| Qualification stream: | Life Sciences (Biology) and Geography |
| Qualification code: | 90104 - LSG |
| NQF level: | 7 |
| Total credits: | 480 |
| SAQA ID: | 103108 |
| APS/AS: | 23 |
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Rules: This BEd degree is offered with different streams/School Subject Combinations. Each combination is structured for a specific teaching field and students need to follow one of these. Students may only offer one of these combinations, unless DHET (Department of Higher Education and Training) approves the offering of a second BEd degree in a different School Subject Combination. A student who has successfully completed this qualification will be able to teach from Grades 7 to 12 in the School Subject Combination selected. Teaching Practice is a compulsory component in this program and must be taken according to the specific criteria every year. Five weeks practical is required every year, and three weeks must be offered consecutively. This qualification comprises both semester and year modules. Year modules may only be registered during the January registration period of each academic year. Students must also register themselves with SACE (South African Council for Educators) from the first year of BEd registration. Please visit the SACE website for more information: https://www.sace.org.za/ |
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| Purpose statement: The qualification will develop qualified classroom teachers who can demonstrate focused knowledge and skills in the teaching of particular specialisations. The qualification requires a specific depth of, and specialisation in, knowledge together with practical skills and workplace experience to enable successful students to enter the teaching profession and apply their learning as beginner teachers in schools in varying contexts. They should be able to demonstrate initiative and responsibility in an academic and professional teaching environment. In order to prepare teachers for this comprehensive role, the Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching qualification seeks to: - Foster self-reflexivity and self-understanding among prospective teachers. - Develop the professional disposition and self-identity of students as teachers. - Develop students as active citizens and enable them to develop the disposition of citizenship in their learners. - Promote and develop the disposition and competences to organise learning among a diverse range of learners in diverse contexts. - Provide a well-rounded education that equips graduates with the required subject content knowledge base, educational theory and methodology that will enable them to demonstrate competence and responsibility as academically and professionally qualified beginner teachers. - Develop educationally-focused disciplinary learning (foundations of education), general pedagogical learning, fundamental learning and situational learning. Fundamental learning at Level 5 is included. (These credits for Level 5 are not awarded through Recognition of Prior Learning). - Focus on the teaching specialisation phase and/or subject, including subject-focused disciplinary, pedagogical subject and practical learning. - Have graduates specialise in at least three teaching specialisations. - Enable newly qualified teachers to accommodate multiple learning levels amongst learners through curriculum differentiation. - Develop qualified classroom teachers who can demonstrate knowledge and skills in the teaching of a particular specialisation, phase and/or subject(s). - Develop and consolidate, in an integrated way, appropriate disciplinary, practical, pedagogical and situational knowledge. - Cultivate a practical understanding of teaching and learning in a diverse range of South African schools in relation to educational theory, phase and/or subject specialisation, practice and policy. - Provide a minimum of 20 weeks and maximum of 32 weeks in supervised and assessed school-based practice. |
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| This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes. | |
| Qualification offered until 2028, and ONLY for students previously registered for this qualification. | |
Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.
Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.
Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.
You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.
The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately
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While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.
Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory | |
| CIC2601 - Computer Integration in the classroom | |
| CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies | |
| INC3701 - Inclusive Education | |
| ISC3701 - Instructional studies | |
| PED3701 - Psychology of Education | |
| TAM2601 - Teacher as Manager | |
| TMS3713 - Teaching Geography in Further Education and Training | |
| TPS3703 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase III | Pre-requisite:TPS2602 Co-requisite:TMS3723 or TMS3718 or SDC4701 or TMS3709 or TMS3704 or SDENG3J or TMS3719 or TMS3715 or TMS3714 or SDH4701 or TMS3729 or TMS3730 or TMS3705 or TMS3710 or TMS3716 or TMS3720 |
| ZOL3702 - Ecology | Co-requisite:Any two of the following modules: ZOL2601, ZOL2602, ZOL2603 |
| ZOL3703 - Applied Zoology | Co-requisite:Any two of the following: ZOL2601, ZOL2602 and ZOL2603 |
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory | |
| AED3701 - Assessment in Education | Pre-requisite:TPN3703 or TPS3703 (not for PGCE) |
| EDS3701 - Educational studies | |
| EED2601 - Environmental Education | |
| PDU3701 - Philosophy of Education | |
| PES3701 - Physical Education and Sports Coaching | |
| RCE2601 - Research and Critical reason | |
| SAE3701 - South African Education System | |
| SED2601 - Sociology of Education | |
| TMS3723 - Teaching Life Sciences in Further Education and Training | |
| TPS3704 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase IV | Pre-requisite:TPS3703 Co-requisite:TMS3713 or TMS3706 or TMS3704 or TMS3701 or TMS3734 or TMS3718 or TMS3719 or TMS3721 or TMS3725 |