UEW: INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM PAST QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS(CHECK NOW)
Welcome to this collection of past questions designed to help you prepare for your upcoming exams in Curriculum. This article is a comprehensive resource that contains a wide range of questions from previous exams in your field of study.
By working through these questions, you can gain valuable insight into the types of questions that may appear on your exam and develop your problem-solving skills.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON CURRICULUM
1. The component of the curriculum serves as the basis for determining its success or failure……………
A. Purpose
B. Content
C. Learners experience
D. Evaluation
ANSWER: D
2. An objective stated is considered to be precise when it…………
A. Has fewer words
B. Identifies ones learning outcomes
C. Cannot be interpreted differently
D. Can be achieved differently
ANSWER: C
3. Which of these agents of education empowers the other……….
A. Family
B. School
C. Media
D. Church
ANSWER: B
4. Content selected for the various courses in the curriculum are considered valid only when they enable the learners demonstrate stated objectives.
True / False
ANSWER: True
5. Education is schooling and schooling is education.
True / False
ANSWER: False
6. The learnability of content selected for a particular subject does not depend on the availability of resourced needed for teaching.
True / False
ANSWER: False
7. Experiences and activities which learners are exposed to which are not documented but takes place during school hours varies from school to school.
True / false
ANSWER: True
8. The sequential arrangement of content is influenced by a country’s educational philosophy.
True / False
ANSWER: True
9. Learners learn better when teachers are involved in the selection of educational experiences.
True / False
ANSWER: True
10. Continuity as a technique for organising allows………
A. Concepts to be repeated with increased difficulty
B. Aspects of various disciplines to be fused into a composite whole
C. Concepts to be reiterated without increase in difficulty
D. A subject to be repeated across a number of subjects
ANSWER: A
11. According to existentialists, learners’ role in the teaching and learning situation is to ……..
A. Experience knowledge
B. Create knowledge
C. Receive knowledge
D. Select knowledge
ANSWER: C
12. What the culture of the school teaches learners may be considered part of the …………………curriculum
A. Actual
B. Formal
C. Hidden
D. Informal
ANSWER: C
13. What teachers teach and learners learn as a result of the prevailing conditions form part of the …………..curriculum
A. Actual
B. Co-curriculum
C. Formal
D. official
ANSWER: A
14. All these are purposes for evaluating an instructional programme except…..
A. diagnosing the programme
B. revising aspects of the programme
C. Changing the programme
D. comparing programmes
ANSWER: C
15. Which of these is the most appropriate description of the curriculum…………..
A. a planned programme of activities a school exposes learners to
B. planned series of activities stated in the syllabus
C. subjects learners learn in school
D. All that students experience in order to be useful citizens
ANSWER: D
16. Psychology of learning influences curriculum design by facilitating………….
A. Determination of educational aims
B. Funding education
C. Hiring of personnel
D. Sequential arrangement of content
ANSWER: D
17. Which of the components of the curriculum provides evidence for curriculum reviews
A. Evaluation
B. Learning experiences
C. Purposes
D. Subject matter
ANSWER: A
18. Within which category definitions will you place this………. “Curriculum is all that students go through in order to become useful citizens”.
A. Broad
B. Wide
C. Narrow
D. Mid-way
ANSWER: D
19. Purposes for the curriculum can be derived from all these except…..
A. Learners
B. Teachers
C. Society
D. Parents
ANSWER: D
20. In curriculum construction, purposes stated for subjects are called ……
A. Ultimate goals
B. Mediate goals
C. Proximate goals
D. Specific objectives
ANSWER: C
21. In selecting learning experiences for his students, Mr. Eshun ensured that what he selected would help learners demonstrate expected outcomes. What criterion influenced his choice?
A. Validity
B. Significance
C. Feasibility
D. Functionality
ANSWER: A
22. Which of the following is the most appropriate tool for collecting qualitative data when conducting an evaluation?
A. Interview guide
B. Close-ended questionnaires
C. Tests
D. Projects
ANSWER: A
23. The process of conducting preliminary assessment in the environment within which the curriculum will be is considered as ………..
