Psychological Foundations of Curriculum

Match the following systems with their impact on PBIS.

• System that undermines PBIS by lacking consistent support.

• Implement a token system (e.g., points, school currency) where students earn rewards for demonstrating expected behaviors.

• System that negatively impacts PBIS by embarrassing students.

• Shaming or public humiliation as a form of discipline.

• System that promotes positive behavior by rewarding students.

• Inconsistent leadership support or failure to model PBIS principles

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• Flinders and Thornton, 6th edition, Ch. 9 states that,

• Well-structured, measurable objectives improve student learning and assessment by:

• • providing clear expectations

• • encouraging deeper thinking

• • aligning with cognitive and affective taxonomies

• Keeping on pace with the teacher down the hall

(a)   argued that strict objectives could hinder education by limiting creativity and depths of understanding

• Elliot W. Eisner
• Philip W. Jackson
• William H. Watkins

Match the following psychological theories with their focus areas.

• Focuses on observable behaviors and their modification.

• C) Humanistic Psychology

• Concerned with how the brain thinks and learns.

• B) Cognitive Psychology

• Emphasizes personal growth and self-actualization.

• A) Behaviorism

In a school project, both the new ideas and the students involved, like Michael and Kayah, change over time. This scenario defines which of the following terms:

• Mutual Adaptation

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Reconstructionist

• Behaviorism

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What is curriculum?

• The materials used to teach standards that enhance the learners' understanding and are developmentally appropriate.

• The subjects comprise a course of study in a school or college that enhances the learner's cognitive, physical, and psychological responses.

• A one-size-fits-all approach, limited to the classroom, separate from society.

• The totality of student experiences that occur in an educational process.

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Philip W. Jackson argued that school is a place built upon routines where students can learn the value of:

• • Learn how to navigate structured environments

• • Follow social norms

• • Deal with boredom

• Face their fears

A recurring point of interest amongst Black study advocates was the implementation of:

• Newspapers

• Plumbing

• social studies/African history/decentants

• Latin Studies