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(a) argued that feminine morality emphasises an "ethic of care" that is devalued in Kohlberg's theory of moral development.
(b) agreed with the conception of 'care' and 'justice' as presented in Kohlberg's theory.
(c) critiqued that Kohlberg did not refer to Piaget's theory of moral development.
(d) expanded upon Kohlberg's theory of moral development to include 2 more stages.
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Answer: (a) argued that feminine morality emphasises an "ethic of care" that is devalued in Kohlberg's theory of moral development.
Explanation:
1. Gilligan criticised Kohlberg for a male-centred, justice-based view of morality.
2. She said women often reason through an ethic of care, which his theory undervalues.
Teacher's Note:
1. Remember: Gilligan means care, Kohlberg means justice.
2. Her book is 'In a Different Voice'.
(a) Inaccessible infrastructure
(b) Inequality of opportunities
(c) Barriers to participation
(d) Non-discrimination
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Answer: (d) Non-discrimination
Explanation:
1. Inclusion needs equal treatment and removal of barriers.
2. Non-discrimination is the only option that supports this.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pick the positive option: equality, access, participation.
2. The other three are what inclusion removes.
Reason (R): All domains of development are inter-related and influence each other.
Choose the correct option.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false.
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Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation:
1. (A) describes physical well-being leading to social and then cognitive growth.
2. (R) states that domains are inter-related, which is exactly why this chain happens.
Teacher's Note:
1. Development is holistic.
2. Physical, social and cognitive domains affect each other.
(a) The instrumental purpose orientation
(b) Law and order orientation
(c) Social contract orientation
(d) Punishment-obedience orientation
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Answer: (b) Law and order orientation
Explanation:
1. Obeying laws as a duty and keeping social order is stage 4.
2. This is the law and order orientation.
Teacher's Note:
1. Stage 4 stresses rules and duty.
2. Stage 5 asks whether laws are fair and can be changed.
Reason (R): Sharing experiences from one's community and heritage helps students feel included in the classroom.
Choose the correct option.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false.
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Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation:
1. The teacher's action in (A) is sound practice.
2. (R) gives the purpose: it makes students feel included, so R explains A.
Teacher's Note:
1. Valuing students' culture builds inclusion.
2. Connect the classroom to the community.
(a) Children's behaviour can be explained in terms of small, incremental change due to experience.
(b) Children's behaviour is totally determined by early experiences in life.
(c) Children are born 'noble savages' and are corrupted by the society.
(d) Children are active beings who construct knowledge by acting upon and interacting with their socio-cultural context.
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Answer: (d) Children are active beings who construct knowledge by acting upon and interacting with their socio-cultural context.
Explanation:
1. Socio-constructivism sees the child as an active learner.
2. Knowledge is built through action and social interaction with the cultural context.
Teacher's Note:
1. Option (a) is behaviourist, (c) is Rousseau's view.
2. 'Active' and 'construct' are keywords.
(a) born with a high sense of morality and ethics which are 'god-gifted'.
(b) 'tabula rasa' or blank slates.
(c) miniature adults whose thinking is lesser than adults.
(d) curious beings who learn through exploration of their surroundings.
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Answer: (d) curious beings who learn through exploration of their surroundings.
Explanation:
1. Progressive education (Dewey and others) sees children as naturally curious and active.
2. They learn by exploring and doing.
Teacher's Note:
1. Tabula rasa is Locke's view.
2. Learning by doing is Dewey's idea.
(a) holistic and continuous.
(b) standardised and exam centric.
(c) summative and norm-referenced.
(d) teacher-centered and discontinuous.
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Answer: (a) holistic and continuous.
Explanation:
1. Good assessment covers all aspects of the learner and happens throughout learning.
2. This is holistic and continuous assessment, as in CCE and NEP 2020.
Teacher's Note:
1. NEP 2020 stresses formative, competency-based assessment.
2. Exam-centric means one-time testing.
(a) Highly structured curriculum
(b) Standardized assessment
(c) Universal design for learning
(d) Uniform and summative assessment
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Answer: (c) Universal design for learning
Explanation:
1. Universal Design for Learning offers multiple ways of engagement, representation and expression.
2. This meets the different needs of all learners.
Teacher's Note:
1. UDL plans for all learners from the start.
2. Rigid and uniform options go against inclusion.
(a) Braille system
(b) Walking stick
(c) Sound amplifier
(d) Eyeglasses
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Answer: (c) Sound amplifier
Explanation:
1. A sound amplifier makes sounds louder for people with hearing loss.
2. Braille, walking stick and eyeglasses help vision or mobility.
Teacher's Note:
1. Match the device to the disability.
2. Hearing aids and amplifiers are for hearing.
(a) Build on the previous understanding of the students and further it.
