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Curriculum development

1. Focuses not simply on the acquisition of


knowledge but more on how it is collectively
discovered and produced by both teachers
and pupils and on how the school subjects
and students abilities match
a. curriculum as a fact
b.Curriculum as a practice
c. curriculum as a cognitive process

d. curriculum focused on technology
Answer
b. curriculum as a practice
2. Intends to sharpen students intellectual
process and develop cognitive skills for
studying virtually anything ; subject matter is
used to develop skills which are expected to
continue long after the content is forgotten;
focuses on students learning processes rather
than the social context.
A. curriculum as a fact
B. curriculum as a practice
C. curriculum as cognitive process
D. curriculum as a means to attain self-
actualization
Answer
C. curriculum as cognitive process
3. Focuses on the process of socialization or
the acquisition of particular knowledge , skills
and values which a teacher transmits to
students to prepare them for the adult world.
A. curriculum as a fact
B. curriculum as a practice
C. curriculum as cognitive process
D. curriculum as a means to attain self-
actualization

Answer
A. curriculum as a fact
4. Aims at the development of the learner to
the fullest extent by considering their needs,
interest, and abilities on which the curriculum
content is largely based.
A. curriculum as a fact
B. curriculum as a practice
C. curriculum as cognitive process
D. curriculum as a means to attain self-
actualization

Answer
D. curriculum as a means to attain self-
actualization

curriculum
The learning experiences and intended
outcomes formulated through systematic
reconstruction of knowledge and experiences,
under the auspices of the school for the
learners continuous and willful growth in
personal-social competence
curriculum
A plan for learning
A course of study on a specific topic
A structured set of intended outcomes that
come in the form of knowledge
curriculum
Linked to instruction, learning and evaluation
HOW?
Curriculum being what to teach
Instruction how to teach
Learning, the result of what was taught
Evaluation, how well the what was
acquired by the learners
Curriculum comes in different levels,
according to the degree of its remoteness
from learners for whom it is developed.
questions
5. The curriculum derived from the societal
level, with modification by local educators or
lay people, often organized according to
subjects and includes topics and themes to be
studied, may also include standards,
philosophies, lesson plans and teaching
guides.
a. institutional level of curriculum
b. instructional level of curriculum
c. experiential level of curriculum
d. societal level of curriculum
Answer
a. institutional level of curriculum
6. The curriculum perceived and experienced
by each student and may, therefore vary
among learners because of individual
differences.
a. institutional level of curriculum
b. instructional level of curriculum
c. experiential level of curriculum
d. societal level of curriculum
Answer
c. experiential level of curriculum

7. Signifies how teachers use the curriculum
developed in the societal level and modified in
the institutional level, or what authorities have
determined, involves the teachers instructional
strategies, styles and materials used.
a. institutional level of curriculum
b. instructional level of curriculum
c. experiential level of curriculum
d. societal level of curriculum

Answer
b. instructional level of curriculum

8. It is the farthest from learners since this is
where the public stakeholders participate in
identifying the goals, the topics to be studied,
time to be spent in teaching/learning, and
materials to aid instruction.
a. institutional level of curriculum
b. instructional level of curriculum
c. experiential level of curriculum
d. societal level of curriculum


Answer
d. societal level of curriculum


Three major types of curriculum
Subject centered
Experience/learner centered
Society/ culture based
Subject- centered
Central task; mastery of the subject matter,
the amount to be covered of which follows a
set of standards and well organized content
Textbook is the primary instructional tool
Habits and skills taught as separate aspects of
learning

Experience/ learner centered
Emphasis on all around development of
learners
Emphasis on meaningful immediate use of
learning
Habits and skills integrated in learning
experiences

Society/ culture-based
Based on the needs of society and culture
Rooted in the study of life, social problems,
and activities of social life
Integrates different subject matter and their
relevance to students and society
9. This type of curriculum puts emphasis on
teaching facts and knowledge for future use;
questions focus on what rather than why
or how.
a. subject-centered curriculum
b. experience/learner centered curriculum
c. society/culture based curriculum
d. experience/society culture based
curriculum
Answer
a. subject-centered curriculum

