General Study

Question 1

What is a curriculum?

Answer 1

A complex and reflective theory of education.

Question 2

What are theories of education?

Answer 2

Education is contested
It is a family of process to develop and describe processes
Similar to a rope in how it is built of strands yards and fibres.

Question 3

Plural of curriculum is curricula

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is the null curriculum?

Answer 4

The excluded curriculum

Question 5

The informal curriculum

Answer 5

School trips and clubs. Activities which are not demanded.

Question 6

The hidden curriculum

Answer 6

The things you learn in school but are not part of the official curriculum. Punctuality ect.

Question 7

Stance+Persona=

Answer 7

Presence

Question 8

Teacher to whole class

Answer 8

T-WC

Question 9

What is the teaching learning cycle?

Answer 9

1. Content exploration
2. Explicit instruction
3. Guided and joint practice
4. Independent application
5. Reflection/prilimary

Question 10

What are the four curricula?

Answer 10

Official
Taught
Learned
Tested

Question 11

PISA

Answer 11

Programme for International Student Assessment

Question 12

What are Es and Os?

Answer 12

Experiences and Outcomes are a set of clear and concise statements about children’s learning and progression in each curriculum area. They are used to help plan learning and to assess progress.

Question 13

Lesson plans focus on

Answer 13

One lesson of learning focussing on activities and tasks for the pupils.

Question 14

Learners learn language through…

Answer 14

Interaction

Question 15

Don’t know=

Answer 15

Can’t express

Question 16

EAL learners are

Answer 16

Pupils who use 2 or more languages in every day lives.

Question 17

What are the demands of teaching writing?

Answer 17

Need for ideas to express
Need for words
Need for understanding of purpose and audience
Need for genre features
Need for concept of words and sentences

Question 18

How do you make writing less challenging?

Answer 18

Product approach
Process approach
Genre approach

Question 19

What is the development of writing a piece?

Answer 19

Pre writing
Drafting
Editing
Publishing

Question 20

What is genre based?

Answer 20

The explicit identification of language features.

Question 21

What is the product approach?

Answer 21

Focus on the written product rather than the ways the learner should approach the process of writing. WRITING THROUGH IMITATION!

Question 22

Process approach

Answer 22

Writing as recursive
Editing
Feedback
Redrafting

Question 23

Genre approach

Answer 23

Genre characteristics of writing. Focus on the sociocultural conditions of textual production.

Question 24

What is a rubric question?

Answer 24

An explicit set of criteria used for assessing a particular type of work or performance.

Question 25

Skills for writing a critical essay

Answer 25

Understanding
Analysis
Evaluation (engagement)

Question 26

Methodologies of writing a critical essay

Answer 26

Direct teaching of skills
Model and demonstrate
Examples exploded
Individual, paired and group activities
Staging
Drafting
Mini essay
Micro marketing
Planning frames
Self and peer evaluation

Question 27

Always start your programme of work with…

Answer 27

A rubric

Question 28

Rubrics help to …

Answer 28

Plan
Decide on a question
Rubrics must be specific

Question 29

What is staging?

Answer 29

The process of production which constructs feedback.

“We are going to look at the opening THEN the middle THEN the end”

Question 30

What are mini essays?

Answer 30

Essays which focus on one aspect. Balance of quantity and quality.

Question 31

PCQE means

Answer 31

Point
Context
Quote
Explanation

Question 32

Micro Marking

Answer 32

Sampling. It is unwise to mark everything a pupil puts pen to paper. Sample pieces of work

Question 33

What is a medium term plan

Answer 33

Programme of Work

Question 34

Long term plans are…

Answer 34

Plans for the year

Question 35

Unit Studies = Programmes of work

True or False?

Answer 35

True