CUS3701
EXAM PACK
,CUS3701 – CURRICULUM STUDIES
Final Examination - 2025
Exam Answers
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE
(20 marks)
1. C – The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for teaching.
2. B – Social constructionist.
3. A – Stenhouse.
4. A – Domesticate.
5. B – Broad.
6. A – A single national framework bringing together all education and training.
7. A – Stenhouse.
8. C – Stenhouse.
9. B – Achieve efficiency and effectiveness.
10. C – Centralised.
SECTION B: MATCH THE COLUMNS
(10 marks)
Column A Answer Correct concept
1. Tyler D Objectives model; technical rationality
2. Stenhouse A Curriculum as process; teacher as researcher
3. Freire B Critical pedagogy; dialogue; problem-posing education
, Column A Answer Correct concept
4. Vygotsky C Social constructionist; zone of proximal development
5. Bloom E Cognitive taxonomy; hierarchy of thinking skills
Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. E
SECTION C: TRUE OR FALSE
(10 marks)
1. The curriculum as implemented is known as the hidden curriculum.
Answer: FALSE.
The curriculum as implemented refers to the enacted/implemented curriculum, which
is what teachers actually teach and learners experience. The hidden curriculum refers
to unintended values, attitudes, behaviours and norms learned through schooling.
2. According to Stenhouse, a curriculum plan should be a prescription rather than
a recommendation.
Answer: FALSE.
Stenhouse argued that a curriculum should be a recommendation rather than a rigid
prescription. It should allow teachers to interpret, investigate and adapt the curriculum
in practice.
, 3. The Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) aligns quality-management
programmes in education.
Answer: TRUE.
IQMS was designed to promote quality management and continuous improvement in
South African education.
4. Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) is a curriculum, not an approach.
Answer: FALSE.
OBE is an educational/curriculum approach, rather than a curriculum itself. It focuses
on what learners should know, understand and be able to demonstrate after learning.
5. Ubuntu is founded on interpersonal, intrapersonal and environmental values.
Answer: TRUE.
Ubuntu emphasises interconnectedness, humanity, respect, compassion, community
and responsible relationships with others and the environment.
SECTION D: SHORT ANSWER / FILL IN THE BLANKS
(20 marks)
1. The four key questions in Tyler’s curriculum model relate to:
Objectives, learning experiences, organisation of learning experiences, and
evaluation.
Tyler's model essentially asks:
What educational purposes should be achieved?
What learning experiences can achieve these purposes?
How should these experiences be organised?
EXAM PACK
,CUS3701 – CURRICULUM STUDIES
Final Examination - 2025
Exam Answers
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE
(20 marks)
1. C – The explicit document also described as the “blueprint” for teaching.
2. B – Social constructionist.
3. A – Stenhouse.
4. A – Domesticate.
5. B – Broad.
6. A – A single national framework bringing together all education and training.
7. A – Stenhouse.
8. C – Stenhouse.
9. B – Achieve efficiency and effectiveness.
10. C – Centralised.
SECTION B: MATCH THE COLUMNS
(10 marks)
Column A Answer Correct concept
1. Tyler D Objectives model; technical rationality
2. Stenhouse A Curriculum as process; teacher as researcher
3. Freire B Critical pedagogy; dialogue; problem-posing education
, Column A Answer Correct concept
4. Vygotsky C Social constructionist; zone of proximal development
5. Bloom E Cognitive taxonomy; hierarchy of thinking skills
Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. E
SECTION C: TRUE OR FALSE
(10 marks)
1. The curriculum as implemented is known as the hidden curriculum.
Answer: FALSE.
The curriculum as implemented refers to the enacted/implemented curriculum, which
is what teachers actually teach and learners experience. The hidden curriculum refers
to unintended values, attitudes, behaviours and norms learned through schooling.
2. According to Stenhouse, a curriculum plan should be a prescription rather than
a recommendation.
Answer: FALSE.
Stenhouse argued that a curriculum should be a recommendation rather than a rigid
prescription. It should allow teachers to interpret, investigate and adapt the curriculum
in practice.
, 3. The Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) aligns quality-management
programmes in education.
Answer: TRUE.
IQMS was designed to promote quality management and continuous improvement in
South African education.
4. Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) is a curriculum, not an approach.
Answer: FALSE.
OBE is an educational/curriculum approach, rather than a curriculum itself. It focuses
on what learners should know, understand and be able to demonstrate after learning.
5. Ubuntu is founded on interpersonal, intrapersonal and environmental values.
Answer: TRUE.
Ubuntu emphasises interconnectedness, humanity, respect, compassion, community
and responsible relationships with others and the environment.
SECTION D: SHORT ANSWER / FILL IN THE BLANKS
(20 marks)
1. The four key questions in Tyler’s curriculum model relate to:
Objectives, learning experiences, organisation of learning experiences, and
evaluation.
Tyler's model essentially asks:
What educational purposes should be achieved?
What learning experiences can achieve these purposes?
How should these experiences be organised?
