PART II: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

A. Foundation of Education, Sociological Philosophical Gen. & Educational Psychological legal &
Ethical Laws.

1.” Freedom and authority are not antagonistic, moreover, freedom is legitimate off spring of
authority” Which of the following situation best illustrate the above principle?

a. apparent and teachers personifying authority and discipline.

b. Children learn freedom by being inhibited in their conduct.
c. students are free to do what law allows.
d. teacher carries a mantle of authority on a domineering manner.

Ans: b

2.The relationship between education and culture tends to be cyclical. This means that
__________________.

a. the school serves as a channel where individuals learn their culture

b. it is the school’s primary function to transmit culture and is an agent of change.
c. the school system transmit culture and the classroom is the agent of transmission.
d. The school is shaped by culture and culture is, in turn, influence by the school.

Ans: c

3. According to J. Dewey, “Education is continuous process of experiencing and revising or

reorganizing experiences. This means that education_____________________.

a. takes place formally or informally to enable the individual to go

b. is never completed and goes on throughout life.
c. make take place anywhere and anytime the individual desires
d. takes place in school where learner is expose to specific, self-contained experiences.

Ans: c

4.Which of the current classroom practices is influenced by Skinner’s Operant Conditioning?

a. connection between stimulus and response

b. involuntary response to a stimulus
c. reinforcement of correct practices
d. progression of subordinate learning

Ans: c
5.The primary objective of bilingual education is to prepare learners to be
_____________________

a. globally competitive
b. proficient in Filipino and other major dialects
c. proficient in both English and Filipino
d. proficient in Filipino and other foreign language

Ans: a

6. The Principle of Individual differences require teachers to _________________.

a. give more attention to the gifted students

b. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
c. provide varied learning activities to suit individuals needs
d. provide modules for slow learners in the class

Ans: c

7.”All learning is bond-connecting.” Which of the following is this principle not applicable?

a. attitudes b. reflexes c. skills d. habit

Ans: b

8Which of the following statements regarding professional teachers is the major difference
in the professionalizing of teachers and teaching as imbodied in PD 1006 and R.A.7836?

a. appointed on full time basis and on permanent status.

b. holder of valid professional certificate of registration
c. assigned at the tertiary level in both private and state colleges and universities
d. assigned at the elementary and secondary levels in both public and private schools

Ans: b

9. How is Values EDUCATION offered in the National Secondary Education Curriculum (NESC)

a. integrated in all subjects areas

b. offered as a separate subject
c. emphasized in MAKABAYAN subjects
d. integrated with T.H.E subjects

Ans: b
10. What is the most important principle that a teacher should follow in initiating a
program of positive reinforcement?

a. conduct peer approval and recognition

b. punish negative behaviour and reward positive behavior
c. provide regular opportunities for socially acceptable bahaviour
d. reward should come immediately after appropriate bahaviour

Ans: d

11. The history curriculum development includes the hidden curriculum approach. What is
the context emphasis of this approach?
a. introspection and choice
b. student experiences and activities
c. implicit processes and social norms
d. student needs and interests

Ans: d

12. What type of justice implies the duty of one individual to give another what is due
him?
a. distributive justice c. social justice
b. commutative justice d. penal justice

Ans: c

13. Which thrust on values formation is intended to help the students identify and be aware
of their values?
a. values integration c. values enhancements
b. values clarification d. moral development

Ans: b

14. Which among these goals for change is espoused by the “Moral Recovery Program?”
a. sense of justice, sense of national pride and of seriousness
b. sense of national pride, sense of seriousness and sense of common good
c. sense of seriousness, of common goal and sense of justice and out range over its violations
d. sense of national pride, of common good of justice and outrage over its violations

Ans: c

15. Which of the following runs counter to the development of honesty and good governance ?
a. transparency in barangay operations and other organizations thru public reporting
b. vigilance in the use of weights and measures used in the market
c. equal payment of government employees productivity pay
d. payment of just wages to workers and employees

Ans: a

16. Which statement holds true to values clarification?

a. values are independent of time, place and persons; is meant to help students get at their own feelings
and idea
b. no person has the right set of values to pass on to others; is meant to let the students understand
their own feelings, ideas and beliefs
c. Values are objective
d. Values are independent of time

Ans: c

17. Which of the following is NOT a goal of true authority?

a. to help, form and guide others
b. to set examples for/to others
c. to coerce others to do what the authorities want them to do
d. to bring out the best in others

Ans: c

18. The Philippine Education Act of 1982 define the areas of the three levels of educational system.
What is the mission of the elementary education?
a. to mound an effective and efficient teacher
b. to establish a relevant and responsive quality education
c. to produce an enlightened, disciplined, creative and productive citizen
d. create a modern and up-to-date methods of teaching and materials

Ans: d

19. Free public elementary and secondary education line with the government’s effort to address
educational problems of ____________________.
a. productivity c. effectiveness and efficiency
b. relevant and quality d. access and equity

Ans: c

20. “Men are built not born” as what John Watson said. This statement points to ________________.
a. effect of heredity
b. absence of genetic influence on a person’s development
c. effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s development
d. ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development
Ans: b

21. What does “Developmentally Appropriate Practice type of schooling focus on?
I. Typical development patterns of children
II. Uniqueness of each child
III. Direct Instructions
a. I&III b. I&II c. II&III d. II only

Ans: b

22. For Freud, the primary motivation for human behavior is sexual in nature while for Erickson, it is
_______________ in nature.
a. social b. physical c. cultural d. biological

Ans: a

23. The teacher’s role in the classroom according to cognitive psychologist is to______________
a. fill the minds of the learner with information
b. make the learning task easy for the student
c. help the learner connect what he knows with the new information learned
d. dictate upon the learner what he should learn and know

Ans: c

24. Researchers conducted show that the teacher’s expectances of students often become self-fulfilling
prophecies. This phenomenon is called _________________.
a. Halo effect c. Ripple effect
b. Hawthorne effect d. Pygmalion effect

Ans: d

25. Which of the following NOT synonymous to performance objective?

a. Teachers objective c. Instructional objectives
b. Learners objectives d. Behavioral objectives

Ans: b

26. Individual differences, when recognize early, will enable the teacher to provide different motivations
and approaches in guiding the learning process. Each learner differs physically
Mentally, socially and emotionally. Unless the teacher provides for these differences, no amount of
modern approaches in teaching can produce favorable results. This paragraph emphasizes
that___________________.
a. There is a need for motivating learning
 b. Individual differences is an important factor in guiding the learner
c. Focus should be on teacher-learner relationship
d. It’s the nature of learning process

Ans: b

27. The cognitive process refers to the realization that even if things change in physical appearance,
certain attributes are constant. This is ________________________.
a. reservation c. integration
b. construction d. conservation

Ans: c

28. The level of mental maturity needed for a pupil to maximize learning opportunities can be
determined ____________________.
a. upon reaching the age of seven
b. approximately at age five
c. at a level that varies from task to task
d. by administering readiness

Ans: a

29. Stage where children consider parents and teachers as authorities and models.
a. period of morality by constraint c. mental age
b. post-conventional morality d. metacognition

Ans: a

30. The human evocative approach and the 4 A’s end with___________________.
a. generalization c. application
b. analysis d. adaptation

Ans: c