(b) Are aimed to only reproduce knowledge from the textbook.
(c) Are decontextualized and depersonalized.
(d) Are extremely complex and abstract.
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Answer: (a) Build on the previous understanding of the students and further it.
Explanation:
1. New learning is effective when it connects with what students already know.
2. The other options are rote, remote or too hard.
Teacher's Note:
1. Prior knowledge is the foundation of learning.
2. Contextualised and personal activities help most.
(a) Reflect the egocentric and irrational thinking of children.
(b) Are found only in children with very high IQ levels.
(c) Are an obstacle to learning and should be punished.
(d) Are the 'naive theories' that children construct about phenomena around them.
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Answer: (d) Are the 'naive theories' that children construct about phenomena around them.
Explanation:
1. Alternative conceptions are children's own ideas formed from everyday experience.
2. They are naive theories, not irrational, and teachers should build on them.
Teacher's Note:
1. Also called misconceptions or alternative frameworks.
2. Use them as a starting point for conceptual change.
(a) Discouraging multiple perspectives and guesses in her class
(b) Encouraging children to make intuitive guesses
(c) Writing step-by-step solution to the problem
(d) Focusing on the reproduction of textbook knowledge
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Answer: (b) Encouraging children to make intuitive guesses
Explanation:
1. Problem solving grows when children try ideas, guess and test them.
2. Intuitive guesses invite thinking, while ready solutions and reproduction do not.
Teacher's Note:
1. Allow trial and error.
2. Discovery matters more than copying steps.
(a) Dialogue
(b) Lecture
(c) Direct instruction
(d) Rewards
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Answer: (a) Dialogue
Explanation:
1. Concepts are understood through talk, questions and sharing of ideas.
2. Lectures, direct instruction and rewards do not involve the learner in this way.
Teacher's Note:
1. Vygotsky: understanding grows through social talk.
2. Prefer interactive methods.
(i) It makes the teacher more active in the teaching-learning process than the students.
(ii) It helps in connecting past experiences to gaining new knowledge and transfer of positive learning.
(iii) It is completely based on the promotion of traditional bookish knowledge.
(iv) It emphasizes on developing real and scientific understanding in students through experiences and experiments.
(a) (ii), (iv)
(b) (i), (iii)
(c) (i), (iv)
(d) (ii), (iii)
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Answer: (b) (i), (iii)
Explanation:
1. Experiential learning makes the learner active, so (i) is wrong.
2. It is based on experience and experiments, not bookish knowledge, so (iii) is wrong; (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Read the 'NOT' carefully.
2. Experience and doing are the core of experiential learning.
(a) Panic
(b) Frustration
(c) Irritation
(d) Excitement
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Answer: (d) Excitement
Explanation:
1. Positive emotions like excitement raise interest and attention.
2. Panic, frustration and irritation block learning.
Teacher's Note:
1. Positive emotions support learning.
2. Create a joyful classroom.
(a) Passive imitation
(b) Drill and recall
(c) Rote memorization
(d) Guided discovery
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Answer: (d) Guided discovery
Explanation:
1. Children learn best by exploring with support from a teacher.
2. Guided discovery combines activity with guidance.
Teacher's Note:
1. Bruner promoted discovery learning.
2. Passive methods give weak understanding.
(a) Use of methods of conditioning
(b) Giving appropriate rewards
(c) Use of punishment
(d) Considering students' interests
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Answer: (d) Considering students' interests
Explanation:
1. Intrinsic motivation comes from interest in the task itself.
2. Considering students' interests makes tasks enjoyable, while the others are external.
Teacher's Note:
1. Rewards and punishment are extrinsic.
2. Interest and choice raise intrinsic motivation.
(a) Impaired maths calculation skills and difficulty in understanding numbers and maths facts.
(b) Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
(c) Originality, fluency, flexibility.
(d) Difficulty in muscle control, movement and coordination.
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Answer: (a) Impaired maths calculation skills and difficulty in understanding numbers and maths facts.
Explanation:
1. Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in mathematics.
