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Edci 311: Secondary School Curriculum Question Paper

Edci 311: Secondary School Curriculum 

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Egerton University question papers

Exam Year:2016



EGERTON UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
REGULAR PROGRAMME -NJORO CAMPUS
FIRST SEMESTER 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
THIRD YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(ARTS $ SCIENCE)
EDCI 311: SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
STREAM: B.Ed (ARTS & SCIENCE) TIME: 2 HRS.
EXAMINATION SESSION : DECEMBER YEAR: 2016

1. Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
2. Do not write on the question paper.
3. Start each question on a fresh page.
QUESTION ONE
a) State two (2) requirements for certification as a secondary school teacher in Kenya.
(2 Mrks) b) Highlight four (4) ways in which the Blnn's Report of 1952 influenced African
Education. (4 Mrks)
c) Describe any three (3) levels of training that a student may undertake after Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) stating the minimum entry requirements for each. (3 Mrks) d) State any two (2) ways of addressing the current unemployment problem in Kenya.
e) (i) Define Curriculum Evaluation. (2 Mrks)
(ii) Differentiate between the role of National examinations and the 'Secondary
Schools Principals' returni as a basis of curriculum evaluation in Kenya. (2 Mrks)
f) (i) Explain the core-curriculum design (2 Mrks)

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(ii) Identify two (2) aspects of core-curriculum evident in the Secondary Schools in
Kenya. (2 Mrks)
g) (i) Explain the major role Of vocational education in the secondary school curriculum.
(1 Mrks) (ii) In the absence of mainstream employment opportunities, the secondary school learner may resoft to small scale business enterprise. In this context, explain why entrepreneurship education may be necessary. (3 Mrks)
h) One of the functions of Quality Assurance and Standards officers (QUASO) is to improve on quality of the school curriculum. Describe the methods used by the agency to execute this mandate. (2 Mrks) i) (i) Identify four (4) factors that may affect the secondary school curriculum.
(4 Mrks) (ii) Briefly explain how the factors in i(i) are likely to bring change in the secondary school curriculum. (4 Mrks)
STION TWO
2. (a.) Identify five difficulties encountered in achieving an effective curriculum change.
(5 Mrks)
(b.) Describe five necessities that would promote curriculum change. (10 Mrks)
(c.) Identify and explain five emerging issues that the secondary school curriculum needs to address. (5 Mrks)
QUESTION THREE
3 (a) i.) The current national goals of education in Kenya are 8, while Ominde commission of 1964 came up with 6 goals. Enumerate the two other goals that were added. (2 Mrks)
ii.) State (two) problems that Kenya as a country was facing that necessitated the addition of the two goals of education.
(2 Mrks) iii.) Secondary education in Kenya should provide the learner with opportunities to acquire necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes for the development of the self and the nation. Describe three (3) learning experiences/activities that secondary schools can provide to the learners in order to achieve this objective. (6 Mrks)
(b) i.) Outline four (4) major criticisms by Africans ofthe education that the colonial government offered to them. (2 Mrks)

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ii.) Explain the impact of the following policy documents on the 8-4-4 secondary school curriculum in Kenya. (8 Mrks)
Government sessional paper no. I of 2005
Kenya's vision 2030 document
Millennium Development Goals (M.D.G.s)
The Constitution of Kenya passed in 2010
ESTION FOUR
a.) i.) Describe THREE (3) features of the 8-4-4 curriculum that influenced its establishment in the secondary phase of Kenya Education System. (6 Mrks) ii.) On the Secondary School Curriculum describe THREE (3) activity based methods of teaching that need to be emphasized in the secondary schools (6 Mrks) b.) i.) identify TWO (2) major activities that are carried out by the teachers during the curriculum implementation in the Secondary Schools in Kenya. (2 Mrks) ii•.) Outline THREE (3) challenges that have emerged during the implementation of the Secondary School Curriculum in the recent past. (6 Mrks)
QUESTION FIVE
(a) Describe how the effectiveness of Secondary School Curriculum can be maintained
(6 Mrks)
(b) Discuss the stages of Research based evaluation in relation to Secondary School
Curriculum. (14 Mrks)


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