Traditional Education in Pre-Colonial Africa

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What was the ideal education system of the National Party?

  • Secular Humanism
  • Christian Nationalism and separatism (correct)
  • Social Democracy
  • Liberal Democracy

What was the purpose of Bantu Education?

  • To uplift the black population
  • To promote democracy and freedom
  • To provide equal opportunities for all
  • To train people in accordance with their opportunities in life (correct)

What was the result of the Eiselen commission's findings?

  • The closure of all black schools
  • The promulgation of the Bantu Education Act of 1953 (correct)
  • The implementation of a new curriculum
  • The abolition of Bantu Education

Why were black people opposed to receiving Bantu Education?

<p>Because it was a separatist education system (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the National Education Act of 1967?

<p>It made provisions for the education of white children (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the 1983 constitution?

<p>It created three separate chambers for white, coloured, and Indian members (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the role of missionaries in providing education for black children?

<p>They provided education in mother tongue instruction and the 3Rs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following individuals attended Clarkebury Mission school?

<p>Nelson Mandela (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Greek word 'historia' mean?

<p>Inquiry or knowledge acquired by investigation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key characteristic of pre-colonial education in the area that is now South Africa?

<p>It was non-literary and oral (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the history of education important for professional teachers?

<p>To understand past and present developments in education (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which people were involved in pre-colonial or traditional education in South Africa?

<p>The Nguni and the Khoikhoi San (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What differentiated the education of boys and girls in pre-colonial South Africa?

<p>Education was preparationist from an early age (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the study of past events and developments in education?

<p>History of education (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What marked the transition from adolescence to adulthood in the Xhosa tradition?

<p>ukusoka (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tradition involved virginity testing as part of its formal education?

<p>Zulu tradition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which task was NOT part of the apprenticeship system in pre-colonial education?

<p>teacher (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which religious group took the lead in promoting missionary work through schools and the church in the 1970s?

<p>Schmidt’s and Moravian Christian brothers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary purpose of education in missionary schools?

<p>Spreading Christianity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which subjects were included in the instruction provided by the missionary schools?

<p>3 R’s (reading, writing, arithmetic) and rudiments of agriculture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what year did the Dutch settlers arrive at the Cape?

<p>1652 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How were mission schools categorized in terms of their administrative status?

<p>Semi-private (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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