Meaning of Education
Purposes of Education
Teaching & Learning Features
Roles of Teacher and Students
Rousseau/Manley in Jamaica Today
100

Education according to Rousseau is the ______ development of the child.

Natural development

100

According to Rousseau, one purpose of education is allowing the child’s ______ abilities to unfold naturally.

natural abilities.

100

Rousseau believed students learn best through direct ______ with their environment.

Experience / interaction.


100

In Rousseau’s philosophy, the teacher acts as a_____

Guide / facilitator.

100

This Jamaican curriculum promotes student-centred learning and inquiry-based activities.

National Standards Curriculum (NSC).

200

For Michael Manley, education is an act of ______.

Self-transformation.

200

According to Manley, one purpose of education is to achieve ______ by breaking class and racial barriers.
 

Equality 

200

Students should develop knowledge through observation and ______ rather than memorization.

Experimentation.

200

Teachers create opportunities for students to explore rather than simply ______ information.

Deliver / transmit.

200

These programmes provide hands-on training in areas like engineering, hospitality, and mechanics.

TVET programmes.

300

According to Rousseau, education should develop the ______ human being.

A complete / holistic human being

300

Education should prepare students to deal with ______ challenges in everyday life.

Real-life challenges.

300

The 1973 policy that allowed more Jamaicans access to education is called ______.

Free Education Policy.

300

Students are expected to be ______ learners who participate actively in discovering knowledge.

Active.

300

This Jamaican organization provides technical training and vocational education opportunities.

HEART/NSTA Trust.

400

Rousseau said education comes from three sources: Nature, Men, and ______.

Things

400

Rousseau believed education should develop individuals physically, mentally, and ______.

Morally.

400

Rousseau believed children develop creativity and physical strength through ______ and outdoor activities.

Play.

400

The teacher should ______ students’ interests and development to guide learning.

Observe

400

This literacy program launched in 1974 aimed to reduce illiteracy in Jamaica.
 

JAMAL

500

Manley rejected the idea that education is only about reading, writing, and ______.

Arithmetic.

500

Manley believed education should promote social ______ by bringing different classes together.

Integration

500

Manley promoted technical and ______ training to prepare students for employment. 

Vocational

500

Students learn by observing the environment and testing ideas through ______.

Experimentation

500

Rousseau believed reading instruction should begin around the age of ______.

Twelve

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