10. This type of curriculum promotes
integration of subject but with scope and
sequence not well-defined patterns set by the
curriculum.
a. subject-centered curriculum
b. experience/learner centered curriculum
c. society/culture based curriculum
d. experience/society culture based
curriculum


Answer
b. experience/learner centered curriculum

11. This types of curriculum emphasizes
improving teaching of subject matter and on
uniformity of exposures.
a. subject-centered curriculum
b. experience/learner centered curriculum
c. society/culture based curriculum
d. experience/society culture based
curriculum

Answer
a. subject-centered curriculum

12. Emphasizes problem solving processes and
skills on human and social relations more than
content acquisition.
a. subject-centered curriculum
b. experience/learner centered curriculum
c. society/culture based curriculum
d. experience/society culture based
curriculum

Answer
c. society/culture based curriculum

Designs and patterns of subject-
centered curriculum
Separate/single subject
Correlated subjects
Fused subjects
Broad fields curriculum
Core curriculum
Spiral curriculum
Mastery learning curriculum
Open education curriculum
Problem solving curriculum
13. Offers an opportunity for all students to
succeed by giving them all the time they need
to master objectives through remediation and
formative evaluation without penalty.
a. spiral curriculum
b. Single subject
c. Fused subjects
d. mastery learning curriculum
Answer
d. mastery learning curriculum

14. Recognizes that students are not ready to
learn certain concepts until they reach the
required level of development and maturity
and have the necessary experiences; some
topics treated with corresponding degree of
complexity across levels; and integration and
deepening of knowledge.
a. spiral curriculum
b. Single subject
c. Fused subjects
d. mastery learning curriculum
Answer
a. spiral curriculum


15. It is also called an open classroom, built on
philosophical ideas that allow students to be
free to discover important knowledge; teacher
as major curriculum developer.
a. problem solving curriculum
b. broad fields curriculum
c. open education curriculum
d. fused subjects

Answer
c. open education curriculum



Designs and patterns of
experience/learner centered
curriculum
Activity based
Child centered
Social process and life functions-focused
Process-oriented
Activity based
Based on childs needs but there is no advance
planning
Use problem solving method
Cooperative planning
Child-centered
Focuses on normal, custom made activities for
children
Use of experiences rather than rote learning
Researched based
Large use of motivation
Social process and life functions-
focused
Centers around major cultural life activity
Based on analysis of life activities
Relates learners and society
Use experiential learning and social process
approach

Process oriented
Emphasizes development of skills and traits of
the learners
Giving and following directions
Foundations of Curriculum
Sociological and cultural foundations
Philosophical foundations
Historical foundations
Psychological foundations

Sociological and cultural foundations
Societal forces that affect the school, and hence
the curriculum
1. Cultural tradition;
2. textbooks;
3. laws;
4. Moral values;


May be a basis for curricular
Research; changes/improvement
Multicultural concerns
Poverty
Family changes
Technology

16. The following could be the basis for
curriculum except;
a. technology
b. family changes
c. social process
d. multicultural concerns
Answer
c. social process
17. The school has the responsibility of
developing group oriented, inquiry focused,
problem solving, and abstraction skills among
learners to become productive and self reliant
individuals, this responsibility has something to
do with;
a. intellectualism
b. technological changes
c. vocational preparation
d. citizenship
Answer
c. vocational preparation

18. The school has the responsibility of
developing intellectual skills among
learners as it is essential to have an
improved economy.
a. intellectualism
b. technological changes
c. vocational preparation
d. citizenship
Answer
a. intellectualism



Philosophical Foundations
1. Metaphysics; study of what is beyond
the natural; curriculum must go beyond its
content.
2. Epistemology; truth about the nature of
knowledge; curriculum should revolve
around the issues on teaching learning
process

