ICH4801
ASSIGNMENTS
, ICH4801 History of Education Assignments
Ass 1, 10 June 2022
COMPULSORY READING
Prescribed book: Seroto, J. Davids, MN & Wolhuter, C. 2020. Decolonising education in the Global South:
historical and comparative international perspectives. Cape Town: Pearson:
Chapters 8 (Scope of ICE), 9 (India), 10 (Tanzania), 11 (Turkey), 12 (Chile), 13 (Iran), 14 (Curriculum), 15
(Higher Education)
Additional reading: Brindhamani, M & Marisamy, K. 2016. Comparative education – concept of
comparative education. Raviwar Peth, Solapur, Maharashtra, India: Laxmi Book Publication (Google this
source).
Question 1
1.1 Define the following concepts in your own words. Provide the source of your
definition.
· African curriculum (5)
· Comparative Education (5)
· mother-tongue teaching and learning (5)
· curriculum decolonisation (5)
· Ujamaa (5)
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1.2 Write short paragraphs on at least five (5) of the following sentences:
· The purpose of Comparative Education (5)
· The uses and abuses of Comparative Education (5)
· The aims and objectives of education in India (5)
· The aims and objectives of education in Chile (5)
· Education in Tanzania has largely been guided by the ideology of Ujamaa. (5)
· The formal education system in Turkey was centralised at the beginning of 1924.
· The main purpose of this approach was to create a Western type of education system with the
emphasis on secularism and democratic values. (5)
· The medium of teaching and learning has always been a key issue for educational institutions
across the world, especially in those nations that were colonised. (5)
[25]
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2. Question 2: History of Education
2. 1 Write explanatory notes on each of the following:
2.1.1 the history of the first known schools (10)
2.1.2 the Global North and the Global South (10)
2.1.3 the History of Education (10)
2.1.4 pre-colonial art education (10)
2.1.5 ubuntu as an African philosophical worldview (10)
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ASSIGNMENTS
, ICH4801 History of Education Assignments
Ass 1, 10 June 2022
COMPULSORY READING
Prescribed book: Seroto, J. Davids, MN & Wolhuter, C. 2020. Decolonising education in the Global South:
historical and comparative international perspectives. Cape Town: Pearson:
Chapters 8 (Scope of ICE), 9 (India), 10 (Tanzania), 11 (Turkey), 12 (Chile), 13 (Iran), 14 (Curriculum), 15
(Higher Education)
Additional reading: Brindhamani, M & Marisamy, K. 2016. Comparative education – concept of
comparative education. Raviwar Peth, Solapur, Maharashtra, India: Laxmi Book Publication (Google this
source).
Question 1
1.1 Define the following concepts in your own words. Provide the source of your
definition.
· African curriculum (5)
· Comparative Education (5)
· mother-tongue teaching and learning (5)
· curriculum decolonisation (5)
· Ujamaa (5)
[25]
1.2 Write short paragraphs on at least five (5) of the following sentences:
· The purpose of Comparative Education (5)
· The uses and abuses of Comparative Education (5)
· The aims and objectives of education in India (5)
· The aims and objectives of education in Chile (5)
· Education in Tanzania has largely been guided by the ideology of Ujamaa. (5)
· The formal education system in Turkey was centralised at the beginning of 1924.
· The main purpose of this approach was to create a Western type of education system with the
emphasis on secularism and democratic values. (5)
· The medium of teaching and learning has always been a key issue for educational institutions
across the world, especially in those nations that were colonised. (5)
[25]
[50]
2. Question 2: History of Education
2. 1 Write explanatory notes on each of the following:
2.1.1 the history of the first known schools (10)
2.1.2 the Global North and the Global South (10)
2.1.3 the History of Education (10)
2.1.4 pre-colonial art education (10)
2.1.5 ubuntu as an African philosophical worldview (10)
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