Data Center College of the Philippines of Laoag City, Inc.

The College of Information Technology

A.G. Tupaz cor. M.V. Fariñas Sts. Brgy. 8 San Vicente
Laoag City
 Data Center College of the Philippines of Laoag City, Inc.
The College of Information Technology
A.G. Tupaz cor. M.V. Fariñas Sts. Brgy. 8 San Vicente
Laoag City

BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

The Teacher and The School Curriculum
1st Semester SY 2022-2023
Prelim Examination

Name: ________________________________________________ Score: ________________________

Year & Section: ________________________________________ Date: _________________________

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

― Malcolm Forbes
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1) Which of the following does NOT show a curriculum?
A. A teacher giving assignments to his class.
B. A teacher using a manila paper for a discussion about water cycle.
C. A teacher writing a guide for his tour in Baguio.
D. A principal briefing his teachers for the INSET.
2) Contents must be evaluated in the light of practical considerations, including teacher competence,
availability of instructional materials, time allotment, etc. What criteria in the selection of content is
defined by the aforementioned statement?
A. Attainability
B. Feasibility
C. Consistency
D. Validity
3) Which among the following is NOT a written curriculum?
A. Lesson plan
B. Instructional guides
C. The output of a learner
D. Modules
4) Which among the following is NOT a supported curriculum?
A. Chalkboard
B. Science Laboratory
C. Market
D. Assignment
5) What does BE-LCP mean?
A. Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan
B. Basic Education Learning Continuity Phase
C. Basic Education Learning Continued Plan
D. Basic Education Learning Curriculum Plan
6) The heart of classroom instruction.
A. Subjects
B. Experience
C. Learners
D. Curriculum
7) In a curriculum development class, the teacher asked the students to give an enriched definition of the
curriculum. Which among the following encompasses the true essence of the term?
A. Curriculum is a never ending process in education.
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B. Curriculum is the sum total of all the learning experiences in the teaching-learning process.
C. Curriculum is a list of subjects to take to complete a course.
D. Curriculum is a list of courses in order to graduate
8) What is the ultimate component which forms the learning objectives in the curriculum?
A. Learning strategies
B. Learning outcomes
C. Learning assessments
D. Learning as tools
9) Teacher Juan have been tasked to prepare the curriculum for the year. He writes daily guide in
implementing the curriculum. In this situation he is a/an _____.
A. Planner
B. Implementor
C. Innovator
D. Writer
10) Teacher Janus showed the whole mark of being an excellent teacher by being able to make out of the
box positive changes in the curriculum how. As a curricularist, he is an __________.
A. Innovator
B. Implementor
C. Evaluator
D. Initiator
11) Which holds true when each level of subject matter is smoothly connected to the next level and
glaring gaps, wasteful overlaps in subject matter are avoided?
A. The curriculum must be sequenced.
B. The curriculum must be articulated.
C. The curriculum must be integrated.
D. The curriculum must be continued.
12) Which social phenomenon supports the axiom, "Curriculum development in an ongoing process?"
A. Have and have-not compose society
B. Changes occur in society
C. Social culture is rich and varied
D. Society is made up of people
13) What in the curriculum comprises the body of knowledge?
A. Learning process
B. Learning assessment
C. Learning content
D. Learning outcomes
14) Teacher Juan attends to seminars, workshops and pursue graduate work. He/She is a/an ________.
A. Innovator
B. Knower
C. Writer
D. Evaluator
15) A curriculum consultant in Economics insists that in selecting the curriculum content, it is better that
throughout high school years, geography concepts be used to recur and be repeated with depth for
effective learning. Which criteria in the selection of content is shown in this situation?
A. Continuity
B. Validity
C. Learnability
D. Significance
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II. IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Identify the word/term/phrase/people the statement is describing. Write your answer on the
space provided.

1. The full name of New-Fist.

2. A person who is involved in curriculum knowing, initiating, writing, implementing,
planning, innovating and evaluating.
3. The ability of the teacher to become aware of all the happenings inside the classroom.
4. This includes Kindergarten to Grade 12.
5. This includes Baccalaureate or Bachelor Degrees and Graduate Degrees.
6. This includes post-secondary technical vocational educational and training.
7. The meaning of “currere”.
8. He/She/They view/s curriculum as “permanent studies”.
9. He proposed the “learning by doing” dictum.
10. He/She/They viewed curriculum as all the experiences in the classroom which are planned
and enacted by the teacher and also learned by the students.
11. He/She/They think/s that the sole source of curriculum is a discipline.
12. He/She/They assert/s that curriculum should consist entirely of knowledge which comes
from various disciplines.
13. He/She/They viewed curriculum as all experiences children have under the guidance of
teachers.
14. It defines curriculum as the whole body of a course in an educational institution or by a
department.
15. It defines curriculum as courses taught in schools or universities.

III. TRADITIONAL OR PROGRESSIVE

Directions: Write T if the statement describes a TRADITIONAL point of view of curriculum and P if it
describes PROGRESSIVE. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. Children are given opportunity to play outdoors. _____
2. Teachers are required to teach the book from cover to cover. _____
3. Teachers provide varied learning experiences to learners. _____
4. Learning can only be achieved in school. _____
5. It is the systematic arrangement of contents in the course syllabus. _____
6. Teachers are reluctant to teach beyond the written curriculum. _____
7. The focus is the child as a unique individual. _____
8. Teachers are experts inside the classroom who guide learners. _____
9. Parents send children to a military type school with rigid punishment. _____
10. Learning takes place wherever and whenever a learner is. _____

IV. TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Write T if the statement is True and F if it is false. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. A content is significant if it becomes a means of developing cognitive, affective and psychomotor
skills of the learner.
2. Education is way to preserve culture.
3. Knowledge becomes obsolete with the fast changing times.
4. Utility of a content cannot be relative to time.
5. The complexity of the content should be within the range of experiences of the educators.
6. Articulation talks the logical arrangement of the content from simple to complex.
7. Sequence consists of all the contents, topics, learning experiences comprising the curriculum.
8. Contents should be infused in other disciplines whenever possible.
9. Constant repetition, reinforcement and enhancement of content are all elements of continuity.
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10. As a process, curriculum links to the content.

V. ENUMERATION
Directions: Enumerate the following.
A. The 3 levels of education in the Philippines. (1-3)
B. Types of Curricula in a School. (4-10)
C. The 3 subjects of New-Fist’s Curriculum. (11-13)
D. The roles of the teacher as a curricularist. (14-20)
E. Fundamental Principles for Curriculum Contents. (21-26)

VI. ESSAY
Direction: Answer the following questions concisely.
1. Was the curriculum of New-Fist experiential? Explain. (4 points)
2. Choose one from these “Education Headlines”. How can this headline affect the curriculum? (5
points)
a) DepEd Reviews the K to 12 Curriculum.
b) Suicide Incidence in Schools Has Become Alarming.
c) Teachers are Reluctant to Try New Things in the Curriculum.

Prepared by: Approved by:

MARK JAYVEE P. ESTEBAN DR. LUZ L. RICARDO

Instructor Program Head, BEEd