3. axiology; values and ethics; development of
a sense of right and wrong
4. idealism (plato) importance of mind and
spirit and of developing them in the learner;
subject matter or content is the focused
5. realism(Aristotle) truth can be tested and
proven; curriculum is subject centered,
organized from simple to complex
6. pragmatism; ( W. James,Dewey,Rousseau);
the world is a world of change; man can know
anything within his experience; belief in
learning by doing
-provisions for direct experiences
-Activity- learner centered
Basis- problems of democratic society
7. perennialism (Hutchins, Adler) human
beings are rational and their existence remain
the same throughout differing environments
- includes knowledge that has endured
through the years
-subject matter consist of; history, language,
math,logic,classical literature, science, fine
arts, cultural heritage
8. Existentialism (Kierkegard, Marcel,Sartre)
-Reality is a matter of individual existence
9. Essentialism (Bagley) there are certain ideas
that men should know for social stability
10. Reconstructionism (Plato, Augustine, Dewey,
Counts, Rugg) societal reform needed
19. Which educational philosohy focused on
assimilation of prescribed basic subject matter;
history, science,math and language?
a. existentialism
b. essentialism
c. pragmatism
d. realism
Answer
b. essentialism
20. Which educational philosophy stresses
activity recognition of individual differences,
opportunities for making choices and awareness
of consequences?
a. existentialism
b. essentialism
c. pragmatism
d. realism
Answer
a. existentialism




Historical Foundations
21. The curriculum used during this period in
Philippine history provides for Parochial
schools and the study of Doctrina Christiana.
What period was this?
a. Spanish
b. Pre-spanish
c. Japanese
d. Commonwealth

Answer
a. Spanish

22. . The curriculum used during this period in
Philippine history provides for teaching of
Filipino as a subject. What period was this?
a. Commonwealth
b. American
c. Spanish
d. Fourth Republic



Answer
a. Commonwealth
23. The curriculum used during this period in
Philippine history strengthened the teaching of
values; return to the basics in the new
elementary and secondary schools curriculum.
What period was this?
a. Commonwealth
b. American
c. Spanish
d. Fourth Republic

Answer
d. Fourth Republic
24. The primary bases of curriculum
development.
a. administrators
b. learners
c. teachers
d. governmental agency
Answer
b. learners
25. An approach to curriculum development,
considered as the traditional way of developing
curricula, which heavily relies on curriculum
knowledge from non-teachers; not concerned
about the context in which it will be used.
a. technical approach
b. non- technical approach
c. traditional approach
d. non-traditional approach
Answer
a. technical approach
26. In this approach, curriculum functions are
separate, but related to, instructional
functions.
a. technical approach
b. non- technical approach
c. traditional approach
d. non-traditional approach
Answer- a. technical approach




27. In this approach it relies heavily on
teachers as the major source of curriculum
knowledge because they know their students
and teaching contexts.
a. technical approach
b. non- technical approach
c. traditional approach
d. non-traditional approach

Answer
b. non-technical approach
28. Curricula using this approach do not
initially have intended learning outcomes
because what students are expected to learn
is not easily predicted.
a. technical approach
b. non- technical approach
c. traditional approach
d. non-traditional approach



Answer
b. non technical approach
29. A process that involves situation analysis,
goal setting and need identification, budget
determination and decision making
regarding implementation and evaluation
details.
a. curriculum organization
b. curriculum planning
c. curriculum implementation
d. curriculum design
Answer
b. curriculum planning
30. The arrangement of elements of
curriculum used, based on one dominant
source of curriculum content.
a. curriculum organization
b. curriculum planning
c. curriculum implementation
d. curriculum design
Answer
a. curriculum organization




Curriculum organization and design
Selection of content; the subject matter of the
teaching learning process
Grade placement; allocation of content to
definite grade capable of learning
Time allotment; amount of time given to a
subject
Sequence of content; order of succession
31. The following are the criteria for content
selection except;
a.validity
b.interest
c. utility
d. focus
Answer
d. focus
Criteria for content selection
Validity
Significance
Interest
Consistency with social realities
Integration
Utility
Scope
Continuity and sequence
Elements of curriculum content
Sequence
Integration
focus
32. A process by which curricula are used in
schools; is the instructional phase of
curriculum development process
a. curriculum organization
b. curriculum planning
c. curriculum implementation
d. curriculum design
Answer; c. curriculum implementation




