everyone in a teaching organisation is kept informed
D) is all of the preceding
Which is an inhibiting factor lying within organisational and social structures that may impede curriculum
dissemination?
A) A lack of long-term planning
B) Good channels of communication
C) Co-ordinated action by participating organisations
D) Simple decision-making processess
In the transmission orientation towards curriculum development, the focus is on…
A) technology
B) social adaptation
C) interaction
D) content
In the transaction orientation towards curriculum development, the focus is on…
A) technology
B) social adaptation
C) interaction
D) content
In the transformation orientation towards curriculum development, the focus is on…
A) technology
B) social adaptation
C) interaction
D) content
Who describes only two orientations with regard to curriculum development?
A) Eisner & Vallance
B) McNeil
C) Schiro
D) Ornstien
Which of the following is NOT a source in the manifestation of the curriculum?
A) Community
B) Learners
C) Subjects
D) Principal
Some problems that come about when curriculum developers consider curriculum literature as a source are
1 Many criteria are founded on the personal opinion and the philosophy of life of the relevant author
2 It is apparent by some that criteria that are valid for one component are also applicable to another component
3 Few writers mention the sources of their criteria and there is an apparent non-critical acceptance of many
criteria
4 Other criteria are founded on the needs, abilities and skills of all learners
A) All of the above
B) 1, 2, 3
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
Which of the component set out below is NOT a common factor in most curriculum models?
A) Situation analysis
B) Need of the community
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