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BPT Portfolio - assignment 7 Portfolio
semester 1 2022
Being a professional Teacher (University of South
Africa)
Written by lazie10
, lOMoARcPSD|4339232
Portfolio Questions
1. Read the given scenarios below and indicate whether in each scenario the teacher acted
in a professional manner or not? Give three reasons for each scenario to support your
stance. (44)
Your response should be at most 500 words.
Scenarion1
Ms Cheater is a grade 6 mathematics teacher in her local primary school. She has been teaching at
this school for 20 years. Recently the mathematics curriculum advisor introduced the common tests
for all the grade 6 learners in the schools in Ms Cheater’s circuit. Therefore, schools were given the
same workplans for each term. At the end of the term the common test was sent to schools to be
administers by the teachers. Ms Cheater discovered that she did not cover most of the questions in
the common test. Instead of administering the common test, she developed her own test for her
learners.
Scenario 2
Energy is a hyperactive learner in Mr Tiba classroom. Energy sometimes causes distractions in her
classroom. Mr Tiba was giving the class instructions for writing an assignment that was to be handed
over the following day. As usual Energy was not paying attention and thus missed the instructions.
BPT Portfolio - assignment 7 Portfolio
semester 1 2022
Being a professional Teacher (University of South
Africa)
Written by lazie10
, lOMoARcPSD|4339232
Portfolio Questions
1. Read the given scenarios below and indicate whether in each scenario the teacher acted
in a professional manner or not? Give three reasons for each scenario to support your
stance. (44)
Your response should be at most 500 words.
Scenarion1
Ms Cheater is a grade 6 mathematics teacher in her local primary school. She has been teaching at
this school for 20 years. Recently the mathematics curriculum advisor introduced the common tests
for all the grade 6 learners in the schools in Ms Cheater’s circuit. Therefore, schools were given the
same workplans for each term. At the end of the term the common test was sent to schools to be
administers by the teachers. Ms Cheater discovered that she did not cover most of the questions in
the common test. Instead of administering the common test, she developed her own test for her
learners.
Scenario 2
Energy is a hyperactive learner in Mr Tiba classroom. Energy sometimes causes distractions in her
classroom. Mr Tiba was giving the class instructions for writing an assignment that was to be handed
over the following day. As usual Energy was not paying attention and thus missed the instructions.