2. Option (b) is ADHD, (c) creativity and (d) dyspraxia.
Teacher's Note:
1. Match each disorder to its features.
2. Dyscalculia means trouble with number sense.
(a) Immediately correct the students' errors
(b) Ask a peer to correct the student's errors
(c) Give students opportunities to identify their own errors and work upon them
(d) Shame the students so that they don't make any errors in future
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Answer: (c) Give students opportunities to identify their own errors and work upon them
Explanation:
1. Errors are part of learning and show how the child thinks.
2. Letting students find and correct their own errors builds understanding and metacognition.
Teacher's Note:
1. Treat errors as learning opportunities.
2. Never shame learners.
(i) incorporates diverse pedagogic methods
(ii) promotes democratic classroom practice
(iii) considers children's psychological development
(iv) gives primacy to the teacher's authority
(a) (i), (iii), (iv)
(b) (i), (ii), (iv)
(c) (iii), (iv)
(d) (i), (ii), (iii)
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Answer: (d) (i), (ii), (iii)
Explanation:
1. Child-centered pedagogy uses varied methods, democratic practice and children's psychology.
2. Giving primacy to teacher authority is teacher-centered, so (iv) is out.
Teacher's Note:
1. Child-centered means the learner is at the centre.
2. Teacher authority marks the traditional approach.
(a) Highly superior social skills and maturity as compared to their peers
(b) Low perseverance in tasks
(c) Curiosity and inquisitiveness
(d) Choice of lower order thinking tasks
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Answer: (c) Curiosity and inquisitiveness
Explanation:
1. Gifted children are curious and ask many questions.
2. They persevere in interesting tasks and prefer higher-order thinking, and do not always have superior social maturity.
Teacher's Note:
1. Curiosity is a common gifted trait.
2. Be wary of 'highly superior in everything' options.
(a) learned helplessness
(b) motivation to learn more
(c) mastery orientation
(d) belief in incremental view of ability
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Answer: (a) learned helplessness
Explanation:
1. Repeated failure with self-blame makes learners feel they cannot succeed.
2. This is learned helplessness.
Teacher's Note:
1. Seligman described learned helplessness.
2. Mastery orientation and incremental view are positive outcomes.
(i) always keep the class by being didactic
(ii) give importance to learner's previous knowledge and experience
(iii) focus solely on extrinsic motivation
(iv) encourage learners to think critically
(a) (iii), (iv)
(b) (ii), (iv)
(c) (ii), (iii)
(d) (i), (iv)
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Answer: (b) (ii), (iv)
Explanation:
1. A progressive teacher values prior knowledge and encourages critical thinking.
2. Being always didactic or relying solely on extrinsic motivation is not progressive.
Teacher's Note:
1. Progressive means learner-centered.
2. 'Always' and 'solely' flag wrong statements.
(a) Ask them to seek private tuitions after school.
(b) Encourage them to participate in classroom activities by providing appropriate scaffolding.
(c) Give them a lot of complex worksheets as homework.
(d) Induce fear of failure in them to make them work hard.
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Answer: (b) Encourage them to participate in classroom activities by providing appropriate scaffolding.
Explanation:
1. First-generation learners lack academic support at home.
2. The teacher should include them and provide scaffolding so they can succeed.
Teacher's Note:
1. Inclusion, support and encouragement are the keys.
2. Fear and extra burden are harmful.
(a) Through social interaction
(b) Through passive reception
(c) Through conditioning
(d) Through reinforcement
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Answer: (a) Through social interaction
Explanation:
1. Vygotsky held that cognition develops through interaction with more knowledgeable members of society.
2. Culture is passed on through social interaction.
Teacher's Note:
1. Vygotsky is sociocultural.
2. Conditioning and reinforcement are behaviourist.
Reason (R): Learning creates new conditions for development.
Choose the correct option:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false.
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Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation:
1. (A) is true: the two are connected.
2. (R) is true and explains the link, as Vygotsky said learning leads development.
Teacher's Note:
1. Vygotsky: good learning moves ahead of development.
2. Learning and development interact.
(a) Development is a spontaneous process but appropriate environment is necessary to facilitate it.
(b) Development is pre-determined by genetic factors and cannot be modified.
(c) Heredity does not play any role in development.
(d) The process of development begins only after the stage of infancy.
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Answer: (a) Development is a spontaneous process but appropriate environment is necessary to facilitate it.
Explanation:
1. Development unfolds naturally, but a supportive environment is needed.
2. The other options deny either environment or heredity or wrongly delay the start.
Teacher's Note:
1. Both heredity and environment matter.
2. Development begins before birth.
Reason (R): Children in the pre-operational stage have difficulties in considering multiple aspects of a situation.
Choose the correct option:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false.
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Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation:
1. A six-year-old is in Piaget's pre-operational stage, where conservation and seriation are not yet mastered.
2. The cause is centration, the difficulty of attending to multiple aspects, so R explains A.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pre-operational thinking shows centration.
2. Conservation comes in the concrete operational stage.
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