TPS3703/103/0/2021
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2021
Teaching Practice III
TPS3703
For doing Teaching Methodology 1
FET Phase (Grade 10-12)
Year module
Department of Curriculum and
Instructional Studies
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
, TPS3703
ASSIGNMENT 50
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2021 Teaching practice for FET (Grades 10 - 12). Year module.
PORTFOLIO TEMPLATE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE IS TO IDENTIFY THE TEACHING METHOD 2 (FIRST FET
SUBJECT MODULE) THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRACTICAL TEACHING
PORTFOLIO.
Mark the box next to the FET (grades 10-12) subject for which you prepared this portfolio
Subject didactics FET Tick box with PLEASE NOTE:
(grades 10 - 12) an X
IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS
Art PAGE CORRECTLY, WE WILL
Consumer studies DEDUCT 10% FROM YOUR
PORTFOLIO MARK.
Hospitality studies
Computer applications
technology
Information Technology
Life Sciences
STUDENT NAME:
Geography STHEMBISO MABOEA
Life Orientation
Mathematics literacy
Mathematics STUDENT NUMBER
History
Accounting
60653442
Business studies
Economics
Unique number:
Religion studies
English X
Physical Science 760797
Languages
Technical subjects
Tourism
This must be the front page of your portfolio !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2
, TPS3703/103
1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete assignment 50 for
TPS3703 (Teaching practice III for FET (grades 10 - 12). You must do this portfolio for
Teaching methodology 2 as specified in the third year of your curriculum for the stream you
are completing.
Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully and thoroughly before attempting to
complete the portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for this module. Also read
the attachment for information regarding lesson plans.
Your future and your career depend on the timely submission of the portfolio. You must
submit the portfolio as soon as you finished your practical teaching period of 25 school days.
No portfolios received after 31 August 2021 will be marked! It will be returned to you and
you will have to reregister and repeat your teaching practice during the following year.
Make sure that you send it in on time and that is has been received by Unisa.
PLEASE NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training as you get advice and
support that might be valuable for your preparation as a teacher. The mark you receive for the
school visit does not however count towards your marks for this course as at this stage we
cannot affirm that every student can be visited. If it happens that you are not visited your
marks will not be affected in any way.
If you have any queries regarding the portfolio you should contact the lecturer for this
module as indicated in tutorial letter 101.
Please do not contact the lecturer regarding placements or school visits. See tutorial
letter 102 for contact details in this regard.
Please contact Assignments (see tutorial letter 101) regarding the receipt of assignments
or check the status of your assignment on myUnisa on your student record.
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING WITH YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE
This document is the teaching portfolio template and must please be completed and submitted
as one document with comprehensive evidence of each aspect inserted at the appropriate
sections. PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH ALL EVIDENCE AT THE END OR AS A SEPARATE
SECTION.
It is best to complete your portfolio electronically and submit it online. The electronic template is
available online. After submitting it please check that everything was downloaded and that it
appears correctly on the system. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS IN
THE PORTAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION. MAKE SURE ALL YOUR
INFORMATION IS IN THE PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT. No additional information
can be added later. DO NOT SUBMIT THE WRONG PORTFOLIO IN THE PORTAL MEANT
FOR ANOTHER PORTFOLIO.
3
, Always keep a backup of your portfolio. I have heard all the hard luck stories (some true and
some very innovative inventions) about laptops being stolen from cars, from homes, from
schools and everywhere else you can think of and from crashed computers, viruses, etc. These
things happen and you should KEEP BACKUPS ALL THE TIME. If you send a hard copy you
must submit this whole document and evidence must be attached to the pages where it is
relevant. Send the portfolio by courier or registered mail. Shops and the postal service are not
reliable. ALWAYS KEEP A COPY. PORTFOLIOS CANNOT BE REMARKED OR
PURCHASED. IF YOU HAVE A COPY, WE CAN HOWEVER CHECK IT IF THERE REALLY
SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR RESULT. THIS WILL ONLY BE DONE IN
EXCEPTIONAL CASES WHERE IT IS MERITED.
