Get premium membership and access questions with answers, video lessons as well as revision papers.
1. Initially education was used as a way of cultural transmission. This was imparted informally without schools. Later the demands of society exceeded this need so it became inadequate – there led to emergence of educational institutions to meet the demanding needs. This followed in all the civilizations.
2. As knowledge explosion took place the family and society were unable to transmit knowledge for specialization needs. This gave way to formal training since early civilizations emphasized division of labour a class of teachers arose.
3. The discovery of writing played a big role towards establishment of schools reading and writing skills were valued for administrative and record keeping purposes. This meant that the limited oral tradition was eventually being replaced by recorded tradition through writing.
4. Apart from little literacy was limited to a privileged few – the royal,nobles and priest. girls were seen to be inferior so didn’t need education
5. The approach of teaching and learning was still very undeveloped e.g. memorizing and repetition were common
6. The learner was not encouraged to apply what they learnt to daily life for problem solving
7. Teachers did not explain their lessons
8. Teachers did not see failure of learning as their fault. They always blamed learners. It was said that lack of understanding was due to learners’ laziness.
9. School discipline was harsh. Education aimed at producing submissive, conforming and yet productive citizens for a cohesive society.
marto answered the question on May 17, 2019 at 06:33
- Discuss the aspects of education of early man.(Solved)
Discuss the aspects of education of early man.
Date posted: May 17, 2019. Answers (1)
- Outline the features of education and civilization.(Solved)
Outline the features of education and civilization.
Date posted: May 17, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the Non Aligned Movement Meetings.(Solved)
Explain the Non Aligned Movement Meetings.
Date posted: May 13, 2019. Answers (1)
- Outline the role of moi after independence(Solved)
Outline the role of moi after independence.
Date posted: April 22, 2019. Answers (1)
- Give two reasons why the age-set system was a popular feature among pre-colonial Kenyan communities(Solved)
Give two reasons why the age-set system was a popular feature among pre-colonial Kenyan communities
Date posted: April 17, 2019. Answers (1)
- Account for the growth of nationalism in Kenya
(Solved)
Account for the growth of nationalism in Kenya
Date posted: April 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the problems that regimes in Independent Kenya have been confronted with(Solved)
Explain the problems that regimes in Independent Kenya have been confronted with
Date posted: April 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- State three components of character education(Solved)
State three components of character education
Date posted: April 4, 2019. Answers (1)
- List the general Principles in ‘EMILE' (Solved)
List the general Principles in ‘EMILE'
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the Intellectual Currents.(Solved)
Explain the Intellectual Currents.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the meaning of Enlightenment.(Solved)
Explain the meaning of Enlightenment.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Define Northern Humanism(Solved)
Define Northern Humanism.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Define Southern Humanism .(Solved)
Define Southern Humanism .
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- List the causes of Renaissance(Solved)
List the causes of Renaissance
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Outline the characteristics of Renaissance. (Solved)
Outline the characteristics of Renaissance.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Define the terms : (i) Renaissance (ii) Reformation(Solved)
Define the terms : (i) Renaissance (ii) Reformation
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the factors that led to the rise of medieval universities in Europe(Solved)
Explain the factors that led to the rise of medieval universities in Europe
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Briefly explain the Contributions of Islamic Education to Human Civilization.(Solved)
Briefly explain the Contributions of Islamic Education to Human Civilization.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Describe the structure, content and methods of Islamic education.(Solved)
Describe the structure, content and methods of Islamic education.
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Islamic education had the following objectives(Solved)
Islamic education had the following objectives
Date posted: March 19, 2019. Answers (1)