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Describe four ways through which the African traditional society imparted skills in young children.

Describe four ways through which the African traditional society imparted skills in young children.

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i) Apprenticeship/ participation/ informal education - Involved children in daily routine activities e.g. taking care of cattle.

ii) Admonishing/ punishment/ reward/ redicule - This was made to correct misbehaviour, it was mostly verbal but could also be physical.

iii)Deception - Children were deceived that something bad would happen if they misbehaved eventually making them do as expected

iv) Directing/ Instruction - Children were guided on how to behave or handle a certain - activity.

v) Oral literature - A variety of stories, songs and poems were used to impart skills such as hard work tolerance, etc,

vi) Role literature/ imitation.
johnmulu answered the question on June 16, 2017 at 08:00

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