A. Needs evaluation
B. Situational analysis
C. Needs anticipation
D. Context examination
ANSWER: B
24. Which of these determinants of a curriculum should a society consider if she wants to use the curriculum to achieve social and political stability…
A. Cross-cultural factors
B. Teachers
C. Societal considerations
D. Existing curriculum
ANSWER: B
25. All the following are strengths of a discipline centred curriculum except…..
A. Promotes in-depth study and acquisition of knowledge
B. Ensures preservation of society’s culture
C. Allows easy structural arrangements
D. Encourages independent thinking.
ANSWER: D
26. Learning experiences selected for learners are considered comprehensive when…..
A. All objectives and domains have corresponding experiences
B. Equal emphasis is placed on all aspects of the curriculum
C. Learners participate in the selection process
ANSWER: A
27. A good school curriculum should be able to facilitate the development of all aspects of the learners except…………
A. Mental capacity
B. Value system
C. Local environment
D. Manipulative skills
ANSWER: C
28. Which of these factors will promote the preservation of the values of society when developing the curriculum
A. Culture of the people
B. Number of subject options available
C. Resources available
D. Evaluation system
ANSWER: A
29. A syllabus plays all the following significant roles except ……
A. Breaking related topics in a subject area into teachable units
B. Translating the philosophy of the curriculum
C. Making the aims of the curriculum available
D. Prescribing policies that make the curriculum achievable
ANSWER: D
30. The content of a subject which is authentic and also facilitates the achievement of stated objectives is considered to be …………..
A. Valid
B. Reliable
C. Appropriate
D. Functional
ANSWER: A
31. In curriculum construction proximate goals are stated for…….
A. The nation
B. An institution
C. A subject
D. A lesson
ANSWER: C
32. Which of these will you consider as one of the roles of educational philosophy in the construction of the curriculum?
A. Defining the contribution of parents to education
B. Explaining the role of educational policy makers
C. Determining budgetary allocation for education
D. Determining the role of the teacher
ANSWER: D
33. What teachers are expected to teach and learners are expected to learn form part of the ………….curriculum
A. Adopted
B. Taught
C. Covert
D. Received
ANSWER: B
34. Which of the following best explains the precise statement of objectives for an instructional process………..
A. Statement must be short
B. Must contain one learning outcome
C. Must be interpreted similarly by different people
D. Must be simple worded and straight-forward
ANSWER: B
35. The content of a subject may entail the following except…..
A. Materials
B. Principles
C. Concepts
D. Theories
ANSWER: A
36. The pattern of curriculum construction that seeks to preserve the cultural heritage of the people is called………….. curriculum
A. Discipline centred
B. Activity centred
C. Core
D. Integrated
ANSWER: A
37. When the demonstration of the outcome of stated objectives is personally and socially beneficial, the objectives may be described as………….
A. Significant
B. Appropriate
ER: D
38. What society values and cherishes and may want to pass on to future generation constitutes part of the……..
A. Goals
B. Subject matter
C. Educational experiences
D. Instructional objectives
ANSWER: B
39. Educational bodies influence curriculum construction by…….
A. Recommending students for curriculum planning committees
B. Providing reports on student performances
C. Testing students on curriculum materials
D. Determining the success and failure of curriculum materials
ANSWER: B
40. Which of the following is not one of the foundations that shape the formulation of curriculum………
A. Historical considerations
B. Philosophical considerations
C. Legal foundations
D. Psychological foundations
ANSWER: C
41. Learners may acquire one of the following values from examinations conducted.
A. Tolerating others opinion
B. Cooperating with others
C. Showing respect
D. Being independent minded
ANSWER: D
42. The process of conducting preliminary assessment in the environment within which an instructional programme will be implemented is called
A. Community research
B. Community diagnosals
C. Situational analysis
ANSWER: C
43. Which of the curriculum development models has a built- in mechanism that ensures that information gathered from evaluation serve as a feedback into the system…..
