TPN2601-Teaching Practice I PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS 50 _94% MARKED 2022.

TPN2601-Teaching Practice I PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS 50 _94% MARKED 2022. 3.2 AN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 1. DECOLONISATION: Is moving away from “western” concepts and going back to our own African roots. It is a way of reclaiming our ethnicity and uniqueness, which is very important for young people to understand and take into consideration. 2. AFRICAN COMMUNALISM: This is the way in which rural areas in Africa have been functioning. It is a way of life for certain African people and they mindset will not change. 3. UBUNTU: In education ubuntu means the connecting of humanity as a whole. Mutual benefits and independency form between a per and their community through Ubuntu. Ubuntu acts a one of the fundamental factors of foundation in education. 4. AFRICANISATION: This is the process in which interpretation and the defining of the African culture and identity takes place. It offers a sense of belonging through cultural familiarity in the classroom. 5. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: This is knowledge passed down throughout the years to each generation, almost things like myths, traditions , folktales etc. 4.1.2 MY TEACHING PERSPECTIVE 1. What does teaching mean to you? Teaching means having the opportunity to enrich and fill young minds with knowledge that will equip them with the skills they need to become professional and ethical grown-ups. 2. How would you best describe teaching and what it involves? Teaching is when an individual is trained with the proper skills and provided tools to educate learners with content that is only learnt through explanations and experiences, together with practice. 3. How do you see your role as a teacher? S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: ayandambanjwa | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 2 To help young minds thrive in everyday problem-solving , educating them about our heritage ,history and biology. Teaching learners about how the world works and why. It’s learning and discovering new things together with your students everyday. Teaching is a neverending learning experience. 4. What is your understanding of learning? They say knowledge is power. So I guess I think that the more you learn about things, the better you understand and the more you know about it. And the more you know about things defines your intelligence. 5. What do you expect to learn or gain from this process of observation and teaching practice? A better understanding of how to teach children without being a horrible “ rule enforcer”. I would like to understand how the different methods of teaching work with each age group. I would love to gain the right idea of how to discipline students in a manner that doesn’t enforce negativity, I want to pick up the positive ways of how to keep learners interested in my lessons. And I want to learn how to boost confidence which will result in productive student performance. 4.1.3 MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (BELIEFS) a. Why you want to be a teacher. Because I appreciate curious children and especially those who want to know things. It intrigues and enlightens me how a student that isn’t able to speak more than 20 words of English blossoms into the most confident child in a matter of time. I guess I’m trying to say is I love seeing children progress, it gives me hope for a better future. I believe that given the right tools and proper manners instilled in them , these children will be great leaders and drive this country to new heights. b. What subject and age group you would like to teach and why I would like to teach English as well as Life Sciences to the 8 – 13 year old age groups. Well English because I’m very fluent and good at grammar etc. And Life Sciences because I enjoy the experiments and facts behind it. c. How you believe teaching should take place. S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: ayandambanjwa | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 3 In a warm, comfortable, colourfully decorated, content filled, and learning conducive environment. d. How you believe learners learn. Through proper teaching methods and a properly facilitated environment filled with the appropriate technological and educational resources needed. e. Why you believe teaching is a vital profession. Because the county and economy and community grow and benefit more from educated and professional people. It lessens poverty and crime levels if individuals are educated and literate. f. How you believe you can make a difference. By enriching my learners with knowledge, skills and manners to become the best people they can be. g. What learning gains you are expecting to achieve during your teaching practice. A variety of teaching methods and styles. How to deal with discipline. How to care for special needs children. The correct and professional way of dealing with students and factors affecting their performance in the classroom. 4.1.4 TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN CONTEXT 4.1.4.1 INTRODUCTION Give one example and description from your own school experience regarding 1. Situated learning (incident in the school or classroom): The way the students failed to understand anything that the Afrikaans teacher was trying to say. It was really hard to watch. 2. Constructivism (what you remember and what you learnt from the incident): I’ve learnt that you need to start from the basics to get the children to understand which is not what the educator was doing, instead she just reprimanded them for not being able to understand a language that was neither their 1st nor 2nd language. S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: ayandambanjwa | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 4 4.2.2.1 CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONNAIRE NAME OF THE SCHOOL: CURRO ACADEMY MAMELODI PRINCIPAL: MRS MAUD LANGA LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL: TOWNSHIP Describe the location that you have indicated: Township area - is a low socio-economic context , with working class parents. Some sections of the township (near the school) are informal settlements. What are the advantages and disadvantages to the children of the location you have indicated: ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES Access to a semi-private education facility at an affordable price. Many of the learners have ‘absent’ parents, as they have to work to support them. Poorer learners who cannot afford meals have access to feeding schemes, or their friends bring them lunch. Some learners cannot afford meals at home. Access to a high level of education. Some learners do not have access to electricity at home as they live in informal settlements. Have very educated teachers. Parents do not assist them with homework.. Some learners are privileged enough to own their own electronic devices which help with their studies. English is not their home language even though English is a medium of instruction at the school, so it creates communication barriers There are a few NGO’s , feeding schemes and churches that are available to assist with poverty, substance abuse and other socioeconomic issues. Many learners are living in absolute poverty ,this means that their basic needs are unable to be met. How do these learners come to school (walk, by bus, transported by parents)? All of the above, the wealthier learners are dropped of by their parents , the middle class use public transportation, while the poor learners walk. (2 S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: ayandambanjwa | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 4.2.3 DESCRIPTION OF CLASSROOMS FROM DIFFERENT GRADES Phases Learner-teacher ratio Youngest and oldest learner in the classes you have described The classroom setup Learning and teaching support materials (LTSM) Describe one evident aspect of Africanisation/ Decolonisation evident in the learning and support material TeacmethnoteDesthat of inknowGRADE 4 or 5 or 6 1. 4 5:1 9 y.o and 11 y.o Sanitizer @ door, everyone has masks on and teachers table has screen guard. Tables are 2cm apart from each other (due to Covid19). Very clean and neat. Colourful posters, learning materials on the boards and walls. Fans and whiteboards installed in class.. Print outs/worksheets of reading materials. Story was on Charlottes Web (dialogue) about farm animals and how they worked together (Ubuntu) so Africanisation was evident here. OralsS - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Downloaded by: ayandambanjwa | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 2. 6 10:1 12 y.o and 14 y.o More students as class was not split due to limited space on that day. Sanitizer @ door, everyone has masks on and teachers table has screen guard. Tables are 2cm apart from each other (due to Covid19). Very clean and neat. Colourful posters, learning materials on the boards and walls. Fans and whiteboards installed in class.. Documentary viewing on drugs (teacher was supervising class as the teacher that was meant to be there was of sick).