HED4806 ASSIGNMENT 3 2025 (Answer Guide)

HED4806 ASSIGNMENT 3 2025 (Answer Guide) Contents SECTION A 2 Question 3.1: Explain the effects of the above practice in the broader context of decolonisation. (5 marks) 2 Question 3.2: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o advocates the use of the local language to decolonise the minds of African people. What is your understanding of the term “decolonisation of the mind”? In your discussion, summarise the views of Wa Thiong’o regarding language. (15 marks) 3 Question 3.3: Wade (2018) states that the Alliance High School, which Wa Thiong’o attended, used English as a medium of teaching and learning. Children who were caught speaking the local Gĩkũyũ language were beaten. Do you consider such punishment to be fair or unfair? Provide reasons for your answer. (10 marks) 5 Question 3.4: Explain the concept “mother tongue”. Give examples to support your answer. (10 marks) 6 Question 3.5: Some scholars think that teaching learners in their mother tongue is counterproductive. Argue for and against the use of mother tongue instruction in your educational context. (10 marks) 7 Arguments For Mother Tongue Instruction: 7 SECTION B 10 Question 3.1: What is your understanding of education for self-reliance? (5 marks) 10 Question 3.2: What is generally understood by the concept “Ujamaa”? (5 marks) 10 Question 3.3: In a few sentences, explain the aim of education for self-reliance. (10 marks) 11 Question 3.4: What were the challenges of education for self-reliance? (5 marks) 12 Question 3.5: Define the concept “comparative education” by focusing on its role in the evaluation of other education systems. (3 marks) 13 Question 3.6: Mention and discuss each of the four areas under the application of comparative education to explain its value, purpose and contribution to education. (12 marks) 14 Question 3.7: Briefly discuss any five qualitative challenges that negatively influence the supply of quality education in the Global South. (10 marks) 15 Reference List 16