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Short Course in Multigrade Teaching Methodologies and Assessment in Schools

Qualification code: 76816
Duration: One year
Language medium: English

Target group:

The target groups for this training are all Foundation, Intermediate and Senior Phase teachers who are teaching in multigrade contexts.

Admission requirements:

Senior Certificate.

Course leader details:

Prof MJ Taole
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies
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

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 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.

Modules:

CMTMA01 - Multigrade Teaching Methodologies and Assessment in Schools

Content: 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