Professional Education Part 1

1. The establishment of the School of the Future (SOF) introduces improvement and
reform in education to respond to both human and social needs. What philosophy is
related to it?
A. Epistemology C. Pragmatism
B. Reconstructionism D. Idealism
Correct answer B

2. Learning constitutes a logical method for organizing and interpreting learning. This is
one thinking of the
A. Cognitivist C. Sociologist
B. Behaviorist D. Humanist
Correct answer A

3. He believed that curriculum is a set of experiences in which the subject matter is

developed around social functions and learners’ interests. This is
A. William Kilpatrick C. Harold Hugg
B. Hollis Caswell D. Werret Charters
Correct answer B

4. Other than the teacher, there must be materials which should help in the
implementation of a written curriculum in order to have a successful teaching. This is
referred to as
A. supported curriculum. C. recommended curriculum.
B. intended curriculum. D. taught curriculum.
Correct answer A

5. Several students in an art class may be exposed simultaneously to the same painting.
The painting itself constitutes the content of learning. One student may be attracted
more to the color than to other elements. Another may react more to form or to
composition. This suggests to what component of curriculum?
A. Goals and Objectives C. Learning Evaluation
B. Subject Matter D. Learning Experiences
Correct answer D

6. 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. C. Institutional curriculum.
B. Instructional curriculum. D. Hidden curriculum.
Correct answer D
7. 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 C. Institutional
B. Instructional D. Societal
Correct answer C

8. 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. C. process-oriented.
B. child-centered. D. life-functions-focused.
Correct answer B

9. This concept includes the sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization,

implementation and evaluation. Which concept is this?
A. curriculum development C. curriculum management
B. curriculum assessment D. curriculum and instruction
Correct answer A

10. If the “what” in teaching refers to curriculum, the “how” of it refers to

A. strategies. C. learning.
B. instruction. D. approaches.
Correct answer B

11. 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 C. mastery learning
B. core D. broad fields
Correct answer D

12. One popular conception of curriculum is that which aims to provide the learners
with the needed skills in this ever-changing world. Which conception is this?
A. self-actualization
B. social relevance
C. cumulative tradition of organized knowledge
D. technology
Correct answer B
13. What characteristics of a good curriculum does this imply? “The curriculum must
adapt the educational activities and services to meet the needs of a modern and
dynamic community.”
A. The curriculum is continuously evolving.
B. The curriculum is democratically conceived.
C. The curriculum is based on the needs of the people.
D. The curriculum is a complex of details
Correct answer A

14. The emphasis on curriculum of this philosophy deals with the choices in subject
matter and electives as well as the emotional, esthetic, and philosophical subjects.
A. Pragmatism C. Existentialism
B. Realism D. Idealism
Correct answer C

15. Learning should be organized in order that students can experience success in the
process of mastering the subject matter. This is one advocacy of
A. Behaviorist C. Humanist
B. Cognitivist D. Sociologist
Correct answer A