The following could be reasons why students fail their practical teaching: Non-
submission, late submission or failure of assignments, late submission of portfolios,
lack of credible evidence, poor quality of lesson plans, poor quality of answers, failure to
complete all sections of the portfolio comprehensively (including meaningful
reflections), cheating (with school stamps, signatures, copying of the work of other
students, submitting the work of teachers instead of your own, not attending all practical
teaching days). JUST BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED A PORTFOLIO DOES NOT MEAN YOU
WILL DEFINITELY PASS. YOU WILL ONLY PASS IF THE PORTFOLIO IS OF GOOD
QUALITY, IF YOU COMPLETED ALL SECTIONS FULLY AND CORRECTLY, IF THE
REQUIRED EVIDENCE IS ATTACHED, IF LESSON PLANS ARE REALLY GOOD AND IF
ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES AND SCHOOL STAMPS ARE IN EVIDENCE.
If you do not receive a SMS that your portfolio has been received please contact assignments
immediately and determine what the issue is. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE LECTURER
IN THIS REGARD. If your portfolio is submitted early you will have an opportunity to attend to
problems.
All online assignments and online portfolios must be submitted as pdf documents. NO WORD
DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you are one of the outstanding exceptional students that adds substantial amounts of
colourful, interesting and credible evidence you must then please reduce the size of your
artifacts to keep within the maximum size of documents that can be submitted online or rather
make use of the e-portfolio option. The e-portfolio uses a different template and you may not
submit a portfolio with this template as an e-portfolio. Look on myUnisa under additional
materials and announcements for more information on the e-portfolio.
Negative marking will be used when sections of the portfolio are not completed. For instance, if
we require you to keep a diary and you do not submit it, you will not only loose the 20 marks
allocated to it, you will be given minus 20. That goes for all sections not completed fully and
comprehensively in the portfolio.
The portfolio must be completed during the Teaching Practice period and submitted directly
after completing it. In the interest of quality assessment, we have to stagger the submissions
so that they do not all come to us for marking at the end of the year. If you do not complete the
portfolio during the Teaching Practice period and do not submit it on the end of your teaching
practice you will be penalised in the following way: If it reaches us two weeks late – minus
4
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2021
Teaching Practice III
TPS3703
For doing Teaching Methodology 1
FET Phase (Grade 10-12)
Year module
Department of Curriculum and
Instructional Studies
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
, TPS3703
ASSIGNMENT 50
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2021 Teaching practice for FET (Grades 10 - 12). Year module.
PORTFOLIO TEMPLATE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE IS TO IDENTIFY THE TEACHING METHOD 2 (FIRST FET
SUBJECT MODULE) THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRACTICAL TEACHING
PORTFOLIO.
Mark the box next to the FET (grades 10-12) subject for which you prepared this portfolio
Subject didactics FET Tick box with PLEASE NOTE:
(grades 10 - 12) an X
IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS
Art PAGE CORRECTLY, WE WILL
Consumer studies DEDUCT 10% FROM YOUR
PORTFOLIO MARK.
Hospitality studies
Computer applications
technology
Information Technology
Life Sciences
STUDENT NAME:
Geography STHEMBISO MABOEA
Life Orientation
Mathematics literacy
Mathematics STUDENT NUMBER
History
Accounting
60653442
Business studies
Economics
Unique number:
Religion studies
English X
Physical Science 760797
Languages
Technical subjects
Tourism
This must be the front page of your portfolio !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2
, TPS3703/103
1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete assignment 50 for
TPS3703 (Teaching practice III for FET (grades 10 - 12). You must do this portfolio for
Teaching methodology 2 as specified in the third year of your curriculum for the stream you
are completing.
Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully and thoroughly before attempting to
complete the portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for this module. Also read
the attachment for information regarding lesson plans.
Your future and your career depend on the timely submission of the portfolio. You must
submit the portfolio as soon as you finished your practical teaching period of 25 school days.
No portfolios received after 31 August 2021 will be marked! It will be returned to you and
you will have to reregister and repeat your teaching practice during the following year.
Make sure that you send it in on time and that is has been received by Unisa.
PLEASE NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training as you get advice and
support that might be valuable for your preparation as a teacher. The mark you receive for the
school visit does not however count towards your marks for this course as at this stage we
cannot affirm that every student can be visited. If it happens that you are not visited your
marks will not be affected in any way.
