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Educ 420: Comparative Education And Contemporary Issues Question Paper

Educ 420: Comparative Education And Contemporary Issues

Course:Bachelor Of Education Science

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2008

INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS
QUESTION ONE – COMPULSORY (30 Marks)
(a) Define comparative education (1 Mark)
(b) Explain the steps that should be taken when undertaking a comparative study of an
education system (4 Marks)
(c) Give five reasons why the study of comparative education is important in teacher
education (5 Marks)
(d) With reference to the Historical method of studying comparative education by Kendal
et al, explain the following
i) Its assumptions
ii) Steps to follow
iii) Disadvantages or historical approach (14 Marks)
(e) Trace the development of comparative education through the 3 stages (6 Marks)
Question Two (20 Marks)
a) The Tanzanian system of education, despite its socialistic leanings is basically similar
to Kenya. Respond to this statement (10 Marks)
.b) “The scrapping of ranking of secondary schools in K.C.S.E. spells doom to
standards/quality of education”. Discuss (10 Marks)
Question Three (20 Marks)
a) Describe the structure of American Education (3 Marks)
b) Identify strengths in the American system of education which can be borrowed or
adopted to improve our Kenya system of education (10 Marks)
c) The Kenyan education systems is generally modeled after the British system of
education. Discuss this statement pointing out colonial influences in Kenyan Education
while highlighting how Kenya has indegenised its own system.
(7 Marks)
Question Four (20 Marks)
a) Criticize the decentralized administrative systems of education adopted by western
countries (5 Marks)
b) Drawing examples from particular countries, show how Kenya can equalise
education opportunity (5 Marks)
c) Criticize Kenya’s system of training teachers and show how quality of teachers can
be improved basing your answer on United Kingdom, America, Japanese Models.
(5 Marks)
d) With reference to free Primary Education in Kenya, highlight the policy’s strength
and weaknesses. (6 Marks)

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