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Uneven school facilities compromise which basic tenet of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Poor facilities fostered a belief that space and practical work are what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which idea means leaving room for local variation in syllabi and school books?Read the answer and worked solution →In practice, activities in science classes are mostly used to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →A common objection to activity-based teaching is that it is what?Read the answer and worked solution →How should the cost concern about science activities be met?Read the answer and worked solution →Information overload in the science curriculum stems from concern with what?Read the answer and worked solution →How should pedagogy and content be developed in science?Read the answer and worked solution →A major problem in science teaching, blamed on exams, is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Linkages with everyday experiences in science books act as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which development makes several versions of a book affordable?Read the answer and worked solution →What is recommended to improve science book writing procedures?Read the answer and worked solution →What serious problem has hurt the quality of science books?Read the answer and worked solution →How can the physical burden of the school bag be reduced?Read the answer and worked solution →What weakened the case for keeping practicals in science evaluation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which habit among children has declined and needs the school library?Read the answer and worked solution →Which early 1980s project began computers in schools in India?Read the answer and worked solution →What is described as a rare commodity for school science ICT?Read the answer and worked solution →What continues to dictate what happens in science classrooms?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a major deficiency of current science examinations?Read the answer and worked solution →Which timing feature is a flaw of Board science exams?Read the answer and worked solution →Exaggerated importance of external exams is said to produce what harm?Read the answer and worked solution →Which saying shows why creative parts are ignored in teaching?Read the answer and worked solution →School science exhibitions often take the form of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Weak pre-service education of science teachers cannot be fixed by what?Read the answer and worked solution →What length is proposed for integrated science teacher preparation programmes?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis should in-service science programmes be planned?Read the answer and worked solution →Which period should be used for in-service programmes for teachers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which bodies could start forums for science teachers' academic discussion?Read the answer and worked solution →What lowers the motivation of science teachers?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Uneven school facilities compromise which basic tenet of the Constitution?

  1. Freedom of speech
  2. Freedom of religion
  3. Right to property
  4. Equality of opportunity
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Correct answer: D. Equality of opportunity

1. Unequal infrastructure creates a large divide between schools. 2. That divide compromises equality of opportunity, not speech, property or religion. 3. Hence basic minimum facilities are needed in every school. _Source: NCERT Position Paper, National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 6.1 Infrastructure_

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Poor facilities fostered a belief that space and practical work are what?

  1. Essentials for every child
  2. Needed only in secondary
  3. Luxuries, not essentials
  4. Duties of the principal
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Correct answer: C. Luxuries, not essentials

1. Weak facilities pressed designers to suit their work to the poor scenario. 2. This led to a belief that space and practical work are luxuries, not essentials. 3. The opposite is true: practical work is basic to learning science, so the cycle must be broken. _Source: NCERT Position Paper, National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 6.1 Infrastructure_

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Which idea means leaving room for local variation in syllabi and school books?

  1. Standardization
  2. Centralization
  3. Contextualization
  4. Digitization
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Correct answer: C. Contextualization

1. Syllabi and books must allow space for contextualizing and variations at the local level. 2. Centralization and standardization point the other way, towards uniformity. 3. The national framework only sets general standards. _Source: NCERT Position Paper, National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 6.2.1 Contextualization_

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