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Psychosocial Support and Project Management in diverse teaching and learning environments - PDT4802

Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English
Purpose: The module's purpose is to enable teachers to gain an experiential understanding of their roles and responsibilities as active multi-disciplinary team members in rendering psychosocial support in promoting psychosocial wellbeing within diverse school settings by taking into consideration African philosophies and observing individual and group human rights. Teachers are enabled within their scope of practice to facilitate support to the identified learner by applying theory and principles of guidance, counselling, case and project management. The module is rooted in cutting edge theories. Fundamental understanding of counselling and project management is offered to students by interrogating, appreciating, and contextualizing the body of knowledge. Work integrated learning in the form of problem-based learning and/or project based learning assist students to undertake leadership roles by acquiring the necessary skills to apply theory in practice illustrating intellectual independence.