Educational 19 February 2024

Perspectives
Module number: kdosreis@sun.ac.za
49921 – 171 .

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 Mode of Learning?

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Module Timetable

SYNCHRONOUS SESSIONS:
• 19 February 2024 @ 5:00 pm: TEAMS session

ASYNCHRONOUS SESSIONS:
• 19 February 2024 – 18 March 2024: Online sessions and
assessment: Teaching and learning activities.
• All material on SUNLearn
• You will be able to easily find all the different parts of the
module by clicking on these buttons at the top of the SUNLearn
page.

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Assessments

• There are no written examinations.

• There will be two assessments that you will be
expected to complete and each with its own weighting
40% and 60%.
• 11 March 2024 - Content Assignment (40% of mark of
this module)
• 2 April 2024 – Practice Based Assignment: (60% of
mark of this module)
• Emailed to suncep1@sun.ac.za

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Assessment Policy

• SUNCEP implements the university's assessment policy

for late submissions as follows:
• Minus 5% per work day late up to 5 days.
• After 5 working days (forfeiting 25%) you will have a
second chance opportunity to submit the
assignment. You can only obtain a maximum of 50%
in your second opportunity.
• In failing to submit on the second date, it will mean a
0% for this assignment, a failure for the module and
redoing it next year at your cost

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Module Summary

Module learning outcomes

• By the end of this module, you should be able
to:
• Have an enhanced knowledge of education
systems.
• Have an enhanced knowledge of educational
contexts
• Have an enhanced understanding of educational
policies.
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 Module Units

UNIT 1: Learning a crucial building block of education ( 26 February 2024)

• Definitions of concepts, knowledge, and skills.
• The process of knowledge construction.
• What is learning?
• Learning guided by Policy in SA
• Classrooms as a creative thinking space.
• Barriers to learning.
• The role of educator in the learning process: Norms and
Standards.

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 Module Units

UNIT 2: Curriculum, learner centered framework and assessment role in the learning process
(4 March 2024)
• Learner -centered framework
• Understanding the role of the curriculum.
• Teachers role in curriculum development and design.
• Definition of assessment.
• Assessment of learning
• Assessment for learning
• Support learners to understand assessment and multiple ways of learning.

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 Module Units

UNIT 3: Educational Systems (11 March 2024)

• Traditional vs Smart School systems: objectives, content,
methods and evaluation.
• Different Education Systems: Basic principles, ethos.
• Focus of curriculum reform.
• Rethinking the school culture
• Seven key competences of human development

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Module Units

UNIT 4: Innovation in Education (18 March 2024)

• Definition and concept
• Technology and Education
• Barrier to Innovation

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 Dr Karen Dos Reis
kdosreis@sun.ac.za
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