BPT1501 SEMESTER 1 PORTFOLIO 2022
Now that you are done with your assignments, you are going to take your
examination. Your portfolio is your examination. Your TA will guide you through the
process of preparing your portfolio. A rubric is posted together with the portfolio to
help you compile your portfolio. The rubric indicates how your portfolio will be
marked. Remember the closing date for the portfolio is 17th June 2022. No
extension will be entertained.
Your portfolio should be arranged in the following order:
i. Cover page: The cover page must have your name, surname, student
number and module code.
ii. Declaration form: The format of the form follows below. The form can be
handwritten or typed.
1.I understand what academic dishonesty entails and aware of UNISA’s
policies in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I have
used someone else’s work, I have indicated this by using the prescribed
style of referencing. Every contribution to, and quotation in, this
assignment from the work or works of other people has been referenced
according to this style.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
4. I did not make use of another student’s work and submitted it as my
own.
NAME: …………………………………………………………………….
STUDENT NUMBER: ……………………………………………………
MODULE CODE: .........................................................................
SIGNATURE: …………………………………………………………….
DATE: ……………………………………………….
iii. Table of contents: Composed of sequential responses to questions and
page numbers for each question.
, BPT1501 SEMESTER 1 PORTFOLIO 2022
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. She was busy humming and
tapping her pen on the desk. She requested for the instructions to be repeated. The
other learners in the class made fun of Energy and ridiculed her for not paying
attention once again. Mr Tiba, feeling frustrated because he was asked to repeat the
instructions once again, continued passing the materials and instructed Energy to
get out of his classroom.
Scenario 3
A majority of grade 9 mathematics learners were struggling to pass the subject. Mr
Tea a grade 9 mathematics teacher emailed parents using the school’s email,
notifying them that he is available on weekends and after school to teach learners
mathematics at a reasonable hourly rate. Mr Tiba believed that the extra time out of
school will benefit the learners.
Now that you are done with your assignments, you are going to take your
examination. Your portfolio is your examination. Your TA will guide you through the
process of preparing your portfolio. A rubric is posted together with the portfolio to
help you compile your portfolio. The rubric indicates how your portfolio will be
marked. Remember the closing date for the portfolio is 17th June 2022. No
extension will be entertained.
Your portfolio should be arranged in the following order:
i. Cover page: The cover page must have your name, surname, student
number and module code.
ii. Declaration form: The format of the form follows below. The form can be
handwritten or typed.
1.I understand what academic dishonesty entails and aware of UNISA’s
policies in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I have
used someone else’s work, I have indicated this by using the prescribed
style of referencing. Every contribution to, and quotation in, this
assignment from the work or works of other people has been referenced
according to this style.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
4. I did not make use of another student’s work and submitted it as my
own.
NAME: …………………………………………………………………….
STUDENT NUMBER: ……………………………………………………
MODULE CODE: .........................................................................
SIGNATURE: …………………………………………………………….
DATE: ……………………………………………….
iii. Table of contents: Composed of sequential responses to questions and
page numbers for each question.
, BPT1501 SEMESTER 1 PORTFOLIO 2022
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. She was busy humming and
tapping her pen on the desk. She requested for the instructions to be repeated. The
other learners in the class made fun of Energy and ridiculed her for not paying
attention once again. Mr Tiba, feeling frustrated because he was asked to repeat the
instructions once again, continued passing the materials and instructed Energy to
get out of his classroom.
Scenario 3
A majority of grade 9 mathematics learners were struggling to pass the subject. Mr
Tea a grade 9 mathematics teacher emailed parents using the school’s email,
notifying them that he is available on weekends and after school to teach learners
mathematics at a reasonable hourly rate. Mr Tiba believed that the extra time out of
school will benefit the learners.
