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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will be the most
effective. A process of support or guidance to help learners construct new meaning and
knowledge based on existing knowledge.
a.
Cooperative learning (through mediation)/Reciprocal teaching.
b.
Cognitive Guided Instruction.
c.
Scaffolding.
d.
Discussion or problem solving.
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The correct answer is: Scaffolding.
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SAQA is mainly responsible for:
a.
Ensuring that aims and outcomes of curricula design are integrated.
b.
Shaping the boundaries of teaching and provides the minimum knowledge and skills important
for learners and society.
c.
Ensuring that all qualifications are registered and adhere to specified standards.
d.
Validating how teachers develop adaption of the curriculum.
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The correct answer is: Ensuring that all qualifications are registered and adhere to specified
standards.
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The policy on Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ) explicitly
provides clearer and more specific guidelines with regard to minimum requirements for the
development of?
a.
Curricula
b.
Teacher qualifications
c.
Syllabi
d.
Learning programmes
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The correct answer is: Learning programmes
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A precise feature of the dialogue between the teacher and learners is the questions asked by the
teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another level of demand may
provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category
according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the following question: Write a complex review.
a.
Applying/Application
b.
Synthesising/Creation
c.
Understanding/Comprehension
d.
Remembering/Knowledge
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The correct answer is: Synthesising/Creation
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Which one of the following statements applies to the use of teaching media?
a.
Media can make a lesson more interesting, hold the learners’ attention longer and thus improve
learning.
b.
When educators produce their own media, they should make sure that the media are durable and
can be used repeatedly.
c.
It is usually the educator who handles the media, and this may thus result in the lesson becoming
educator centred.
d.
Media ensure that the learners are actively involved during the lesson.
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The correct answer is: Media can make a lesson more interesting, hold the learners’ attention
longer and thus improve learning.
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A precise feature of the discourse between the teacher and learners is the questions asked by the
teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another level of demand may
provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category
according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the following question: Draw a graph for data provided.
a.
Applying/Application
b.
Synthesising/Creation
c.
Remembering/Knowledge
d.
Understanding/Comprehension
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The correct answer is: Applying/Application
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A teaching strategy can best be defined as:
a.
The next step in learning, deepen the ability to seek out and gain new skills.
b.
A broad plan of action for teaching-learning activities according to the needs of the learners.
c.
It can be regarded as the foundation to how we develop curricula.
d.
The process of creating understanding as learner’s construction of their own cognitive maps of
the interconnections between contents and facts.
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The correct answer is: A broad plan of action for teaching-learning activities according to the
needs of the learners.
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“The principles for guiding teaching must be interactive, critical and set up an extended dialogue
with learners”. Which educationist can be associated with this statement?
a.
Freire
b.
Tyler
c.
Stenhouse
d.
Vygotsky
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African values such as Ubuntu have not been fully incorporated in modern education systems and
teacher education. Ubuntu is?
a.
A cyclical process starts with analysing the existing setting and formulating intentions for the
proposed change or innovation.
b.
A philosophy that promotes what the learners must learn, in what order, and in what space and
time.
c.
A progressive philosophy that includes a child-centred movement.
d.
A philosophy that promotes the common good of society and includes humanness as an essential
element of human growth.
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The correct answer is: A philosophy that promotes the common good of society and includes
humanness as an essential element of human growth.
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A narrow description of the “curriculum” as a concept entail?
a.
A learning and teaching situation.
b.
Organization of facts.
c.
Teacher interpretation.
d.
A list of contents to be learnt.
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The correct answer is: A list of contents to be learnt.
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The following policy aligns the different quality management programmes that have been
developed in the past into an integrated quality management system:
a.
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
b.
South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
c.
Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)
d.
Language of learning and teaching (LoLT)
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The correct answer is: Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS)
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Which role of the teacher is best described by this statement? This role involves setting up a
dialogue between the learner and various sources of information, including the teacher, and
ensuring that meaningful communication continues to take place between the two.
a.
Learning mediator role
b.
Assessor role
c.
Learning area/subject specialist role
d.
Community, citizenship and pastoral role
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The correct answer is: Learning mediator role
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Which of the following describes whole school planning the best?
a.
All stakeholders in the school consider all the activities and decide on the goals.
b.
Teachers, heads of departments and principals are included in the planning.
c.
All teachers in a phase should be included in the planning process.
d.
Teachers, learners and parents are involved in planning and consider all possible activities and
implications.
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The correct answer is: All stakeholders in the school consider all the activities and decide on the
goals.
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Advocates of transformation also claim that the curriculum needs to be?
a.
Changed
b.
Indigenised
c.
Simplified
d.
Decolonised
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Objectives are:
a.
What can the learners demonstrate?
b.
What will the learners learn?
c.
What learning opportunities are used?
d.
What will the teacher demonstrate?
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An actual feature of the talk between the teacher and learners is the questions asked by the
teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another level of demand may
provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category
according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the following question: Critique solutions to problems and
statements made by others.
a.
Understanding/Comprehension
b.
Evaluation
c.
Applying/Application
d.
Synthesising/Creation
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The correct answer is: Evaluation
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The curriculum as planned refers to?
a.
