| Qualification code: |
70211 |
| Duration: |
One Year |
| Language medium: |
English |
Target group:
All teachers in the formal senior secondary school who have no prior training in teaching physical science and who wish to develop the capacity to teach physical science in a secondary school context.
Admission requirements:
A teaching qualification.
Course leader details:
Dr. M Ramulumo
Department of Science and Technology Education
Cell: 076 318 5143
Email: ramulmm@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
To help teachers who have no previous training in teaching physical science at secondary school level to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes of teaching physical science
Modules:
PPHY01T - Teaching of Physics I
Content:
Mathematics
Light and Sight
Waves and Sound
Electromagnetic waves
Matter and Molecules
Heat and Energy
Forces
Pressure
PPHY02U - Teaching of Chemistry I
Content:
Matter
Elements
Compound Mixtures
Atomic Structure and Periodic Table
Chemical Bonding
Chemical Calculations
Electrolysis
Acids and Bases
Metal Reactivity
Atmosphere and Oceans
PPHY03V - Teaching of Physics II
Content:
Electricity
Earth and Space Physics
Motion of Reaction
Radioactivity
PPHY04W - Teaching of Chemistry II
Content:
Rates of Reaction
Chemistry of Nitrogen
Sulphur and Halogens
Inorganic Carbon Chemistry
Chemical Equilibrium
The Petroleum Industry
Energy Sources
Organic Chemistry
