GENERAL PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE GTLE II -2023 WITH ANSWERS
1. Some headteachers encouraged their teachers to attend a conference on innovative pedagogies
for instructional delivery. The reason for the headteachers' action was to help the teachers to acquire
A. competencies on the management of students' behaviour.
B. knowledge on diverse ways of teaching in class.
C. proficiencies in assessing learners in the classroom.
D. skills in helping learners settle for instruction.
Ans: B. knowledge on diverse ways of teaching in class.
2.Some teachers argue that in-service activities for practising teachers is a waste of time and resources because the teachers are already abreast with the requisite skills. The actions of these teachers show that they lack
A. interest in going for further studies.
B. knowledge of education as a life-long process.
C. knowledge of self-understanding.
D. self-motivation in up-grading themselves.
Ans: B. knowledge of education as a life-long process.
3. When professional teachers come together to share concerns, ideas and passion for the teaching profession and learn how to teach better, it is described as a community of
A. competence.
B. consultation.
C. engagement.
D. practice.
Ans: D. practice.
4. Which one of the following can be considered as the main reason for introducing the most current basic educational reforms in Ghana?
A. Declining quality of education and school structures.
B. Private schools always outperforming public schools in external examinations.
C. Schools in both rural and urban areas with inadequate instructional materials.
D. Systematically low rate of school attendance.
Ans: A. Declining quality of education and school structures.
5. 'Content standards', as used in curriculum development, are statements about
A. how learners are meeting set standards and their progress in this.
B. how learners should perform in the subject of study.
C. learners' response to questions on specific content.
D. what learners should know and be able to do.
Ans: D. what learners should know and be able to do.
6. Teachers who show that they have adequate knowledge of their learners by taking account of and respecting their cultural, linguistic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds consider all the
following in their planning and teaching except
A. code-switching as appropriate to ensure that all can understand lesson content.
B. drawing sensitively on learners' backgrounds in their teaching.
C. investigating and taking note of each learner's background.
D. using probing questions for both females and males in class.
Ans: A. code-switching as appropriate to ensure that all can understand lesson content.
7.A teacher planned to develop some strategies to enable her attract learners' attention to the lesson. Which of the following will not be an appropriate option for her to consider?
A. Giving attention to weak learners.
B. Giving constructive feedback.
C. Giving homework to learners.
D. Tailoring instruction to specific learners.
Ans: C. Giving homework to learners.
8. Which one of the following behaviours should be avoided when a teacher wants to effectively manage classroom activities?
A. Encouraging learners who put up good behaviour in the classroom.
B. Establishing classroom rules and regulations together with the learners.
C. Indicating expectations at the end of the lesson.
D. Punishing undesirable behaviour in the classroom.
Ans: C. Indicating expectations at the end of the lesson.
9.A pre-service teacher tries to find ways by which the attention of the learners can be sustained during instructional time. Which one of the following strategies would you not suggest to her?
A. Adopt formative assessment strategies at the beginning of the lesson.
B. Conduct intermittent assessment for learners to monitor whether they are following what is being taught.
C. Design the classroom setting with colourful pictures of fruits, vegetables, animals, etc. D. Identify the interest of the learners and use this to inform the instructional design to use.
Ans: C. Design the classroom setting with colourful pictures of fruits, vegetables, animals, etc.
10. Which one of the following is not true about lesson planning? It helps
A. learners to think in a logical and organised manner.
B. the lesson plan to be less demanding.
C. the teacher to understand himself very well when preparing to teach.
D. to plan for different ability levels and needs of learners.
Ans: B. the lesson plan to be less demanding.
11. Which one of the following reasons would best explain why a teacher will use the demonstration method? It
A. does not take a lot of instructional time.
B. ensures active learner participation.
C. helps learners to be active during teaching.
D. provides learners with real-life experience of events.
Ans: D. provides learners with real-life experience of events.
12. Which one of the following strategies will you recommend to a teacher as the most appropriate to enhance the participation of learners in class discussions?
A. Attach brilliant learners to low achievers in a group for a task.
B. Develop the confidence of learners who are afraid to talk in class.
C. Make use of reinforcement and punishment when teaching.
D. Use highly interactive methods of teaching and learning.
Ans: D. Use highly interactive methods of teaching and learning.
13.A teacher administered a pretest and found that more than half of the class did not have the
prerequisite skills for the new topic to be treated. The teacher therefore had to plan an intervention to address the problem. This intervention most likely involved
A. dividing the class into two groups and providing remedial activities for those who did not pass the pretest.
B. giving the students who failed the pretest extra written homework on the skills for the next 2 weeks.
C. showing all the students a video covering the skills and proceeding with teaching the entire class.
D. teaching the new unit anyway because all students will have to take a test on the material in 2 weeks.
Ans: A. dividing the class into two groups and providing remedial activities for those who did not pass the pretest.
14. In monitoring and conducting periodic review of programmes in the implementation of inclusive education, the most essential strategy is for teachers to
A. only provide learners with mild Special Education Needs opportunities to participate in all activities, both within and out of the school.
B. set appropriate objectives and achievable targets for all learners and ensure that learners can cope with the levels set for them.
C. set appropriate objectives and achievable targets for only children with mental impairment and ensure that such learners can cope with the levels set for them.
D. use only multisensory approaches in teaching and provide additional time for learners with Special Education Needs to complete learning activities/tasks and assignment.
Ans: B. set appropriate objectives and achievable targets for all learners and ensure that learners can cope with the levels set for them.
