ME 212 SEMINAR QUESTIONS 2021-2022

 THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR ACADEMIC, RESEARCH, AND CONSULTANCY

SEMINAR QUESTIONS 2021-2022

ME 212: Educational Planning Theories and Strategies

 

1.     Reflecting your understanding of normative views of theory, critically discuss types of normative theories and their utility in the planning of education systems in Tanzania.

2.     Communicative planning theory has been viewed as enlargement and empowerment of democratic process in education planning. Based on public interest and political community as precedence of social justice, discuss the central role of government in distributing educational resources to marginalized groups.

3.     a) As an educational planner at the district, discuss your roles in value identification in a multicultural community.

b)  Discuss the interconnectedness of values, information, and power in educational planning.

4.       a) Critically discuss the differences between positivism and post-positivism theories and their place in education planning in Tanzania.

b)  Briefly explain the applicability of Arnstein's Ladder of Participation concerning power and different people's roles in planning practice.

5.     a) Referring to Lindblom and Cohen's Approach of 1979 to policymaking and policy actors, discuss the relationship between education policy and education planning.

b)  Discuss the meaning, characteristics and philosophical strands, and adjustment that guides human behaviour in education planning as a comprehensive process.

6.   The similitude of the aims of education and the value of its contribution to students and society is that of the air we inhale unconsciously (Coombs, 1970). Discuss this similitude by examining the four features of education planning in Europe, which preceded World War II.

7.     Although the first Conference of Ministers of Education of Independent African Nations was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1961, little had been improved regarding education planning in Africa up to the Jomtien, Thailand conference of 1990. Discuss the causes of these disruptions in Africa.

 

8.     Critically discuss the contributions and objections to Hunter Study in planning education towards first industrial development before Arusha Declaration in Tanzania.

9.     Tobias Survey has been a landmark in manpower surveying as the first systematic planning of high-level manpower in Tanzania. Discuss the significant contributions of the Tobias Survey to education planning in Tanzania and its shortcomings.

10.     Discuss the significant features of Thomas's survey, which makes it different from Tobias' survey?

11.     a) Discuss the concept of modernization theory as the predecessor of national development.

b)  Discuss the relationship between education, modernization and development through the lenses of educational planning

12.     a) With evidences from Post-Arusha development planning, discuss its features regarding education planning in Tanzania.

b)      Deriving evidences from Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP) of 2001 and Secondary Education Development Plan (SEDP) of 2004 documents, indicate their linkage to National Vision 2025 and industrialization process in Tanzania.

13.     With examples, discuss why sequencing, consistency and probability are presumed to be inevitable process in education sector planning.

14.     Discuss different steps of systems planning model as used in education planning.

15.     a) Critically discuss the use of Human Resource Development as an approach for education planning in Tanzania.

b)      Briefly explain the implications, characteristics and objections to Social Demand Approach (SDA) in education planning.

16.     Discuss the application of Manpower Requirement Approach in education planning and its shortcomings.

17.     a) Discuss the applicability of Cost-Benefit Analysis in education planning.

b)  With examples, show how the rate of return to education investment can be calculated for an individual beneficiary of education planning.

18.        a) Discuss the interconnectedness between strategic management, policy making, and strategic planning in implementing education plans.

b)  Discuss the four primary characteristics of strategic planning as used in the education system

19.   a) There are various strategic planning models when viewed from diverse perspectives (Porter, 1996). Discuss only three principal models of strategic planning as described by Luhanga et al. (2003).

b)  Referring to the context, strategic planning is determining what and how the organization intends to accomplish its specified objectives. Explain.

20.        In the view of vision, mission, and long-term goals of education, discuss the process of strategic planning, strategy implementation, and strategy control.

21.        Educational planners and managers must examine both internal and external aspects of the education systems to improve the practice of education planning. Discuss this view from the perspective of educational sector analysis and its rationale.

22.        Explain the concept of analysis of access to education and, with concrete examples, show how the Apparent Intake Rate (AIR), Net Intake Rate (NIR), and Transition Rate (TR) can be calculated.

23.     Define the concept of analysis of participation to education. With concrete examples, demonstrate how Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), Net Enrolment Ratio, and Age-Specific Enrolment Ratio (ASER) can be calculated to improve education efficiency and effectiveness.

24.     The delay of pupils' transition from primary to secondary school level for 2020/2021 due to lack of school classrooms reflects a flawed planning process. Explain how planners can ensure a proper transition from one level of school to another level in the education cycle using three cohort analyses.

25. a) Discuss the concept of efficiency coefficient as an ideal way of improving the efficiency performance of the education system, using examples from survival rate, the average duration of studies per graduate, and wastage ratio.

b)       External efficiency or effectiveness is a measure of performance of graduates of a certain level of education in active social and economic life and economic and social benefits individuals, or society can derive from the investment made in education. Substantiate.

26.     Depending on the context and complexities of education, decentralization implies four degrees of authority in the education system. In any situation, planners must decide on what elements of the system to decentralize. Based on Nelson and Cheema's (1984) understanding of four degrees of authority transfer, discuss the significance of decentralization on education planning.

27.     Globalization has broken the barrier between one society and another, the reduced social distance between incompatible values among global, national, and local communities, which has increased behaviour of networking among school-age teenagers. Discuss the role of education planning on mitigating the effects of this interconnectedness on the spread of HIV/AIDS among school-aged teenagers.