TPN2601/101/0/2023
Tutorial Letter 101/0/2023
Teaching Practice Intermediate Phase
TPN2601
Year module
Department: Curriculum and Instructional
Studies
This tutorial letter contains important information about TPN2601.
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Tutorial letters........................................................................................................................... 5
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES....................................................................................................6
2.1 Purpose.................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Outcomes................................................................................................................................. 7
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS.................................................................................8
3.1 Lecturer(s)................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Department.............................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 Teaching Practice Office.......................................................................................................... 8
3.4 University................................................................................................................................. 9
4 RESOURCES.............................................................................................................................. 9
4.1 Prescribed book(s)................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Recommended book(s).......................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves).............................................................................................10
4.4 Library services and resources...............................................................................................11
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES............................................................................................11
6 STUDY PLAN........................................................................................................................... 13
7 PRACTICAL WORK................................................................................................................. 13
7.1 How Teaching Practice should be undertaken.......................................................................13
7.2 School placements.................................................................................................................15
7.3 Plagiarism.............................................................................................................................. 18
8 ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................................... 20
8.1 Assessment criteria................................................................................................................20
8.2 Assessment plan.................................................................................................................... 20
8.3 Assignment numbers.............................................................................................................. 21
8.3.1 General assignment numbers..............................................................................................21
8.3.2 Unique assignment numbers...............................................................................................21
8.4 Assignment due dates............................................................................................................ 21
8.5 Submission of assignments....................................................................................................21
8.6 The assignments.................................................................................................................... 22
8.7 Other assessment methods....................................................................................................32
8.8 The examination..................................................................................................................... 32
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9 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.......................................................................................33
9.1 Invigilation/proctoring.............................................................................................................. 33
10 SOURCES CONSULTED.......................................................................................................34
11 IN CLOSING........................................................................................................................... 35
12 ADDENDUM........................................................................................................................... 35
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, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
We are pleased to welcome you to the observation component of Teaching Practice of
your professional development. Teaching Practice is the core of our teacher education
programme. The purpose of this exercise is to improve your understanding of teaching
and learning in the Intermediate Phase. We shall do our best to make your teaching
practice experience interesting, rewarding and successful. You will be well on your way to
success if you start arrangements early in the year and aim to complete the assignments
properly.
As a student teacher you are an important person in the Unisa community. The lecturers
and students of this community are constantly learning and teaching to contribute to
and develop education in South Africa.
This module is focused on developing the practical skills and competences that is
expected from a teacher in South Africa to be able to fulfil your role as a teacher in the
South African context.
Teaching practice is based on an age old approach to apprenticeship – a way of
learning from knowledgeable and competent leaders in a community and to practice skills
under their watchful guidance until you have mastered a skill or competence. Mkabela -
African approach to education).
With this African approach to education, you observe see what elders or senior members
of a community do. You participate in activities, but are not yet an experienced member
of the community. During your “apprenticeship” you will be learning about traditions,
values and the correct or best way to do activities. At the end of your apprenticeship you
will be accepted as a knowledgeable person into the community. The elders and senior
members will still guide you unitil you are competent enough to do things on your own. If
you want to master a specific skill or enter a specific career you will observe an
experienced person who will guide and lead you. You will practice the skill until you can
do it well enough to work on your own.
In the same way as aspiring teachers you have the opportunity to go to schools and form
part of the school community. During this first practical teaching opportunity you will
observe teaching and learning within a unique context in a specific school. In your
“apprenticeship” as a teacher, you will learn a lot from teachers and mentors in the
school.
Activities in the assignment and Portfolio are designed to support you to observe
teaching and learning through a specific lense unique to the South African context.
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Tutorial Letter 101/0/2023
Teaching Practice Intermediate Phase
TPN2601
Year module
Department: Curriculum and Instructional
Studies
This tutorial letter contains important information about TPN2601.
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Tutorial letters........................................................................................................................... 5
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES....................................................................................................6
2.1 Purpose.................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Outcomes................................................................................................................................. 7
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS.................................................................................8
3.1 Lecturer(s)................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Department.............................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 Teaching Practice Office.......................................................................................................... 8
3.4 University................................................................................................................................. 9
4 RESOURCES.............................................................................................................................. 9
4.1 Prescribed book(s)................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Recommended book(s).......................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves).............................................................................................10
4.4 Library services and resources...............................................................................................11
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES............................................................................................11
6 STUDY PLAN........................................................................................................................... 13
7 PRACTICAL WORK................................................................................................................. 13
7.1 How Teaching Practice should be undertaken.......................................................................13
7.2 School placements.................................................................................................................15
7.3 Plagiarism.............................................................................................................................. 18
8 ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................................... 20
8.1 Assessment criteria................................................................................................................20
8.2 Assessment plan.................................................................................................................... 20
8.3 Assignment numbers.............................................................................................................. 21
8.3.1 General assignment numbers..............................................................................................21
8.3.2 Unique assignment numbers...............................................................................................21
8.4 Assignment due dates............................................................................................................ 21
8.5 Submission of assignments....................................................................................................21
8.6 The assignments.................................................................................................................... 22
8.7 Other assessment methods....................................................................................................32
8.8 The examination..................................................................................................................... 32
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9 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.......................................................................................33
9.1 Invigilation/proctoring.............................................................................................................. 33
10 SOURCES CONSULTED.......................................................................................................34
11 IN CLOSING........................................................................................................................... 35
12 ADDENDUM........................................................................................................................... 35
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, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
We are pleased to welcome you to the observation component of Teaching Practice of
your professional development. Teaching Practice is the core of our teacher education
programme. The purpose of this exercise is to improve your understanding of teaching
and learning in the Intermediate Phase. We shall do our best to make your teaching
practice experience interesting, rewarding and successful. You will be well on your way to
success if you start arrangements early in the year and aim to complete the assignments
properly.
As a student teacher you are an important person in the Unisa community. The lecturers
and students of this community are constantly learning and teaching to contribute to
and develop education in South Africa.
This module is focused on developing the practical skills and competences that is
expected from a teacher in South Africa to be able to fulfil your role as a teacher in the
South African context.
Teaching practice is based on an age old approach to apprenticeship – a way of
learning from knowledgeable and competent leaders in a community and to practice skills
under their watchful guidance until you have mastered a skill or competence. Mkabela -
African approach to education).
With this African approach to education, you observe see what elders or senior members
of a community do. You participate in activities, but are not yet an experienced member
of the community. During your “apprenticeship” you will be learning about traditions,
values and the correct or best way to do activities. At the end of your apprenticeship you
will be accepted as a knowledgeable person into the community. The elders and senior
members will still guide you unitil you are competent enough to do things on your own. If
you want to master a specific skill or enter a specific career you will observe an
experienced person who will guide and lead you. You will practice the skill until you can
do it well enough to work on your own.
In the same way as aspiring teachers you have the opportunity to go to schools and form
part of the school community. During this first practical teaching opportunity you will
observe teaching and learning within a unique context in a specific school. In your
“apprenticeship” as a teacher, you will learn a lot from teachers and mentors in the
school.
Activities in the assignment and Portfolio are designed to support you to observe
teaching and learning through a specific lense unique to the South African context.
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