COVER PAGE OF ASSIGNMENT
Your name:
Student number:
The assignment number (02)
Module code: BTE2601
Subject name: BECOMING A TEACHER
Unique assignment number: 706427
Declaration
I (full names): ……………………………
Student number: ……… Module code: …BTE2601………………
Declare that…
1. I understand what plagiarism entails and am aware of the University’s policy in this
regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I used someone else’s
work, whether a printed source, the internet or any other source, I give the proper
acknowledgement and include a complete reference list.
3. I did not use another current or previous student’s work, submitting it as my own.
4. I did not allow and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of
submitting it as his or her own work.
Signature ……………………… Date: ……….
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, CONTENTS
Cover page............................................................................................................... Pg 1
QUESTION 1.................….......................................................................................... Pg 2
1.1. Define the following terms:.............................................................................. Pg 3
a) Rote Learning....................................................................................................... Pg 3
b) Pedagogical content knowledge......................................................................... Pg 3
c) Pedagogy............................................................................................................... Pg 3
d) Epistemologies...................................................................................................... Pg 3
e) Empirical.................................................................................................................. Pg 3
1.2. Name SEVEN knowledge bases that the teacher should possess and briefly
explain why it is important for a teacher to possess this knowledge........................ Pg4
1.3. Different intelligences suggested by Howard Gardner (1943).......................... Pg 5
QUESTION 2................................................................................................................. Pg 6
2.1. Outline different roles that the teacher should display........................................ Pg 6
2.2. State the benefits of applying a caring pedagogy............................................... Pg 6
2.3. Discuss the following theories and the assumptions they hold regarding teaching
and learning: ................................................................................................................ Pg 7
a) Behaviourism........................................................................................................... Pg 7
b) Social theory............................................................................................................ Pg 7
References................................................................................................................... P8
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Your name:
Student number:
The assignment number (02)
Module code: BTE2601
Subject name: BECOMING A TEACHER
Unique assignment number: 706427
Declaration
I (full names): ……………………………
Student number: ……… Module code: …BTE2601………………
Declare that…
1. I understand what plagiarism entails and am aware of the University’s policy in this
regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I used someone else’s
work, whether a printed source, the internet or any other source, I give the proper
acknowledgement and include a complete reference list.
3. I did not use another current or previous student’s work, submitting it as my own.
4. I did not allow and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of
submitting it as his or her own work.
Signature ……………………… Date: ……….
1
, CONTENTS
Cover page............................................................................................................... Pg 1
QUESTION 1.................….......................................................................................... Pg 2
1.1. Define the following terms:.............................................................................. Pg 3
a) Rote Learning....................................................................................................... Pg 3
b) Pedagogical content knowledge......................................................................... Pg 3
c) Pedagogy............................................................................................................... Pg 3
d) Epistemologies...................................................................................................... Pg 3
e) Empirical.................................................................................................................. Pg 3
1.2. Name SEVEN knowledge bases that the teacher should possess and briefly
explain why it is important for a teacher to possess this knowledge........................ Pg4
1.3. Different intelligences suggested by Howard Gardner (1943).......................... Pg 5
QUESTION 2................................................................................................................. Pg 6
2.1. Outline different roles that the teacher should display........................................ Pg 6
2.2. State the benefits of applying a caring pedagogy............................................... Pg 6
2.3. Discuss the following theories and the assumptions they hold regarding teaching
and learning: ................................................................................................................ Pg 7
a) Behaviourism........................................................................................................... Pg 7
b) Social theory............................................................................................................ Pg 7
References................................................................................................................... P8
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