A. Ralph Tyler’s model
B. Daryl Kenneth Wheeler’s model
C. Hilda Taba’s mode
D. Kerr’s model
ANSWER: A
44. All these are strengths’ of an integrated curriculum except
A. It eliminates the repetition of concepts
B. It is easier to organise the curriculum in this manner
C. It promotes the maintenance of society’s cultural heritage
D. It reinforces learner’s understanding of concepts
ANSWER: B
45. Objective stated for an instructional process that are of value than other alternatives be described as………….
A. Significant
B. Functional
C. Relevant
D. Appropriate
ANSWER: A
46. In selecting contents for his students MR. Kyei considered all the resources available…… what criterion influenced his choice of content?
A. Significance
B. Validity
C. Utility
D. Feasibility
ANSWER: D
47. A society may be considered as developed if it has all these conditions in place except…………
A. Substance
B. Safety
C. Sufficiency
D. Satisfaction
ANSWER: A
48. One of the following is not from Tyler’s 1949 fundamental questions proposed for curriculum development
A. Purposes
B. Content
C. Learning experiences
D. Evaluation
ANSWER: B
49. An educational programme is said to be clientele oriented because….
A. It is designed for clients with various orientations
B. It is good for a particular group of people
C. It is designed for a client
50. Who explained education as the process of human learning through which an individual acquires breadth of knowledge, understanding and critical thinking?
A. Farrant(1980)
B. Barrow1981)
C. Aggarwal(1995)
D. Castle(1965)
ANSWER: B
51. Which of the following categories of curriculum definition would be most difficult to evaluate?
A. Broad definitions
B. Midway definitions
C. Narrow definitions
D. Plan or Means definitions
ANSWER: A
52. In Henson’s three levels of categorizing curriculum definitions, he used courses synonymously with ………
A. Content
B. Experiences.
C. Process
D. Ends
ANSWER: A
53. One major demerit of perceiving the curriculum in a narrow sense is that ……..
A. allows curriculum to be thought of in a concrete and definite way
B. Is flexible
C. makes teachers teach along the pattern of examination questions.
D. Would make the curriculum simple to access.
ANSWER: C
54. In Henson’s three levels of categorizing curriculum definitions; one of the following groups has similar definitions under them all.
A. Means, Content and Process
B. Means, Experience and Plan
C. Plan, Content, Experiences
D. Process, Experiences and Ends
ANSWER: D
55. Education describes the total process of human learning by which knowledge is imparted, faculties trained and skills developed. One criticism of the definition is that it …………..
A. appears to include mis-education
B. Is too wordy or verbose
C. does not specify the trait imparted
D. Sees education as a process
ANSWER: B
56. Informal education is said to occur everywhere. One of the following is also making formal education almost possess characteristic too.
A. It being a school-based phenomenon
B. It’s convergent definition
C. Technology
D. The issuance of Certificates
ANSWER: C
57. Which of the following has the largest number of Students
A. Informal Education
B. Formal Education
C. Non-Formal Education
D. Broad Education
ANSWER: A
58. All the following are ways by which Henson (2015) categorized the definition of curriculum except…
A. Content versus Experience definition
B. Means versus End definition
C. Process verses Plan definition
D. Programme verses product definitions
ANSWER: D
59. Given that final year students of UEW are being taught table manners, the study of table manners can be best described as ………
A. Novel
B. Co-curricula
C. Extra- curricula
D. Support curriculum
ANSWER: B
60. The implementation of double-track system in second-cycle schools has occasioned some changes to schools’ timetables and academic calendars. This happening is an example of …..( Select one:
A. Government policy determining the Curriculum
B. Societal considerations determining the curriculum
C. Learners determining the curriculum
D. Teachers determining the curriculum
ANSWER: A
61. The Chief and people of Anansekrom are worried about graduates from Aansekrom SHS. The citizens complain that almost all boys from Anansekrom walk in a particular manner. Which curriculum terminology appropriately describes how Anansekrom students acquired this behavior? Select one
A. Through the absent curriculum
B. Through the co-curriculum
C. Through the hidden curriculum
D. Through the official curriculum
ANSWER: C
62. All the following types of education utilizes curriculum except, Select one:
A. Semi-formal education
B. Non formal education
C. Formal education
D. Informal education
ANSWER: D
63. Which of the following types of education does not make use of examination? Select one;
A. Informal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Formal education
D. Pre-formal education
ANSWER: A
64. A group of traders at the Kotokuraba market organized themselves and invited teacher Apietus to teach them Cost Accounting every weekend. What type of education is this? Select one;
A. Non-formal education
B. Informal education
C. Pre-formal education
D. Formal education
ANSWER: A
65. One of the following categorisations of curriculum definitions by Henson (2015) concentrates on the subject matter. Select one;
