Given below are two statements: Statement I: Education and training…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Education and training organizations have a curriculum as their 'primary' product.
Statement II: Concepts of lifelong learning can extend such provisions, particularly through the use of new information technologies.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct — ConceptWhen a statement describes an educational provision, distinguish its core learning offer from the channels that extend access. A curriculum is the…
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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Correct answer: A
Concept
When a statement describes an educational provision, distinguish its core learning offer from the channels that extend access. A curriculum is the organized plan of intended content, outcomes, and learning experiences. Lifelong learning continues across life stages and can use technology to overcome limits of time and place.
Application
For Statement I, an education or training organization's central designed offering is its curriculum: it specifies what learners are expected to study and achieve. The word “product” is used in the service-design sense, not to mean a physical commodity.
For Statement II, lifelong learning extends opportunities beyond a single course or life stage. Online, remote, and asynchronous information technologies are concrete mechanisms for widening the reach and flexibility of those opportunities.
Contrast
“Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect” rejects both the curriculum-as-core-offer relationship and the technology-enabled extension of learning provision.
“Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect” overlooks the role of information technology in widening flexible access to continued learning.
“Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct” overlooks the role of curriculum as the organized core learning offer of an education provider.
Result
Therefore, both Statement I and Statement II are correct.