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Choose the option that best defines what the term aesthetically appealing means. 1) Deals with the nature of beauty and appeals to the senses 4) Deals with the nature of learners’ interests 3) Deals with the nature of introducing new ideas to generate possibilities through originality 4) None of the above

Select the option below that best describes the principle of resource development that speaks to acknowledging human rights, inclusivity, environmental and social justice. 1) Resources need to be sensitive to issues of diversity and echo the identity, indigenous knowledge, background and experiences of the children in your class. 2) Resources need to promote knowledge in local contexts, while being sensitive to global imperatives. 3) Resources must present the main content, concepts or skills that support the instructional objectives and subject focus according to the curriculum. 4) Resources need to encourage and facilitate the learning of the four 21st century skills: communication, collaboration, creative and critical thinking skills. 

An object/material is recyclable: 1) when it can be converted into something new 2) when it can be repurposed and reused 3) when it is made of glass, plastic, textiles and paper 4) 1, 2 and 3 

The children in Mrs Dlamini’s class regularly climb on the chairs, tables and anything else they can find to get up higher. The programme budget is on hold and the teacher has been told she’ll need to wait to buy pieces of equipment for indoor large motor play. In the meantime, she wants to offer the children a challenging but safe opportunity for climbing. She used some sturdy block shelves as the base for making a Plexiglas mirror bridge. Sitting close to the children as they climb, she sees the determination and feeling of competence they gain as they make their way across the bridge. Mrs Dlamini looks forward to helping the children negotiate the new challenge that emerges as they head toward each other in the middle of the bridge. 13. What content area is Mrs Dlamini specifically promoting, according to CAPS (DBE 2011)? 1) Personal and Social Well-Being 2) Life Skills 3) Performing Arts 4) Physical Education

According to the Department of Social Development, which of the following is a minimum standard to which equipment and resources should adhere to in Foundation Phase teaching? a) Clean and safe. b) Breakables stored out of reach of learners. c) Scissors to be stored in a box in the front of the room. d) Small manipulatives like buttons stored in jars with bottle tops.

Grade R-3 learners should not be exposed to work with dangerous recycled materials. Which recycled materials would you not recommend for use in Grade R3 classrooms? Choose one of the groups below. 1) glass o jars o bottles (cooldrink, sauce and medicine bottles) 2) paper o newspaper, magazines, scrap paper/wrapping paper and old books o paper cups o paint swatches o cardboard ▪ boxes (medicine, cereal, biscuit, tissue, juice boxes etc) ▪ tubes (toilet roll, paper towel, wrapping paper and Pringle tubes) ▪ egg cartons ▪ old puzzles 3) plastics o black soft plastic o black polystyrene trays o plastic trays made from PET (marked with ‘1’ in the triangle) o plastic contaminated with oil, paint or glue, or plastic bonded with paper such as laminated paper 4) plastic o bottles o lids (bottle and cream lids) o tubs (cream, ice cream, yoghurt tubs etc) o medicine bottles o cotton reels o buttons o plumbing pipes o straws

As the Botswana Training Authority (BOTA 2005) states, the aim of providing guidelines for the use of teaching and learning resources “is to support different types of learning modes”, as well as “to ensure that learning materials developed include and support different types of learners”. Which of the following guidelines on developing resources have NOT been adapted from BOTA (2005) and from Coyle et al. (2014)? 1) Structure and design 2) The scientific and technological process skills design 3) Establishing a need 4) Flexible design

Complete the following statement by selecting the best option: 9. According to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (DBE 2011), the standard materials required specifically for the teaching of Creative Arts are: 1) charts, posters and audio equipment 2) construction material, open space and different sized objects 3) musical instruments, old clothes and open space 4) open space, visual stimuli, a variety of props and musical instruments

Select the most appropriate combination of resources that will assist in supporting John in developing writing and handwriting skills: 1) beads, sensory bags and talking chips 2) playdough, sensory bags and tongue depressors 3) blocks, rocks and playdough 4) 1 and 3 

How is John smart? In other words, what intelligence does John display when

learning?

1) musical intelligence

2) bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence

3) spatial intelligence

4) logical-mathematical intelligence