If you have any queries regarding the portfolio you should contact the lecturer for this
module as indicated in tutorial letter 101.
Please do not contact the lecturer regarding placements or school visits. See tutorial
letter 102 for contact details in this regard.
Please contact Assignments (see tutorial letter 101) regarding the receipt of assignments
or check the status of your assignment on myUnisa on your student record.
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING WITH YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE
This document is the teaching portfolio template and must please be completed and submitted
as one document with comprehensive evidence of each aspect inserted at the appropriate
sections. PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH ALL EVIDENCE AT THE END OR AS A SEPARATE
SECTION.
It is best to complete your portfolio electronically and submit it online. The electronic template is
available online. After submitting it please check that everything was downloaded and that it
appears correctly on the system. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS IN
THE PORTAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION. MAKE SURE ALL YOUR
INFORMATION IS IN THE PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT. No additional information
can be added later. DO NOT SUBMIT THE WRONG PORTFOLIO IN THE PORTAL MEANT
FOR ANOTHER PORTFOLIO.
3
, Always keep a backup of your portfolio. I have heard all the hard luck stories (some true and
some very innovative inventions) about laptops being stolen from cars, from homes, from
schools and everywhere else you can think of and from crashed computers, viruses, etc. These
things happen and you should KEEP BACKUPS ALL THE TIME. If you send a hard copy you
must submit this whole document and evidence must be attached to the pages where it is
relevant. Send the portfolio by courier or registered mail. Shops and the postal service are not
reliable. ALWAYS KEEP A COPY. PORTFOLIOS CANNOT BE REMARKED OR
PURCHASED. IF YOU HAVE A COPY, WE CAN HOWEVER CHECK IT IF THERE REALLY
SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR RESULT. THIS WILL ONLY BE DONE IN
EXCEPTIONAL CASES WHERE IT IS MERITED.
The following could be reasons why students fail their practical teaching: Non-
submission, late submission or failure of assignments, late submission of portfolios,
lack of credible evidence, poor quality of lesson plans, poor quality of answers, failure to
complete all sections of the portfolio comprehensively (including meaningful
reflections), cheating (with school stamps, signatures, copying of the work of other
students, submitting the work of teachers instead of your own, not attending all practical
teaching days). JUST BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED A PORTFOLIO DOES NOT MEAN YOU
WILL DEFINITELY PASS. YOU WILL ONLY PASS IF THE PORTFOLIO IS OF GOOD
QUALITY, IF YOU COMPLETED ALL SECTIONS FULLY AND CORRECTLY, IF THE
REQUIRED EVIDENCE IS ATTACHED, IF LESSON PLANS ARE REALLY GOOD AND IF
ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES AND SCHOOL STAMPS ARE IN EVIDENCE.
If you do not receive a SMS that your portfolio has been received please contact assignments
immediately and determine what the issue is. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE LECTURER
IN THIS REGARD. If your portfolio is submitted early you will have an opportunity to attend to
problems.
All online assignments and online portfolios must be submitted as pdf documents. NO WORD
DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you are one of the outstanding exceptional students that adds substantial amounts of
colourful, interesting and credible evidence you must then please reduce the size of your
artifacts to keep within the maximum size of documents that can be submitted online or rather
make use of the e-portfolio option. The e-portfolio uses a different template and you may not
submit a portfolio with this template as an e-portfolio. Look on myUnisa under additional
materials and announcements for more information on the e-portfolio.
Negative marking will be used when sections of the portfolio are not completed. For instance, if
we require you to keep a diary and you do not submit it, you will not only loose the 20 marks
allocated to it, you will be given minus 20. That goes for all sections not completed fully and
comprehensively in the portfolio.
The portfolio must be completed during the Teaching Practice period and submitted directly
after completing it. In the interest of quality assessment, we have to stagger the submissions
so that they do not all come to us for marking at the end of the year. If you do not complete the
portfolio during the Teaching Practice period and do not submit it on the end of your teaching
practice you will be penalised in the following way: If it reaches us two weeks late – minus
4
