FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

DEVELOPMENT

BECD205: LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISION IN EARLY

CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

November 2019

Time: 3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer THREE questions only. All questions carry equal marks

You are advised to spend 1 hour on each of your answers.

You will be penalised for repeating material used to answer another

question

Credit will be given for answers that are clear, concise, drawing on
relevant examples and illustrations from the teaching and learning
situation.

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QUESTIONS

1. Discuss the five categories of effective leadership. [100]

2. Examine the benefits of the democratic leadership style in the teaching-learning

outcomes in an ECD centre. [100]

3. Discuss how you would apply Scientific model of supervision to improve

teacher performance at an ECD centre. [100]

4. Examine the effects of Participative Decision Making in an ECD centre. [100]

5. Evaluate the effectiveness of Fielder’s Contingency Theory when it is

applied at an ECD Centre. [100]

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