Great! Let's begin answering the B.Ed 1st Year Exam – 2019 (New) paper for Language Across the Curriculum (Code: 501304).
✅ SECTION 1: Short Answer Questions
(Attempt any five out of eight)
Marks: 2×5 = 10
🔹 (a) How many types of knowledge are there?
There are mainly three types of knowledge:
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Factual knowledge – Basic facts, dates, definitions
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Conceptual knowledge – Understanding ideas, categories, theories
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Procedural knowledge – Knowing how to do something (skills, methods)
🔹 (b) What is the difference between education and literacy?
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Literacy means the ability to read and write.
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Education is a broader process that includes literacy, critical thinking, values, skills, and personality development.
📌 In short: All literate people are not necessarily educated, but educated people are generally literate.
🔹 (c) What is the role of State Education Department in curriculum development?
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The State Education Department prepares and approves school syllabi.
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It works with SCERT, experts, and teachers to design, evaluate, and update the curriculum.
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It ensures that curriculum meets local needs, national goals, and promotes inclusive education.
🔹 (d) Describe enquiry training.
Enquiry training is a teaching method where students learn by asking questions, exploring problems, and finding answers themselves.
It helps in:
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Developing critical thinking
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Promoting curiosity and reasoning
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Making learning active and discovery-based
🔹 (e) Write the features of transactional analysis.
Transactional analysis in education is the study of communication between teacher and students.
Its features:
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Focus on interpersonal communication
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Understanding ego states (Parent, Adult, Child)
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Helps improve teacher-student relationships
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Promotes self-awareness and behavior analysis
🔹 (f) Describe the role of teacher in curriculum development.
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Teachers provide feedback and suggestions for curriculum design.
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They help identify student needs and learning gaps.
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Teachers implement and evaluate the curriculum in classrooms.
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They innovate methods and materials to enrich the curriculum.
🔹 (g) What do you mean by an effective school?
An effective school is one that:
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Ensures quality teaching and learning
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Has well-trained teachers and good infrastructure
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Promotes discipline, creativity, and values
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Focuses on all-round development of students
🔹 (h) Give an introduction to language across curriculum.
Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) is the idea that:
Language is not just a subject, but a tool used in learning every subject.
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All teachers are also language teachers
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Students learn subject content better when language skills are developed alongside
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It promotes better comprehension, expression, and thinking across subjects
✅ Short answers completed (Q1).
Now, shall I continue with Q2: "What do you understand by curriculum development?" in long answer format?