Educ 422: Adult And Continuing Education Question Paper
Educ 422: Adult And Continuing Education
Course:Bachelor Of Education Science
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2008
KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
SCIENCE
COURSE CODE: EDUC 422
COURSE TITLE: ADULT AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION
STREAM: Y4S2
DAY: WEDNESDAY
TIME: 8.30 -10.30 A.M.
DATE: 10/12/2008
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer THREE Questions.
Question ONE is compulsory.
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
1. (a) Define adult education (2 Marks)
b) What are the characteristics of adult education (5 Marks)
c) Explain four purposes of adult education. (4 Marks)
d) With reference to the Needs Theory, explain participation in adult education
(4 Marks)
e) Outline and briefly explain any five barriers to participation in adult education
(5 Marks)
f) i) Describe the status of adult education
1) World Wide (2 Marks)
2) In Africa (3 Marks)
ii) Identify five objectives of adult education in Kenya (5 Marks)
QUESTION TWO (20 Marks)
a) “Adult Education is an alien form of education introduced to Africa by the Missionaries”.
Do you agree with this statement? Explain you answer (3 Marks)
b) Describe the role of the following in the development of adult education
i) Non-governmental organizations (4 Marks)
ii) Independence government (3 Marks)
c) Basing your answer on the characteristics of an adult learner, advise an adult education
teacher on the teaching strategies he can employ in his adult education class. (8 Marks)
d) Identify two outcomes of globalization (2 Marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 Marks)
a) Define empowerment (2 Marks)
b) Describe the following adult education programmes and show how the learners will acquire
empowerment skills through them 10 Marks)
i) Agricultural extension
ii) Basic and post literacy education
c) Adult education for disadvantaged people should meet certain conditions. Identify five such
conditions (5 Marks)
d) “Women constitute the greatest portion of adult illiterates in the world but their overall
participation in literacy programmes is lower than that of men.” Suggest how you would
improve women’s participation in adult education (3 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 Marks)
a) What do you understand by the term ‘policy’ (1 Mark)
b) Give a detailed description of the administrative structure of adult education in Kenya
(3 Marks)
c) How do the following policies governing adult education fulfill the objectives and goals of
adult education in Kenya
i) Language policy (4 Marks)
ii) Curriculum development policy (4 Marks)
e) i) Define globalization (1 Mark)
ii) Identify four problems that limit Africa’s benefits from globalization and assess the
role of adult education in enhancing Africa’s benefits from globalization (7 Marks)
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