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History Of Education Session I Question Paper

History Of Education Session I

Course:Bachelor Of Education Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer question ONE and any other THREE questions
2. Question ONE is compulsory

1. (a) Define ‘History of Education’. (2Mrks)
(b) State two ways in which the study of history of education can help improve the quality of
and strengthen the professional competence of the teacher (2Mrks)
(c) Identify two aims of early man’s education. (2mrks)
(d) State three distinctive features which rank man higher than other animals in as far as education
and civilization is concerned. (3Mrks)
(e) Identify four contributions of the ancient Egyptians to the development of the theory and practice
of Modern world education. (4Mrks)
(f) State two factors that contributed to the rise of universities during the medieval period (2Mrks)
(g) State three factors that led to renaissance. (3Mrks)
(h) Identify two reasons why the Africans opposed colonial education in Kenya . (2Mrks)
(i) State two reasons for the establishment of independent schools by the Africans during
the colonial period in Kenya. (2Mrks)
(j) Outline three roles of university education in Kenya (3Mrks)
2. (a) explain the rationale for studying history of education to the professional educator.
(b) Discuss the role of history of education in teacher education. (12Mrks)
3. (a) Identify the three main educational objectives of Islamic education (3Mrks)
(b) Discuss the major features which distinguish Islamic education from the Western type of
education. (12Mrks)
4. “One of the side effects of missionary endevour I Kenya was to produce the first African skilled
workers for colonialism”.
(a) (i) In light of the above statement, outline the objectives of missionary education in Kenya.
(4Mrks)
(ii) How did the missionaries fulfill the above objectives? (4Mrks)
(b) Discuss the characteristic of colonial education in Kenya (7Mrks)
5. Since independence, a lot of attention has been paid to the provision of high quality and relevant
education in Kenya . Discuss the important changes that have been introduced in Kenya’s education
system since independence. (15Mrks)

6. 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. (5Mrks)
(b) Discuss the problems faced by the vocational and technical education in Kenya. (10Mrks)

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