Procedures for curriculum evaluation
Focusing
Preparing
Implementing
Analyzing
reporting
33. Refers to the formal determination of the
quality, effectiveness, or value of a curriculum
a. curriculum organization
b. curriculum planning
c. curriculum implementation
d. curriculum evaluation
Answer- d. curriculum evaluation
34. Refers to alteration of certain aspects of
curriculum without changing the fundamental
curriculum elements ,structure and conception
a. curriculum improvement
b. curriculum planning
c. curriculum implementation
d. curriculum evaluation
Answer- a.




Sample questions
35. suppose that in developing a curriculum, your
intention is to put a lot of imporatance in
developing the mind and spirit of the learners.
What philosophical belief will help you on this?
a. axiology
b.idealism
c. pragmatism
d. reconstructionism
Answer- b idealism
36. Every curriculum has this dimension. This
is both unplanned and implicit but its
instructional effects are often evident in the
students behavior, values and dispositions.
This dimension is referred to as _________
a. societal curriculum
b. instructional curriculum
c. institutional curriculum
d. hidden curriculum
Answer
d. hidden curriculum

37. Dr. Fernandez, the provincial hospital
director, plans to attend a school board
meeting where a new high school science
curriculum will be discussed. Which level of
curriculum is shown in this situation?
a. experiential
b. instructional
c. institutional
d. societal
Answer
d. societal
38. Mrs. Galang often makes use of experiential
rather than the rote method in teaching; she is
thus, observed to provide custom-made
activities for her pupils. The curriculum pattern
she apparently follows is that of __________
a. activity based
b. child- centered
c. process-oriented
d. life-functions-focused
Answer
b. child- centered
39. If what in teaching refers to curriculum,
the how of it refers to _______.
a. strategies
b. instruction
c. learning
d. approaches
Answer
b. instruction

40. Mrs. Padilla, the principal of Balingasa Elementary
School, opted to use the curriculum that involves the
integration of Social Studies, music, arts, and P.E. on
longer time blocks. This shows that the design pattern
she prefers is that of the _______ curriculum.
a. Correlated subjects
b. Core
c. Mastery learning
d. Broad fields
Answer
d. Broad fields

41. The school has the responsibility to
develop, among other things, problem solving
and abstraction skills. This responsibility has
something to do with ___________.
a. intellectualism
b. technological changes
c. vocational preparation
d. citizenship

Answer
C. vocational preparation
42. The curriculum used during this period in
Philippine history terminated the use of
English as a medium of instruction. What
period was this?
a. American
b. Spanish
c. Commonwealth
d. Japanese
Answer
d. Japanese
43. 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 of learning
Answer
a. there is a high level of cooperative
interaction
44. Kayan, a Grade 6 pupil, remembers that
he has had lessons on Philippine history since
he was in Grade 4. This is because the design
of the curriculum implemented in his school is
the _________
a. core curriculum
b. problem solving curriculum
c. spiral curriculum
d. open education curriculum
Answer
c. spiral curriculum

45. This type of curriculum focuses more on
problem solving processes and skills and
human relations than on content acquisition.
Which type is this?
a. subject centered
b. society culture based
c. learner centered
d. none of the above
Answer
b. society culture based
46. While having super, Mrs. Garcia asks her
two children what they learned in school
earlier that day. Which level of curriculum is
shown in this situation?
a. institutional
b. experiential
c. societal
d. instructional
Answer
b. experiential
47. The Kalayaan Elementary school uses a
curriculum design that recognizes the ability
levels of its pupils. Thus, the contents of the
subject areas taught across grade levels are so
organized that the simplest concepts are taken
up in the early grades and the more difficult
ones, in the higher levels. This shows a
widening and deepening sequence of similar
concepts taught through the elementary
levels. Which curriculum design is this?
a. correlated
b. broad fields
c. spiral
d. core
Answer
C. spiral
48. Mr. Carlos is interested in getting involved in
school-related functions.
He asked why should schools need a curriculum?
Which curriculum foundations could give him
some ideas for an answer?
a. socio-philosophical
b. psychological
c.historical
d. technological
Answer
a. socio- philosophical
Because philosophical foundations direction
to curriculum in terms of its goals and
objectives, the schools underlying beliefs and
values have impact on curriculum content and
choice of appropriate instructional strategies
49. During the implementation phase of the
curriculum, the following, EXCEPT ONE, are
factors worth considering for the effective use of
the curriculum in the classroom. Which is the
exception?
a. what resources are required
b. how curriculum is to be disseminated
c. how teachers are to be given the necessary
knowledge and skills
d. what content items are to be included

