MAASAI MARA
UNIVERSITY
REGULAR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOURTH YEAR FIRST SEMESTER
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
COURSE CODE: EDF 410
COURSE TITLE: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
DATE: 30THAPRIL 2014 TIME: 9.00AM – 12.00PM
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE
Question ONE is compulsory
Answer any other TWO questions
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Please turn over.
Question One (15 Marks)
a) Briefly explain the following terms as used in Sociology of Education
i) Sociology of education (1½ marks)
ii) Social stratification (1 ½ marks)
iii) Social mobility (1 ½ marks)
iv) Socialization (1 ½
marks)
b) Illustrate any three ways in which education can be used to promote social
equality in your country (3 marks)
c) i. Define educational research and briefly describe any two of the six major
steps in research (3 marks)
d) Discuss any three factors influencing drug use in schools in Kenya and
suggest remedies to each (3 marks)
Question Two (10 Marks)
a) Illustrate the difference between sex and gender (2 marks)
b) Discuss any four factors that have propagated gender disparities in
education in your country (8 marks)
Question Three (10 Marks)
a) Highlight the contribution of any one of the following scholars to the
development of sociology of education
i) Emile Durkheim (6 marks)
ii) John Dewey (6 marks)
b) Identify any four reasons that make sociology of education an important
area of study to you as a teacher (4 marks)
Question Four (10 Marks)
a) Distinguish the concepts exogenous and endogenous factors as used in
social change and education (3 marks)
b) Using relevant examples, demonstrate the school as a formal social
organization (7 marks)
Section B: Comparative Education
Answer Question Five and any other TWO Questions
Question Five (15 Marks)
a) Define the following:-
i) Comparative education (1 mark)
ii) Ideal school (1 mark)
iii) Teacher education (1 mark)
b) Explain any two ways in which Jullien de Paris influenced development of
comparative education (3 marks)
c) With relevant examples explain any three ways in which the study of
comparative education is important to students of education (4½ marks)
d) Illustrate the three broad factors that determine systems of education
(4 ½ marks)
Question Six (10 Marks)
Identify the major phases of comparative education and discuss any one of the
phases in relation to its:-
i) Background
ii) Motivation
iii)Characteristic activities
iv)Relevance to present theory and practice of education
Question Seven (10 Marks)
a) Discuss the role played by any of the following in the development of
comparative education
i) Learning institutions (2 Marks)
ii) International organizations (2 Marks)
b) There are factors that determine systems of education. Citing relevant
examples, discuss any three factors that have influenced the system of
education in a country of your choice (6 marks)
Question Eight (10 Marks)
a) i. Define the terms dependence and interdependence in education
(2 marks)
ii. Discuss two ways in which dependence manifest itself in education in
Africa and suggest possible solutions (3 marks)
b) Citing relevant examples explain how any two factors have created
problems in development of higher education in Africa today and suggest
solutions to the cited problems (5 marks)
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