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| Post Graduate Diploma |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English |
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| Purpose: Education and training policies for example South African Schools Act (SASA), White Paper 6 and the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) policy documents require teachers to have specialised skills in order to render teaching and learning support. It is expected from teachers to take responsibility and be creative in responding to learners' needs within the appropriate teaching and learning context in diverse school and classroom settings. Furthermore this module acknowledges an African voice by infusing African philosophies/indigenous knowledge systems. The purpose is to offer students the necessary specialised knowledge and skills from a positive psychology perspective to act professionally in applying intervention classroom strategies for rendering teaching and learning support. The eco-systemic and asset based models will form the theoretical underpinning of this module and knowledge of theories drawing from resilience and positive psychology intervention models, will provide candidates the necessary knowledge and skills for encouraging parental involvement, community partnerships and multidisciplinary collaboration. Successful students will have an understanding of their legal responsibilities, their role and function within the multidisciplinary team and community based organisations in rendering classroom support through purposeful intervention strategies. |