Answer
d. what content items are to be included

Curriculum Implementation

Includes knowing;
-the scope and complexity of curricular changes
- How curriculum content is disseminated
- -what professional development activities to
provide all stakeholders
- What resources are required
50. The San Jose School District plans to adopt
the reading program used in the La Loma School
District.
What curriculum improvement level does this
show?
a. Variation
b. Value orientation
c. substitution
d. restructuring
Answer
a. Variation

Curriculum Improvement
Refers to alteration of certain aspects of
curriculum without changing the fundamental
curriculum /elements/structure/conception.
Five levels of operation
Substitution; new series in place of current series
Alteration; additional instructional time for a
subject
Variation; adopting other schools program
Restructuring; organize teams of subject
specialists,
Value orientation; some instructional routine
matters made part of computer-assisted ins
truction
51. In curriculum planning, one of these
factors is concerned with the identification of
required resources and a list of expenditure
and revenue estimates. This factor is that of
_____
a. goal setting
b. situation analysis
c. decisions on implementation and evaluation
d. budget determination
Answer
d. budget determination

Curriculum planning

Factors;
-Situation analysis
- goal setting
- budget determination
- decisions on curriculum implementation and
evaluation

52. During this particular historical period,
specific subject areas in the curriculum started to
be taught in Filipino while the others, in English,
as provided in the newly-mandated Bilingual
Education Policy. What period was this?
a. Commonwealth
b. Third Republic
c. New Society
d. Japanese
Answer
c. New Society


53. This type of curriculum focuses more on
problem solving processes and skills and
human relations than on content acquisition.
Which type is this?
a. subject centered
b. society-culture based
c. learner centered
d. none of the above
Answer
b. society-culture based

54. Mr. Gabriel, a curriculum consultant on
economics insists that in selecting the
curriculum content, it is better that
throughout the high school years, economic
and 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 and sequence
c. significance
d. learnability
Answer
b. continuity and sequence
55. Dr. Roxanne Garcia intends to open a
school with curriculum that must be primarily
experience-centered. Which of the following
criteria must she NOT follow to ensure that
the curriculum is that which she wants?
a. the curriculum should promote the use of
active and dynamic process so that learning is
improved
b. the curriculum should be used with a high
level of cooperative interaction
c. the curriculum content should be primarily
based on the learners needs, ability levels
and interest.
d. the curriculum should emphasize the
teaching of facts and knowledge
Answer- d
56. What refers to the authenticity of the
content selected by the curriculum
developers?
a. feasibility
b. learnability
c. significance
d. validity
Answer- D
57. Which curriculum design element is taking
place when Eduardo, a Senior high school
student, can connect the lessons he learned in a
subject area to a related content in another
subject area?
a. articulation
b. balance
c. continuity
d. integration
Answer d

58. What process of curriculum development is
being undertaken by the developers when they
try to obtain relevant and significant information
to be able to judge the worth of an educational
program, its product, procedures and objectives?
a. curriculum planning
b. curriculum designing
c. curriculum organization
d. curriculum evaluation
Answer- d
59. Proponents of the technical scientific
approach of curriculum development believe that
curriculum is a means and ________is the end.
a. technique
b. instruction
c. learning
d. strategy
Answer-b
60. One example of this design of subject-
centered curriculum is that which shows social
studies being combined with geography, civics
and culture, and history to comprise one subject
area. Which design is this?
a. correlated
b. broadfields
c. fused
d. core
Answer-c

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