UNISA Short Course in Multigrade Teaching Methodologies and Assessment in Schools
- To equip teachers with specialised knowledge and skills in order to ensure effective teaching and learning in multigrade contexts
- To equip multigrade teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills to arrange, organise instructional resources and the physical environment in order to facilitate student learning, independence and interdependence
- To equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to plan, develop and implement instructional strategies suitable in multigrade context
- To equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to support Foundation Phase, Intermediate Phase and Senior Phase learners in multigrade contexts.
The target groups for this training are all Foundation, Intermediate and Senior Phase teachers who are teaching in multigrade contexts.
Senior Certificate
12 Months
English
December – February
Distance teaching combined with 30 Hours contact tuition (four one-day interactive workshops)
Learners are assessed as follows:
Formative assessment:
- Two essay-type assignment
Summative assessment
Written examination
- Conceptualization of multigrade teaching
- Learner organization and teaching strategies
- Creating and management of learning environment in multigrade context
- Assessment in multigrade context
- Curriculum adaptation and planning
- Designing and planning of a lesson in multigrade context
- Integrated approaches in multigrade context
- Teacher competencies in teaching under multigrade contexts
Dr MJ Taole BA Ed; BA Hon, MEd, PhD,
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, Curriculum Design and Implementation,
Expertise: Language teacher training, Instructional techniques, Second language education, Curriculum studies, Assessment, Multigrade teaching, Foundation Phase teacher training
Office: 6-112, AJH van der Walt Building
Tel: 27 12 429-3541 Fax 086 630 9469
Cell: 084 361 1705
E-mail: taolemj@unisa.ac.za
Lynette Ramango
Centre for Continuous Professional Teacher and Community Education and Training
Office: 7-016, AJH Van Der Walt Building
Tel: 012 429 4627
Fax: 012 429 4800 / 086 548 9968
E-mail: ramanml@unisa.ac.za
