PiE Pre-Test 1 (W5)

What are pedagogical competencies?

• School rules

• Student attendance

• Skills required for sports

• Minimum professional standards for teachers

What is an important component of teacher professionalism besides knowledge?

• Luck

• Popularity

• Physical strength

• Professional competence

Which is NOT a part of developing pedagogical competencies?

• Theory knowledge

• Ignoring student needs

• Practical teaching skills

• Observations of teaching

Being a good listener helps teachers to ...

• ... understand students better

• ... finish lessons faster

• ... talk more in class

• ... ignore problems

What do learning theories explain?

• How to play sports

• School lunch menus

• How students find friends

• How students learn and retain information

Which theory emphasizes learning by external stimuli and responses?

• Humanism

• Cognitivism

• Behaviourism

• Constructivism

What does Constructivism emphasize?

• Constructing knowledge based on experience

• Learning as a passive process

• Learning through punishment

• Memorizing facts only

The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) refers to ...

• ... a student’s favorite subject

• ... what a student can learn alone

• ... what a student refuses to learn

• ... what a student can learn with help

'Attention' in Cognitivism involves ...

• ... focusing on meaningful information

• ... ignoring irrelevant details

• ... listening poorly

• ... talking more

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs states that ...

• ... punishment helps learning

• ... learning is only about facts

• ... teachers should ignore students’ emotions

• ... basic needs must be met before higher needs