, QUESTION 1 (COMPULSORY) Answers
1.1 Define the following concepts commonly used in Life Orientation teaching and assessment:
1.1.1 Diversity of learners: learners from various backgrounds. Educators must ensure
differentiation in curriculum delivery to enable all learners’ access to equal learning. All
schools must offer same education to learners of different socio-economic backgrounds
and cater to diverse learning needs.
1.1.2 Assessment: continually assessed throughout the year both formal and informal
assessments. It is a continuous planned process and involves collecting evidence of
achievement, evaluating, recording and using the evidence to understand and assist
leaner’s development.
1.1.3 Feedback: given to learners and/or parents, as well as to the school in order to assist
learner growth and knowledge of subject.
1.1.4 Role-play: teacher assumes the role/ character of someone else ad asks learners to also
play parts of other characters. This could be visual, dialogue, debate, narrative and so
forth.
1.1.5 Barriers to learning: teacher must understand barriers to learning of each individual learner
when developing a lesson plan so that learners can overcome these barriers to learning
through structured activities.
1.2 Outline what Life Orientation entails according to CAPS document of 2011.
• CAPS focus on strengthening the implementation of the curriculum and provide more specific
guidelines about what to do in the classroom and how to improve teaching learning and
assessment.
• The NCS serves the purpose of equipping learners irrespective of socio-economic
background, race, and gender, physical or intellectual ability. Providing access to higher
education and facilitating the transition of learners from education to workplace.
• The NSC is based on the following principles; social transformation; active and critical learning;
progression; human rights and inclusivity; valuing indigenous knowledge; credibility and
efficiency.
• The NSC is aimed at producing learners that are able to; identify and solve problems; work
effectively as individuals; collect and analyse information; communicate effectively; use
science and technology effectively; demonstrate and understanding of the world as a set of
related systems.
• Inclusivity should be a central part of the organisation, planning and teaching at each school.
• A CAP addresses diversity in the classroom, understanding diversity, the diverse learning
needs of learners and responding to diversity through the curriculum.
• Curriculum differentiation is key in responding to learners diverse needs and can be done at
the levels of content, teaching methodologies, assessment and learning environment.
• Curriculum content is modified to accommodate different learners and to provide all learners
with equal learning opportunity. This is done on levels; abstractness; complexity; variety.
1.1 Define the following concepts commonly used in Life Orientation teaching and assessment:
1.1.1 Diversity of learners: learners from various backgrounds. Educators must ensure
differentiation in curriculum delivery to enable all learners’ access to equal learning. All
schools must offer same education to learners of different socio-economic backgrounds
and cater to diverse learning needs.
1.1.2 Assessment: continually assessed throughout the year both formal and informal
assessments. It is a continuous planned process and involves collecting evidence of
achievement, evaluating, recording and using the evidence to understand and assist
leaner’s development.
1.1.3 Feedback: given to learners and/or parents, as well as to the school in order to assist
learner growth and knowledge of subject.
1.1.4 Role-play: teacher assumes the role/ character of someone else ad asks learners to also
play parts of other characters. This could be visual, dialogue, debate, narrative and so
forth.
1.1.5 Barriers to learning: teacher must understand barriers to learning of each individual learner
when developing a lesson plan so that learners can overcome these barriers to learning
through structured activities.
1.2 Outline what Life Orientation entails according to CAPS document of 2011.
• CAPS focus on strengthening the implementation of the curriculum and provide more specific
guidelines about what to do in the classroom and how to improve teaching learning and
assessment.
• The NCS serves the purpose of equipping learners irrespective of socio-economic
background, race, and gender, physical or intellectual ability. Providing access to higher
education and facilitating the transition of learners from education to workplace.
• The NSC is based on the following principles; social transformation; active and critical learning;
progression; human rights and inclusivity; valuing indigenous knowledge; credibility and
efficiency.
• The NSC is aimed at producing learners that are able to; identify and solve problems; work
effectively as individuals; collect and analyse information; communicate effectively; use
science and technology effectively; demonstrate and understanding of the world as a set of
related systems.
• Inclusivity should be a central part of the organisation, planning and teaching at each school.
• A CAP addresses diversity in the classroom, understanding diversity, the diverse learning
needs of learners and responding to diversity through the curriculum.
• Curriculum differentiation is key in responding to learners diverse needs and can be done at
the levels of content, teaching methodologies, assessment and learning environment.
• Curriculum content is modified to accommodate different learners and to provide all learners
with equal learning opportunity. This is done on levels; abstractness; complexity; variety.
