Educ 416: Comparative Education Question Paper
Educ 416: Comparative Education
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2012
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 2ND TRIMESTER 2012 (EVENING) EXAMINATIONS
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : EDUC 416
UNIT TITLE : COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer any three questions
Question One
"Comparative education is too restrictive to be taught in East African Universities." Critically discuss this statement. (20 marks)
Question Two
"Politics should never be allowed to shape educational systems." Using this statement, discuss the factors that shape educational systems in the world. (20 marks)
Question Three
Discuss the modernization theory as it impacted on the Kenyan Education System. (20 marks)
Question Four
What does human capital theory bank on?
(10 marks)
Critically assess how workers in schools are risks.
(10 marks)
Question Five
"African countries stand to benefit greatly by borrowing from the developed World." Discuss this statement making special reference to:
Japan
U.S.A
(20 marks)
Question Six
"The cost-benefit theory is a great sham in education." Discuss this statement, showing how it has/hasn’t impacted in Kenyan Education Planning.
(20 marks)
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