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Educ 111 Session 2 Year 2011 Question Paper

Educ 111 Session 2 Year 2011

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
COURSE CODE: EDUC 111
COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF EDUCATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer questions ONE and any other THREE questions.
2. Any ONE is compulsory.

QUESTION ONE
a) Define ‘History of Education’. (2 marks)
b) State two ways in which the study of history of education can help improve the quality of
education and strengthen the professional competence of the teacher (2 marks)
c) Identify two aims of early man’s education. (2 marks)
d) State three distinctive features which rank man higher than other animals in as far as
education and civilization is concerned. (3marks)
e) Identify four contributions of the ancient Egyptians to the development of the theory and
practice of modern world education. (4 marks)
f) State two factors that contributed to the rise of universities during the medieval period.
(2 marks)
g) State three causes of the renaissance. (3 marks)
h) Identify two reasons why the African opposed colonial education in Kenya. (2 marks)
i) State two reasons for the establishment of independent schools by the Africans during the
colonial period in Kenya (2 marks)
j) Outline three roles of university education in Kenya (3 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Explain the rationale for studying history of education to the professional educator.
b) Discuss the role of history of education in teacher education (12 marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) Identify the three main educational objectives of Islamic education. (3 marks)
b) Discuss the major features which distinguish Islamic education from the Western type of
education. (12 marks)

QUESTION FOUR
a) “One of the side effects of missionary Endeavour in Kenya was to produce the first
African skilled workers for colonialism”.
i) In light of the above statement, outline the objectives of missionary education in
Kenya. (4 marks)
ii) How did the missionaries fulfill the above objectives? (4 marks)
b) Discuss the characteristics of colonial education in Kenya. (7 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
Since independence, a lot of attention has been paid to the provision o high quality and relevant
education in Kenya. Discuss the important changes that have been introduced in Kenya’s
education system since independence. (15 marks)
QUESTION SIX
The goal of the 8-4-4 system of education was to integrate vocational and technical education
into the curriculum.
a) Briefly discuss the history of vocational and technical education in Kenya.
(5 marks)
b) Discuss the problems faced by the vocational and technical education in Kenya.
(10 marks)

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