A child reasons 'You do this for me and I'll do that for you.' In which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning would this child fall?
The 'good boy-good girl' orientation
The social-contract orientation
The instrumental purpose orientation
The punishment and obedience orientation
Progressive education
is based on the principles of conditioning and reinforcement
is centered around textbooks since they are the only valid source of knowledge
reaffirms the belief that the teacher has to be firm in her approach and in today's world children cannot be taught without using punishment
lays strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking
Questions encouraging students to voice their individual opinions on issues and reflections while giving reasons for the same, promote
standardized assessment of children
analytical and critical thinking
convergent thinking
recall of information
Which one of the following statements best sums up the relationship between development and learning?
Development is independent of learning
Learning trails behind development
Learning and development are synonymous terms
Learning and development are inter-related in a complex manner
Which one of these is not a principle of development?
Development is modifiable
Development is governed and determined by culture alone
Development is life-long
Development is influenced by both heredity and environment
A key feature of a child-centered classroom is that in which
the teacher's role is to present the knowledge to be learned and to assess the students on standard parameters
the students with the teacher's guidance are made responsible for constructing their own understanding
there's coercive and psychological control of the teacher who determines the learning trajectory and the behaviour of the children
the teacher lays down uniform ways of behaviour for children and gives them appropriate rewards when they do the same
Which one of the following statements is most appropriate about intelligence?
Intelligence can be reliably determined only by administering standardized IQ tests
Intelligence is fundamentally neurological functioning, for example speed of processing, sensory discrimination etc.
Intelligence is the ability to do well in school
Intelligence is multi-dimensional having several aspects to it
Gender bias refers to
genetic differences that exist between boys and girls
perception of self as relatively feminine and masculine in characteristics
acknowledgement of differences between boys and girls due to their physiology
differential treatment of boys and girls based on expectations due to cultural attitudes
As an upper primary school teacher, you have quite a few children who are 'first generation school-goers in your classroom. Which one of the following are you most likely to do?
Provide scaffolding and other kinds of support during classroom activities and for homework
Give them homework of memorising and copying the answers in their notebooks five times
Tell the children that they do not have the capability to study further and they should now help their parents at work
Call the parents and gently ask them to enroll their children for tuition
A.
Provide scaffolding and other kinds of support during classroom activities and for homework
If we find any first-generation school-goers children, we should help and encourage them to continue education and coming to schools despite his/her problem. Since being first-generation school-goers implies they are poor and finds difficulty in coming to school. By providing scaffolding and other kinds of support, we motivate them to come to school.
Even children of the same age vary greatly in appearance, abilities, temperament, interests, aptitude amongst other things.
What is the role of the school in this regard?
Lay down normative standards of assessment for children
Ensure that the teacher uses standardized instruction and textbooks
Ensure that all children develop in the same manner
Ensure that each child gets opportunities to develop as per her potential