GRT1501
Assignment 1
(QUIZ
ANSWERS)
2024 (645966) -
DUE 27 March
2024
, QUESTION 1 What is the aim of early childhood education, including
preschool? A) To provide basic care for children before they reach the official
school age. B) To promote the versatile development of a child's personality.
C) To focus on academic, social, and cognitive skills after preschool. D) To
help children transfer smoothly to secondary school.
QUESTION 2 What is the main difference between early childhood
development (ECD) and early childhood education (ECE)? A) ECD focuses on
academic skills, while ECE focuses on social and cognitive skills. B) ECD
starts before birth, while ECE starts from birth and lasts through preschool. C)
ECE is only for white children, while ECD is for all population groups. D) ECD
is part of ECE and starts before preschool.
QUESTION 3 In South Africa before 1994, who had the most access to early
childhood education, according to historical data? A) White children B) Black
children C) Disadvantaged communities D) Children from all population
groups had equal access
QUESTION 4 The De Lange Commission recommended … A) the formation
of a single ministry of education for all population groups. B) the exclusion of
disadvantaged communities from preschool education. C) limiting university
admissions based on race. D) the implementation of Grade R classes despite
the high cost.
QUESTION 5 What was the pretext used by the apartheid government to
decline the introduction of Grade R classes? A) A lack of theoretical
orientation and assumptions B) High cost C) Racial segregation D) Limited
preschool facilities
QUESTION 6 In the South African context, a Grade R learner is typically …
A) six to seven years old. B) four to five years old. C) seven to eight years old.
D) five to six years old.
QUESTION 7 A Grade R learner can interact and learning with and from
others and using language at a/an … A) sophisticated level. B) basic level. C)
concrete level. D) advanced level.
QUESTION 8 According to South Africa’s Education White Paper 5, what was
the aim of ensuring that all children aged five had access to an accredited
Grade R programme by the year 2010? A) To provide equal opportunities for
children's development. B) To reduce the number of Grade R programmes in
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