UNISA Curriculum and Instructional Studies Course Module 2025-2026
| Teaching Practice 3 – PST304M | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: EDT303Q, FDEME3L(FDETE2B), PST311L & PST312M | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into presenting lessons as prescribed; cross curricular and integrated teaching: curriculum design; teaching a class. | |||
| FET Subject Didactics Accounting – SDACT0M | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Pre-requisite: Accounting 2 or Financial Accounting 2 or Financial Management 2 + Accounting 1 | Co-requisite: PTEAC1X | ||
| Purpose: To gain insight into the complex nature of didactics and subject didactics theory; the distinctive nature of Accounting; the importance of goal formulation; teaching and learning strategies; different methods and media for teaching Accounting; the lesson plan; evaluation, and classroom practice. | |||
| Economic Literacy and Entrepreneurship – PST311L | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Semester module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: PST201F, PST202G, PST210G & PST204J | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into economic literacy and entrepreneurship; basic economic literacy; goal and function of education directed to entrepreneurship; factors which underline entrepreneurial success or failure; the part teachers could play in entrepreneurial activities; a strategy for developing entrepreneurship; the teacher’s role to facilitate entrepreneurship. | |||
| FET Subject Didactics Business Studies – SDBEC0S | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Pre-requisite: Business Management 2 or Business Economics 2 or Business Administration 2 or Small Business Management 2 | Co-requisite: PTEAC1X | ||
| Purpose: To gain insight into the complex nature of didactics and subject didactics theory; the distinctive nature of Business Studies; goal formulation; teaching strategies; methods and media for teaching Business Studies; the lesson plan; evaluation, and some issues in modern classroom practice. | |||
| Physical Education and Sports Coaching – PST312M | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Purpose: (a) Physical education: To gain insight into the theoretical introduction; the history and development of physical education; the modern era of sport and particular nature of sport; value and place of physical education in society; the educational programme; legal aspects of physical education or (b) Sports coaching: To gain insight into growth and development: anatomy and physiology; training theory and teaching children skills; philosophy of coaching; psychological aspects of coaching; parent and community involvement; coaching children with disabilities; drugs and nutrition in sport; sport injuries and first aid; legal aspects of sport; codes of behaviour. | |||
| FET Subject Didactics Economics – SDEC00N | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Pre-requisite: Economics 2 or Intermediate Micro & Macro Economics 2 | Co-requisite: PTEAC1X | ||
| Purpose: To gain insight into the place of Economics among the pedagogic disciplines; the characteristic structure of Economics; outcomes in teaching Economics; different approaches to teaching Economics; preparation, presentation, and assessment of an Economics lesson. | |||
| Teaching Practice 1 (Further Education and Training) for PGCE – PTEAC1X | |||
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| Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: SDACT0M or SDBEC0S or SDBIOLJ or SDCAT0P or SDCOS04 or SDEC00N or SDENG3J or SDGEOGM or SDHISTV or SDLANGT or SDMAT04 or SDMATLK or SDPSC08 or SDRELSD or SDSGC0D or SDTECSY or SDC4701 or SDH4701 | |||
| Purpose: To give students the opportunity to practice their teaching skills. | |||
| FET Subject Didactics Geography – SDGEOGM | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Pre-requisite: Geography 2 or Environmental Studies 2 | Co-requisite: PTEAC1X | ||
| Purpose: To become competent Geography teachers against the background of outcomes-based education, Curriculum 2005, and Geography as a natural science and a human and social science. | |||
| Teaching Practice 2 (Senior Phase) for PGCE – PTEAC2Y | |||
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| Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: LADACUH or LADEMSJ or LADHSSA or LADLANA or LADLORD or LADMMM6 or LADNSCC or LADTECX | |||
| Purpose: To give students the opportunity to practice their teaching skills. | |||
| FET Subject Didactics History – SDHISTV | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Pre-requisite: History 2 | Co-requisite: PTEAC1X | ||
| Purpose: To gain insight into problems in History teaching; the distinctive nature, structure and formative value of History as a school subject; the formative value of conceptualisation for school History; planning a History lesson (outcomes, media, etc); evaluation in History teaching; civic education, and multiculturally sensitive History teaching. | |||
| Teaching Practice (Senior Phase Subject Didactics) for BEd (Professional Studies 2) – TPR200F | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: LADACUH or LADEMSJ or LADHSSA or LADLANA or LADMMM6 or LADNSCC or LADTECX or LADLORD(Only applicable to 02615) | |||
| Purpose: To give students the opportunity to practise their teaching skills. | |||
| Curriculum Development and Assessment in Adult Education – CUDAAEE | |||
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| Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: Unit 1: (a) Curriculum development in adult education; (b) Course design and development; (c) Instructional design in adult education; (d) Learning experience design and development. Unit 2: (a) Functions of assessment of adult learners; (b) Assessment instruments and procedures; (c) Assessment and the interpretation of data; (d) Contemporary issues in assessment of adult learners. | |||
| The Educator as Assessor – EDAHOD5 | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Purpose: To enable students to plan and conduct assessment, to record assessment findings and to report on them. | |||
| The Educator as Learning Programme Developer – EDDHODJ | |||
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| Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Purpose: To prepare students to be able to explore the general principles underpinning the development, interpretation and implementation of curricula in general, and the South African school curriculum in particular. The module will bridge the gap between curriculum plan and practice. | |||