15. All the following factors should be considered when constructing test items for a classroom
achievement test except the
A. age of the learners.
B. availability of test blueprint.
C. physical facilities that are available.
D. skills and competencies to be tested.
Ans: C. physical facilities that are available.
16. The statement "The student who obtained 92% in a test won the second prize" is an example of A. criterion-reference interpretation test score.
B. formative evaluation of teaching and learning.
C. norm-reference interpretation of test scores.
D. summative evaluation of teaching and learning.
Ans: C. norm-reference interpretation of test scores.
17. In which of the following situations would peer teaching be the most appropriate professional development strategy for a curriculum leader to use? Some teachers
A. from KG 2 put their heads together to resolve an identified social problem.
B. from several schools in the district have been reassigned to teach at a newly built school.
C. have identified a problem in a specific area of instruction and are ready to develop a plan to address the need.
D. wish to learn more about the educational challenges of the community.
Ans: A. from KG 2 put their heads together to resolve an identified social problem.
18. All the following are the reasons for ensuring good school-community relationship except that A. it brings the school and community together in meeting the needs of the children.
B. it keeps parents informed about all the activities of the school.
C. literacy rate among the people is improved considerably.
D. people's belief in the benefits and usefulness of education is reinforced.
Ans: C. literacy rate among the people is improved considerably.
19.A young teacher drinks excessively after school hours. Which one of the following will be the most serious negative impact of the teacher's behaviour?
A. He will be physically weak.
B. He will make the community lose respect.
C. Other teachers will not respect him.
D. The youth in the community will emulate him.
Ans: B. He will make the community lose respect.
20. The Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023) is an Act that
A. established the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training. B. established the Complementary Basic Education Agency.
C. merged the Ghana Education Service and Ghana Tertiary Education Commission. D. merged the National Teaching Council and the National Inspectorate Board.
Ans: C. merged the Ghana Education Service and Ghana Tertiary Education Commission.
21. Which one of the following learning occurs when learners can solve open-ended questions?
A. Content-centred
B. Curriculum-based
C. Problem-based
D. Student-centred
Ans: C. Problem-based
22. Which one of the following sequences correctly depicts the classroom teacher's involvement in the curriculum implementation process?
A. Breaking down the syllabus; writing scheme of work; writing lesson note.
B. Finding appropriate teaching and learning materials; writing lesson note; delivering the lesson. C. Writing appropriate lesson note; teaching.
D. Writing lesson note; teaching; evaluating learners.
Ans: A. Breaking down the syllabus; writing scheme of work; writing lesson note.
23. Which of the following is not the most appropriate step to ensure the smooth transition and completion of a topic which was started by a previous teacher?
A. Administer a test on the completed topic.
B. Interview the previous teacher.
C. List the objectives to be achieved in the next topic.
D. Review and recap the topic.
Ans: D. Review and recap the topic.
24. It is very important that all teachers create a conducive learning atmosphere to promote students' learning. Which one of the following should a teacher avoid to ensure an encouraging learning
environment?
A. Direct parents on how to handle their children.
B. Do not make derogatory remarks about learners.
C. Maintain strict code of behaviour for learners.
D. Provide learners with a list of what they should not do.
Ans: C. Maintain strict code of behaviour for learners.
25. During an advance preparation, a teacher demonstrated awareness of differences in learning abilities,
gender, and social background of learners. This teacher is showing
A. empathy for learning abilities.
B. knowledge of social inclusion of learners in the class.
C. love for learners including the disabled in his class.
D. sympathy for the vulnerable in his class.
Ans: A. empathy for learning abilities.
26. In some classrooms, learners would have to be forced to learn. All the following strategies can be
adopted by the teacher to motivate learners to learn willingly except
A. encouraging learners to contend with each other in class.
B. engaging learners by using appropriate teaching and learning materials.
C. planning lessons to meet the different levels of aspirations among the learners.
D. provoking the learners' curiosity in the lessons.
Ans: D. provoking the learners' curiosity in the lessons.
27.A teacher elicits evidence about learning during a lesson to close the gap between current and desired
performance. This process is called.................... assessment.
A. formative
B. normative
C. self-
D. summative
Ans: A. formative
28. Through a computer programming error, all the applicants who took an entrance test were credited
with 10 more correct answers than they really scored. Is this error of scores a concern to the organizer of the test?
A. No,because the additional 10 points is a systematic error and of no consequence to the reliability of the results.
B. No,because the additional 10 points is a systematic error and of no consequence to the validity of the results.
C. Yes, because the addition of 10 points has distorted the reliability of the results.
D. Yes, because the addition of 10 points has distorted the validity of the results.
Ans: D. Yes,because the addition of 10 points has distorted the validity of the results.
29.A teacher wanted to knowhow a learner who recently received an intervention on a topic in
mathematics was improving over the academic year after engaging the learner in a series of classroom exercises. What would be the best advice you will give to the teacher in making this judgment?
A. Carry out a trend comparison of the learner's achievement on all the different. classroom assessments. B. Compare the learner's assessment scores with the brilliant learners' scores on the different classroom assessments.
C. Compare the learner's assessment scores with the poor students' scores on the different classroom assessments.
D. Compare the scores of the learner with the scores of his colleagues on all the different classroom assessments.
Ans: A. Carry out a trend comparison of the learner's achievement on all the different. classroom assessments.
30. All the following are ways in which teacher professional development can occur except
A. attending a workshop on the common core curriculum.
B. attending teacher professional association welfare meeting.
C. discussing and learning with colleagues on an issue.
D. participating in a seminar on lesson planning.
Ans: