TPS3706 Assignment 2 2023.

TPS3706 Assignment 2 2023. Detailed working, solutions, memo, notes & explanations. ............................... 1. MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY Write down your teaching philosophy. What are your beliefs about teaching and learning? Include aspects such as why you want to be a teacher; what subject and age group you would like to teach and why; how you believe learners learn best (refer to learning styles found in a modern classroom); how you believe teaching should take place (refer to teaching strategies and methods used in a modern classroom); why you believe teaching is a vital profession in South Africa; and how you believe you can make a difference. (10) [Sub-total: 10] 2. CAPS ACTIVITY Access a copy of the CAPS document for a subject you are teaching in the FET Phase (Grade 10-12) and answer the question that follow. You can access the various CAPS documents by following this link: 2.1 What is the first General Aim of the South African curriculum? (2) 2.2 The NCS aims to produce learners who are able to … (list two) (2) TPS3706 ASSIGNMENT 02_2023 3 2.3 What is the time allocation for the subject you are teaching in the FET Phase per week? (1) 2.4 What is Section 4 of the document about? (1) 2.5 Which minister signed the curriculum into implementation? (1) 2.6 The National Curriculum Statement is made up of three (3) documents. What are they? (3) [Sub-total: 10] 3. Research and write about teaching during the FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Write an academic essay of 500-600 words (this is only a guideline and you can use slightly more or slightly fewer words. We will mark for quality, not quantity) in which you discuss the following topic: Teaching in the MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN classroom to equip our learners going into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). You will be competing research on the following topics in order to write this academic essay: - The fourth industrial revolution - The modern South African classroom - Modern learning and teaching strategies You may use your textbook (this contains valuable information about the South African classroom and the role of the teacher) and at least TWO additional credible sources to complete this essay. You MUST include a reference list according to UNISA requirements as well as correctly use in-text references. The following questions could be used to guide your thinking and planning of this essay; (do not simply answer these questions in your essay, these are ONLY A GUIDE FOR YOUR PLANNING). TPS3706 ASSIGNMENT 02_2023 4 o What is the 4IR and how does it impact on me as a teacher? o What is the 4IR and how does it impact on the learners in the classroom? o What does the 4IR future expect from my learners when they enter the workforce? Will they be prepared for this? o How can I change my teaching to gear it towards preparing learners for the 4IR? o What does teaching and learning look like in the modern classroom? [Sub-total: 10] 4. Your future classroom The following questions require you to think about your own classroom setting and your pedagogy as a teacher. Answer the questions from the perspective of your hypothetical future FET Phase classroom. a. Defend effective communication as an important skill for a teacher to have. Refer to verbal and non-verbal communication within a teaching-learning classroom situation and the importance thereof for more effective teaching and learning in your subject, and to cultivate mutual respect in a diverse FET classroom. (10) b. Critically elaborate on any effective teaching and learning strategy(ies) you will implement in your lessons to promote effective learning of your subject. (10) In your discussion, discuss if the strategy is teacher or learner centred, why you chose this approach and give a practical example of how this strategy will be used to optimally teach your FET phase subject.