A. Process
B. Plan
C. Courses
D. Ends
ANSWER: C
66. All the following are definitions of curriculum reflecting Means as used by Henson (2015), except ……….. Select one.
A. Experiences children have under a teacher.
B. A course of learning in a school
C. Experience set up by the school
D. Planned activities for instruction
ANSWER: B
67. A lot of students love Instagram because they learn about fashion trends. Through celebrities posting pictures, they learn about new colour combinations, dress styles and new fashion statements, what type of education is being provided in this instances? Select one:
A. Formal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Semi-formal education
D. Informal education
ANSWER: D
68. Curriculum is the collection of specified knowledge, skills, attitude, values from the disciplines. This definition best suits which categorization of curriculum definitions by Henson (2015)? Select one.
A. Ends definitions
B. Experiences definitions
C. Plan definitions
D. Content definitions
ANSWER: A
69. In the security services there is a mantra “do before complain”. If a teacher uses this mantra in the classroom, the service he will be providing cannot count as education (going by RS Peter’s criteria) because. select one;
A. What is transmitted is not worthwhile
B. Knowledge transmission is involved but there is not understanding
C. Learners will not commit to what is taught
D. Learner do not willingly submit to learning
ANSWER: D
70. In Henson’s (2015) three levels of categorizing curriculum definitions, he used courses synonymously with……………..
A. Process
B. Experience
C. Content.
D. Ends.
ANSWER: B
72. Mr. Mensah, a curriculum expert has been invited to suggest ways of dealing with social problems in Anansekrom. He has so far reviewed the subjects that the students learn at Anansekrom SHS but he has found no fault from there. Which curriculum terminology appropriately describes the subjects studied in Anansekrom SHS? Select one.
A. Co-curriculum
B. Absent curriculum
C. Hidden curriculum
D. Official curriculum
ANSWER: C
73. Which of the following types of education does not make use of examinations?
A. Formal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Pre-formal education
D. Informal education
ANSWER: D
74. The implementation of double-track system in second-cycle schools has occasioned some changes to schools’ timetables and academic calendars. This happening is an example of ……… { Select one;
A. Government policy determining the curriculum
B. Societal consideration determining the curriculum
C. Teachers determining the curriculum
D. Learners determining the curriculum
ANSWER: A
75. One of the following categorisations of curriculum definitions by Henson (2015) concentrates on the subject matter.
A. Plan
B. Ends
C. Process
D. Courses
ANSWER: D
76. “Curriculum is the experiences children have under the teacher in a school” This definition reflects all the following categories of curriculum definition, except………….
A. Process definitions.
B. Ends definitions
C. Midway definitions
D. Broad definitions.
ANSWER: D
77. Education involves the transmission of what is worthwhile from one generation to another. What is worthwhile as used here includes all the following EXCEPT. Select one.
A. Knowledge
B. Co-education
C. Values
D. Skills
ANSWER: B
78. All the following types of education utilizes curriculum except. Select one
A. Semi-formal education
B. Informal education
C. Non-formal education
ANSWER: B
79. Curriculum is the ‘permanent’ subjects that embody essential knowledge. In Tamakloe’s typolopy, what type of definition does this fit?
A. Midway
B. Broad
C. Semi-Broad
D. Narrow
ANSWER: D
80. Which of the below curriculum terminology best represents the unintentionally acquired skills and attitudes emanating from the administrative setup of educational institution? Select one:
A. Official curriculum
B. Null curriculum
C. Actual curriculum
D. Hidden curriculum
ANSWER: A
82. The National council for curriculum and Assessment has incorporate related to Greenhouse economy and energy efficiency in the Standard-based curriculum. This shows that the new curriculum is …..