Teacher and learner reactions.
b.
The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for teaching.
c.
Assessment.
d.
The role of the teacher in the class.
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The correct answer is: The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for teaching.
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Lev Vygotsky, an educationist who argued for a __ perspective in education, lived during the
Russian Revolution, a time of great change in his culture and society.
a.
post-modernist
b.
social constructionist
c.
behaviourist
d.
naturalist
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Which of the following statements describe effective feedback the best?
a.
Effective feedback uses action words to describe what activities are part of the task.
b.
Effective feedback is goal-referenced and has a purpose
c.
Effective feedback links instructions to the set outcomes and the assessment criteria to make sure
that what is expected is what is assessed.
d.
Effective feedback uses clear language according to the level/grade of the learner.
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The correct answer is: Effective feedback is goal-referenced and has a purpose
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A certain feature of the dialog between the teacher and learners is the questions asked by the
teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another level of demand may
provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category
according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the following question: Define basic facts.
a.
Remembering/Knowledge
b.
Applying/Application
c.
Understanding/Comprehension
d.
Synthesising/Creation
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The correct answer is: Remembering/Knowledge
Creation
b.
Applying/Application
c.
Remembering/Knowledge
d.
Understanding/Comprehension
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The correct answer is: Remembering/Knowledge
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What is the difference between a “concept” and an “approach”?
a.
A concept is a word, but an approach is a phrase.
b.
A concept refers to a definition, but an approach is an understanding.
c.
A concept is an idea or abstract principle, but an approach is the perspective towards something
or a way of thinking.
d.
A concept is the way to describe something, but an approach is a principle to follow.
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The correct answer is: A concept is an idea or abstract principle, but an approach is the
perspective towards something or a way of thinking.
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According to Lev Vygotsky’s theory, the physical classroom should provide clustered desks or
tables and workspaces for?
a.
Collaboration and small-group learning
b.
Simulation and role-play
c.
Discussions and self-evaluation
d.
Problem solving and discussions
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The correct answer is: Collaboration and small-group learning
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Read the following statement/scenario and write down what teaching strategy will be the most
effective. Many aspects can facilitate the learning process, including books, media or objects; but,
importantly, technology enables communication between learners, between learner and teacher,
or through automatic feedback.
a.
E-learning
b.
Hybrid learning.
c.
Blended learning
d.
M-learning.
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The correct answer is: M-learning.
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According to the Norms and Standards for Educators document (which is now replaced by the
minimum qualifications for teachers), the cornerstone of this policy is:
a.
Making judgements on the effect that language has on learning in various situations.
b.
The notion of applied competence and its associated assessment criteria.
c.
Teaching practice as a mode of delivery through which all educators should be developed and
assessed.
d.
The roles and the qualifications for employment as an educator.
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The correct answer is: The notion of applied competence and its associated assessment criteria.
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To accommodate all learners within a diverse context, a classroom without barriers, in which we
are all co-learners, should be part of our?
a.
Teaching strategy.
b.
Transformed curriculum.
c.
Holistic curriculum.
d.
Whole school development.
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Subjective, personal and child centred.
a.
Experiential
b.
Naturalistic
c.
Humanistic
d.
Behavioural
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The correct answer is: Experiential
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It is of utmost importance to give clear instructions regarding what is required/expected in a task.
Learners will not be able to complete a task successfully if they do not understand the question or
the instructions. What should the teacher keep in mind when writing instructions?
a.
Encourage learners to answer in the ways that they feel most comfortable.
b.
Use clear language according to the level/grade of the learner.
c.
Keep sentences short and use vocabulary and terminology that is familiar to the learners.
d.
Use active rather than passive voice.
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The correct answer is: Use clear language according to the level/grade of the learner.
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Whole person, centre is social
activities.
a.
Naturalistic
b.
Behavioural
c.
Experiential
d.
Humanistic
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The correct answer is: Experiential
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Which of the following are NOT skills to consider that would prepare learners more holistically
and might assist teachers in the implementation of the curriculum?
a.
New media literacy: ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms,
and to leverage these media for persuasive communication.
b.
Design mindset: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes.
c.
Virtual collaboration: ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence
as a member of a virtual team.
d.
Social management: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to
understand how to maximise social functioning using a variety of tools and techniques.
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The correct answer is: Social management: ability to discriminate and filter information for
importance, and to understand how to maximise social functioning using a variety of tools and
techniques.
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Technical, scientific and logical
positivist.
a.
Experiential
b.
Humanistic
c.
Naturalistic
d.
Behavioural
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The correct answer is: Behavioural
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Ubuntu is founded on three pillars, namely?
a.
Interpersonal values, accountability and non-racism.
b.
Non racism, con sexism and equality.
c.
Interpersonal values, intrapersonal values and environmental values.
d.
Environmental values, reconciliation and democracy.
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The correct answer is: Interpersonal values, intrapersonal values and environmental values.
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According to __ we must think about the purpose of the curriculum, it must serve to liberate
learners to make links and understand language, experiences, and their daily struggle.
a.
Stenhouse
b.
Tyler
c.
Freire
d.
Vygotsky
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The collective roles of teachers in a school are discussed in which document?
a.
MRTEQ
b.
SAQA
c.
NSE
d.
IQMS
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“A curriculum plan should be a recommendation not a prescription/therefore the focus is on how
learners learn and attempts to enrich that”. Which educationist can be linked to this statement?
a.
Vygotsky
b.
Stenhouse
c.
Tyler
d.
Freire
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Which one of the following is the best description of the National Qualifications Framework
(NQF)?
a.
a single national framework that compiled the CAPS document.
b.
a single national framework that works together with trade unions.
c.
an organised business such as the Private Sector Education Council.
d.
a single national framework that would bring together all education and training under one
authority.
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The correct answer is: a single national framework that would bring together all education and
training under one authority.
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Which of the following is NOT a minimum competency required of newly qualified teachers?
a.
Be able to identify learning or social problems and work alone to address these.
b.
Be able to reflect critically, in theoretically informed ways and in conjunction with their
professional community of colleagues, on their own practice to constantly improve it and adapt it
to evolving circumstances.
c.
Be able to assess learners in reliable and varied ways, as well as be able to use the results of
assessment to improve teaching and learning.
d.
Have a positive work ethic, display appropriate values and conduct themselves in a manner that
befits, enhances and develops the teaching profession.
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The correct answer is: Be able to identify learning or social problems and work alone to address
these.
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Which of the following is not a principle of discovery learning?
a.
Adapting to the changing environment
b.
Learning-by-doing
c.
Finding own meaning and understanding
d.
Social transformation
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The correct answer is: Social transformation
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Curriculum in practice?
a.
Shapes the boundaries of teaching and provides the minimum knowledge, skills, and values
important for learners and society.
b.
Focus on the learner playing a central role in the teaching-learning activities.
c.
Refers to a technique of curriculum design that aims at integration.
d.
Validates how teachers develop adaptation of the curriculum to their learners and the classroom.
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The correct answer is: Validates how teachers develop adaptation of the curriculum to their
learners and the classroom.
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Fair assessment also means ensuring that planning, teaching, and assessment start with a clear set
of?
a.
Marking grids.
b.
Rubrics.
c.
Assessment standards.
d.
Objectives or outcomes.
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The correct answer is: Objectives or outcomes.
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When interpreting and implementing the curriculum, the following questions should also be
asked from the outset: Identify the incorrect statement.
a.
How will a research project or an assignment be assessed? Will we use an observation sheet with
assessment criteria, or a rubric? These are the tools of assessment; the tool selected should be
appropriate to the assessment criteria for the activity.
b.
Which assessment technique is the best for measuring the required outcomes/aims? Is it, for
instance, a research project or a written assignment?
c.
Who will be doing the assessing? Will it be group assessment, self-assessment, or peer
assessment? These are possible methods of assessment.
d.
How can teachers involve learners in assessment and give them time to respond to questions and?
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respond to questions and?
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An exact feature of the conversation between the teacher and learners is the questions asked by
the teacher. Changing the formulation of the question to include another level of demand may
provoke much deeper thinking and discussion in the classroom. Identify the cognitive category
according to Bloom’s taxonomy for the following question: Solve problems with two or more
steps.
a.
Remembering/Knowledge
b.
Understanding/Comprehension
c.
Applying/Application
d.
Analysing
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The correct answer is: Analysing
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Which educationist see the curriculum as a product and follow an objectives approach?
a.
Freire
b.
Tyler
c.
Vygotsky
d.
Stenhouse
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As an educator, you will be involved in different levels of planning when it comes to planning a
learning programme. As an individual teacher, at which planning level will you mainly be
involved?
a.
Lesson plans
b.
Learning programme
c.
Phase
d.
Work schedule
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The correct answer is: Lesson plans
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When selecting and evaluating Learning, Teaching and Support Materials (LTSM’s) there are
several things that you need to look out for, namely?
a.
The CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, and assessment.
b.
Knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, equity, and media use.
c.
The Outcomes-Based Approach, CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, assessment,
and mediation of learning.
d.
The Outcomes-Based Approach, the CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, and
equity.
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The correct answer is: The CAPS, knowledge and skills, values and attitudes, and assessment.
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All initial teacher education programmes are the responsibility of the Department of __
Education.
a.
Further
b.
Higher and Further
c.
Basic
d.
Higher
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The correct answer is: Higher
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Curriculum development often starts with analysing the existing setting and formulating
intentions for the proposed change or innovation. Important activities in this phase include?
a.
Assessment analysis.
b.
Theoretical analysis
c.
Context analysis.
d.
Content analysis.
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The correct answer is: Context analysis.
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The following approach focus belongs to the __ approach: Creative problem solving and co-
operative curriculum.
a.
Humanistic
b.
Experiential
c.
Behavioural
d.
Naturalistic
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The correct answer is: Naturalistic
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Reuven Feuerstein (born 1921) was a …, who considers the teacher’s main role to be that of
mediator, whose task is to assist learners in building or modifying knowledge through learning.
a.
humanist
b.
behaviourist
c.
cognitive psychologist
d.
socio-constructionist
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The correct answer is: cognitive psychologist
