BPT1501
BPT1501 Assignment 2
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 1
2025
DUE March 2025
, ACTIVITIES
1. Do an internet search of the definition of a professional teacher. Do you agree with the definition?
Give two reasons to support your stance. (5) 2. Read the given scenarios below and indicate whether
in each scenario the teacher acted in a professional manner or not. Indicate your stance and give two
reasons for each scenario to support it. Scenario 1 During playground duty, Mr Simango, a teacher at
Silindile Primary School observes an altercation between two learners. One learner appears to have
lost his temper, has picked up a stick and is threatening to use it as a spear against the other learner.
He is waving the stick around in front of the face of the other learner and shouting at the learner. As
the Mr Simango moves towards the two learners, the teacher sees that the stick is sharp and makes a
judgment that the stick could do some damage to the learner/s. Mr Simango also judges that there is
no time to enlist the help of another teacher to prevent a possible injury to either learner. Mr
Simango moves between the two learners, grabs the arm of the learner waving the stick and removes
the stick from the learner’s grasp. The learner wrenches away his arm and in doing so suffers a sprain
to his wrist (5) Scenario 2 Ms Nepo, a member of Phepo Secondary School selection panel, learns that
his best friend’s partner has applied for the vacancy at her school. Ms Nepo does not say anything
and participates in the whole interview process of filling the vacant position. (5) Scenario 3 Mr Brave a
member of Arsenal political organisation, which is the main opposition party in government, receives
confidential information in the course of their work about a government policy proposal that they
know would be unpopular. Mr Brave discloses the information to his political organisation. (5)
Scenario 4 Mr Funky is a newly appointed teacher at Relebogile Secondary School. He is very friendly
with seniors at his school. He invites a 17-year-old girl learner to spend the weekend at his flat. Mr
Funky does not give the learner the reasons for the invitation and the two of them will only be
present in that flat during the weekend. (5) Scenario 5 A parent complains to the principal that the
topic of Sexuality education in the Life Orientation subject should not be taught to her child. The
principal agrees with the parent that when the topic is taught the learner will be excused from the
class. The principal then informs the Life Orientation teacher about the arrangement. (5) Scenario 6
Mr Perfect the Head of the Department at Mamiriri Secondary School is constantly critical in a
negative way of Ms Senwane’s work performance, a new teacher who has just started in her teaching
career. However, Mr Perfect fails to implement a supportive pathway to an improvement plan in
consultation with Ms Senwane. Mr Perfect isolates Ms Senwane and seeks to have her transferred to
another school. (5) Scenario 7 Mr Thukhu and Ms Humble are two teachers working at Poverty
Primary School. Mr Thukhu and Ms Humble do not get along well. To get back at Ms Humble, Mr
Thukhu wrote a complaint letter to the school governing body falsely accusing Ms Humble of stealing
the learners’ feeding scheme food. (5)
BPT1501 Assignment 2
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 1
2025
DUE March 2025
, ACTIVITIES
1. Do an internet search of the definition of a professional teacher. Do you agree with the definition?
Give two reasons to support your stance. (5) 2. Read the given scenarios below and indicate whether
in each scenario the teacher acted in a professional manner or not. Indicate your stance and give two
reasons for each scenario to support it. Scenario 1 During playground duty, Mr Simango, a teacher at
Silindile Primary School observes an altercation between two learners. One learner appears to have
lost his temper, has picked up a stick and is threatening to use it as a spear against the other learner.
He is waving the stick around in front of the face of the other learner and shouting at the learner. As
the Mr Simango moves towards the two learners, the teacher sees that the stick is sharp and makes a
judgment that the stick could do some damage to the learner/s. Mr Simango also judges that there is
no time to enlist the help of another teacher to prevent a possible injury to either learner. Mr
Simango moves between the two learners, grabs the arm of the learner waving the stick and removes
the stick from the learner’s grasp. The learner wrenches away his arm and in doing so suffers a sprain
to his wrist (5) Scenario 2 Ms Nepo, a member of Phepo Secondary School selection panel, learns that
his best friend’s partner has applied for the vacancy at her school. Ms Nepo does not say anything
and participates in the whole interview process of filling the vacant position. (5) Scenario 3 Mr Brave a
member of Arsenal political organisation, which is the main opposition party in government, receives
confidential information in the course of their work about a government policy proposal that they
know would be unpopular. Mr Brave discloses the information to his political organisation. (5)
Scenario 4 Mr Funky is a newly appointed teacher at Relebogile Secondary School. He is very friendly
with seniors at his school. He invites a 17-year-old girl learner to spend the weekend at his flat. Mr
Funky does not give the learner the reasons for the invitation and the two of them will only be
present in that flat during the weekend. (5) Scenario 5 A parent complains to the principal that the
topic of Sexuality education in the Life Orientation subject should not be taught to her child. The
principal agrees with the parent that when the topic is taught the learner will be excused from the
class. The principal then informs the Life Orientation teacher about the arrangement. (5) Scenario 6
Mr Perfect the Head of the Department at Mamiriri Secondary School is constantly critical in a
negative way of Ms Senwane’s work performance, a new teacher who has just started in her teaching
career. However, Mr Perfect fails to implement a supportive pathway to an improvement plan in
consultation with Ms Senwane. Mr Perfect isolates Ms Senwane and seeks to have her transferred to
another school. (5) Scenario 7 Mr Thukhu and Ms Humble are two teachers working at Poverty
Primary School. Mr Thukhu and Ms Humble do not get along well. To get back at Ms Humble, Mr
Thukhu wrote a complaint letter to the school governing body falsely accusing Ms Humble of stealing
the learners’ feeding scheme food. (5)
