NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: AEM 504
COURSE TITLE: RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TIME ALLOWED: 2HOURS 30MINS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER 5 QUESTIONS ONLY
1. (a) Briefly explain micro-approach to social change (5 Marks)
(b) Discuss the exchange theory (5 Marks)
(c) State 2 criticisms against the exchange theory (4 Marks)
2. (a) Explain the concept of social change (5 Marks)
(b) State 3 forms social change may assume (6 Marks)
(c) Discuss the 3 main sources of social change (6 Marks)
3. (a) Mention 5 necessary steps for rural community development (10 Marks)
(b) State 4 key elements of community development approach (4 Marks)
4. (a) Discuss the 3 phases of change/development (6 Marks)
(b) Briefly explain 4 functional components of rural development (8 Marks)
5. (a) Explain the Sen Amartya’s view of the concept of development (6 Marks)
(b) Discuss 4 indicators for sociological rural development (8 Marks)
6. (a) Briefly explain the concept of rural development (5 Marks)
(b) Mention 3 reasons for scattered/dispersed settlement pattern (3 Marks)
(c) State 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of clustered/nucleated settlement pattern
7. (a) Define a theory (2 Marks)
(b) State 2 attributes of a theory (4 Marks)
(c) Discuss 4 dimensions of Innovation (8 Marks)
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