A. Complex
B. Broad
C. The result of long-term efforts
D. Holistic
E. Continuously evolving
ANSWER: E
83. All the following are definitions of curriculum reflecting Means as used by Henson (2015), except…… select one
A. A course of learning in a school
B. Experience set up by the school
C. Planned activities for instruction
D. Experiences Children have under a teacher
ANSWER: D
84. The implementation of double track system in second cycle schools has occasioned some changes to schools’ timetables and academic calendars. This happening is an example of …………
A. Teachers determining the curriculum
B. Learners determining the curriculum
C. Government policy determining the curriculum
D. Societal considerations determining the curriculum
ANSWER: C
85. There are knowledge gaps in the content. These gaps constitutes
A. Absent curriculum
B. Extra curriculum
C. Covert curriculum
D. Overt curriculum
ANSWER: A
86. All the following are other names of official curriculum except……………
A. Covert curriculum
B. Explicit
C. Intended
D. Recommended
ANSWER: A
87. International best practice is to have curriculum reviewed every five years. Which feature of curriculum is demonstrated by this standard?
A. It is designed for a particular group of people
B. It is an institutional phenomenon
C. It continuously evolves
D. It is supported by society
ANSWER: C
88. What type of education is provided when teachers attend workshop and seminars?
A. Formal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Pre-formal education
D. Informal education
ANSWER: B
89. What the learner has experienced and can exhibit is the ………………
A. Learned curriculum
B. Assessed curriculum
C. Actual curriculum
D. Co- curriculum
ANSWER: C
90. In Henson’s (2015) three levels of categorizing curriculum definitions. He used courses synonymously with ……………
A. Process
B. Content
C. Experience
D. Ends
ANSWER: B
91. A circuit supervisor finds a teacher teaching content meant for Basic six in a JHS two class. In curriculum typology what the supervisor witnessed is …………..
A. Hidden Curriculum
B. Formal Curriculum
C. Unwritten Curriculum
D. Actual Curriculum
ANSWER: D
92. A common characteristic of non-formal education is that it is ………..
A. rigidly structured
B. Informed by the philosophy of the society
C. Organized for everyone in a given society
D. Organized for a homogeneous group
ANSWER: D
93. The more inadequate resources are in the school, the less the difference between the intended curriculum and the curriculum in-use.
A. False
B. True
ANSWER: False
94. Whenever Mr. Nti gets to the class and it is dirty. He asks all the female students in the class to sweep. The male students, therefore grew up to appreciate that sweeping is a female enterprise. What type of curriculum occasioned this form of learning?
A. Hidden Curriculum
B. Official Curriculum
C. Informal Curriculum
D. Actual Curriculum
ANSWER: A
95. The part of the official curriculum that the teacher teaches is absolutely the actual curriculum.
A. False
B. True
ANSWER: True
96. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the hidden curriculum?
A. It takes place both inside and outside the classroom
B. Learning is teacher-centered and not student-centered
C. Learning is done unconsciously
D. Learning includes a positive message
E. Learning includes negative message
ANSWER: B
97. Henson (2015) categorized definitions of the curriculum into three………..
A. Meaningless categorizations
B. Abstract groups
C. Perfect categories
D. Thematic groups
ANSWER: D
98. One major demerit of perceiving the curriculum in a narrow sense is that it ……….
A. Allow curriculum to be thought of in a concrete and definite way.
B. Would make the curriculum simple to assess.
C. Makes teachers teach along the pattern of examination questions.
D. Is flexible.
ANSWER: C
99. Mrs. Opoku taught her students about the three main religions in Ghana. She never allowed the students to learn about the other minor religions in Ghana. What type of curriculum has been portrayed in this scenario?
A. Hidden Curriculum
B. Informal Curriculum
C. Taught Curriculum
D. Absent Curriculum
E. Non-formal Curriculum
ANSWER: D
100. All the following curricula refer to the same thing, except ………….
A. Curriculum in-use
B. Operational Curriculum
C. Thought Curriculum
D. Actual Curriculum
ANSWER: D
101. In most all boys schools in Ghana, first year students often shave their hair like that of the final years. This behavior of the first years typifies ………. Select one.
A. Formal Curriculum
B. Official Curriculum
C. Experience curriculum
D. Co-curriculum
E. Hidden curriculum
ANSWER: E
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