Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Education Faculty

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Education Faculty

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – Faculty Education

THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION OFFERS BOTH UNDER-GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS TO ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WITHIN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.

The faculty consists of the following schools, each offering programmes within a specific educational field.

SCHOOL FOR INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION

In this school, students study to become teachers. The B Ed qualification is an undergraduate degree qualification offered full time over four academic years. Students choose from the outset which phase they wish to specialise in, namely Foundation Phase (Gr R-3), Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) or Further Education & Training (Gr 10-12).

SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & ENGAGEMENT

In this school qualified educators may pursue post-graduate qualifications (i.e. B Ed Hons, M Ed & PhD). Faculty engagement projects are also based within the school and very often inform and stimulate the research undertaken by students in this school.

On the right, you can download a short summary of our faculty’s qualifications which includes the programme overview, the duration of study, admission requirements, the APS score required as well as career opportunities.

TO BE A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS, LEADERS AND SCHOLARS IN EDUCATION, COMMITTED TO CREATING A VIBRANT, SOCIALLY JUST AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

We are committed to cultivating passionate, engaged, knowledgeable, effective and compassionate teachers, researchers and leaders who are critical thinkers and agents of hope, change and social justice through practicing humanizing pedagogies, establishing collaborative partnerships with relevant stakeholders, using future oriented technologies creatively and bringing the classroom into the world and the world into the classroom

Courses Offered

UNDERGRADUATE

POSTGRADUATE