| Being a Professional Teacher – BPT1501 | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate,Diploma | Semester module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: This module forms part of the Higher Certificate in Education and also the BEd qualifications offered at the College of Education. The module aims at creating awareness of what it entails to be a professional teacher and how to make a difference in learners’ lives. Students completing this module can be considered for appointment as assistants to teachers in schools, because qualifying students will, inter alia, be able to create environments conducive for teaching and learning and understand the challenges associated with the curriculum and the learning process. This module provides fundamental knowledge and skills which will support further studies and applications in the field of education – an important sector contributing to the human development of our country and of the African continent. | |||
| The Educator as Mediator of Learning – EDMHODR | |||
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| Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Purpose: To equip students with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to be able to mediate learning in an effective way by showing sensitivity for learner needs and differences, using and adjusting teaching strategies, teaching media and resources to suit various purposes and to create a challenging learning environment. Qualifying students are able to mediate learning effectively in a variety of teaching contexts. | |||
| Teaching Practice (Including Oral Communication) – PFC104T | |||
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| Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Co-requisite: PFC101Q, PFC102R & PFC103S | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into observation, and presenting prescribed lessons; cross-curricular and integrated teaching; curriculum design; teaching a class in the intermediate and senior phase. | |||
| The Educator in a Pastoral Role – EDPHOD8 | |||
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| Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Purpose: To prepare students to be able to act in a pastoral role when they start teaching. | |||
| Teaching Social Sciences – PST103E | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Semester module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into the theoretical orientation; social sciences in the primary school: Geography, history, (in each case); curriculum and curriculum development: Aims, objectives; resources and materials; lesson planning: The use of media, evaluation procedures; school and classroom management; theme work. | |||
| Teaching and Learning – HBEDTL6 | |||
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| Honours | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Co-requisite: HBEDTRD | |||
| Purpose: To build on the work usually covered in undergraduate pre-service and in-service programmes by providing a more rigorous academic perspective on the core processes of learning and teaching and the dynamic interrelationship between them. The module will help you to see that understanding the learners and their diverse needs is central to decision making in education but that other factors also impinge on the development of appropriate learning programmes. | |||
| Teaching Practice 1 – PST104F | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Co-requisite: PST103E, PST131J or EDA3046, PST103E, PST131J | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into observation, and presenting prescribed lessons. | |||
| Teaching Economic and Management Sciences ( SP Subject Didactics) – LADEMSJ | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Pre-requisite: : One of the following done on 1st year level: Accounting/ Economics/ Business Management/ Business Administration | Co-requisite: PTEAC2Y | ||
| Purpose: To prepare teachers with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and values so that they will be able to equip learners with the knowledge and comprehension of economic and management skills that will enable them to play a vital role in the process of transforming the country`s economic, social, political, technological, physical and demographic environment. | |||
| Teaching Practice (Further Education and Training) for BEd (Professional Studies 1) – TPR100C | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Co-requisite: SDACT0M & LPENGPN or SDBEC0S & LPENGPN or SDBIOLJ & LPENGPN or SDCAT0P & LPENGPN or SDCOS04 & LPENGPN or SDEC00N & LPENGPN or SDENG3J & LPENGPN or SDGEOGN & SDHISTV(Only applicable to 02615) | |||
| Purpose: To give students the opportunity to practise their teaching skills. | |||
| Teaching Social Sciences ( SP Subject Didactics) – LADHSSA | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Pre-requisite: History 1 or Geography1 | Co-requisite: PTEAC2Y | ||
| Purpose: To enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to teach social sciences in the senior schooling phase. | |||
| Instructional Techniques and Multimedia in Adult Education – INTMAEU | |||
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| Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: Unit 1: (a) Planning a presentation and formulating learning outcomes (b) Facilitation and co-facilitation, questioning, handling learners’ questions and handling large classes (c) Notes and handouts (d) Teaching methods: lectures, group discussions, cooperative and collaborative teaching methods, e-leaning, distance learning, demonstrations, role plays, simulations, brainstorming, case studies, problem solving, assignments and projects (e) Reflection (f) Workplace lesson presentations. Unit 2: (a) Media in adult education (b) Computers in adult education (c) Multimedia for distance education and learning (d) Directions in multimedia (e) Integration of technology to support teaching (f) Integration of technology to support learning (g) Technology supported research (h) Integration of technology in Higher Education. | |||
| Teaching Life Orientation ( SP Subject Didactics) – LADLORD | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Certificate | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Pre-requisite: Psychology 1 or Industrial Psychology 1 | Co-requisite: PTEAC2Y | ||
| Purpose: To enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to facilitate teaching in Life Orientation in the senior schooling phase. | |||
| Teaching Practice 2 – PST204J | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English,Afrikaans | |||
| Co-requisite: PST201F, PST202G & PST210G | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into the introduction to class teaching; presenting lessons as prescribed. | |||
| Teaching Practice 4 (Including Oral Communication) – PST402N | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Co-requisite: EDT303Q, (FDETE2B or FDEME3L), PST311L, PST312M, PST304M & HEC101V | |||
| Purpose: To gain insight into presenting lessons as prescribed; cross-curricular and integrated teaching; curriculum design; teaching a class in the junior and senior standards. | |||
