University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Education Studies Course: Helping Learners Learn. Umthamo 3: The Languages of Learning and Teaching
In lo mthamo, teachers will look more closely at the languages you use in your classroom. These are called the Languages of Learning and Teaching (LOLT). The term previously used was 'medium of instruction'. Discussion will be held as to which language is the LOLT which helps learners to learn best. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Education Studies Course: Helping Learners Learn. Umthamo 2: Creating a Learner-Centred Environment
Lomthamo is the second in the "Helping Learners Learn" strand. In lomthamo, teachers will look at learner-centredness. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Education Studies Course: Helping Learners Learn. Umthamo 1: Classroom Management: Group Work
In this Iomthamo, learners will think about, and try out, ways of organising learners into groups in the classroom, in order to help them to learn more actively and effectively. When teachers have completed Iomthamo, they should be able to: * Plan an activity involving small group work; * Organise and implement the activity; * Critically evaluate what happened and why it happened. more
Supporting Teaching Practice: A Manual for Supervisors and Mentors
The primary aim of this module is to empower teaching practice supervisors and school-based mentors to develop and implement appropriate mentoring programmes to support teaching practice placements in schools. However, as will be seen, the competences associated with mentoring can also be applied more widely. The learning guide of this module addresses four key questions as follows: * What... more
An Outline of Basil Bernstein's Concepts
The work of Basil Bernstein arguably tells us more about curriculum than any other writer. He provides a well-developed set of concepts and criteria for understanding curriculum (and for doing research), and his work has been particularly influential in developing countries. Professor Ken Harley prepared this outline to support teacher educators to build a module on Curriculum from Open... more
Primary Teacher's Diploma by Distance Learning (PTDDL), Module three: Numeracy
Educating Our Future, the National Education Policy document, states, “A fundamental aim of the curriculum for lower and middle basic classes is to enable pupils to read and write clearly, correctly and confidently in a Zambian language and in English, and to acquire basic numeracy and problem-solving skills.” What do we mean when we say a person is numerate? This module explores the... more
Mathematics for Primary School Teachers
/Mathematics for Primary School Teachers/ has been digitally published by Saide, with the Wits School of Education. It is a revised version of a course originally written for the Bureau for In-service Teacher Development (Bited) at the then Johannesburg College of Education (now Wits School of Education). The course is for primary school teachers (Foundation and Intermediate Phase) and... more
Mathematics for Primary School Teachers. Unit 6: Size and Measurement
/Mathematics for Primary School Teachers/ has been digitally published by Saide, with the Wits School of Education. It is a revised version of a course originally written for the Bureau for In-service Teacher Development (Bited) at the then Johannesburg College of Education (now Wits School of Education). The course is for primary school teachers (Foundation and Intermediate Phase) and... more
Mathematics for Primary School Teachers. Unit 5: Statistics
/Mathematics for Primary School Teachers/ has been digitally published by Saide, with the Wits School of Education. It is a revised version of a course originally written for the Bureau for In-service Teacher Development (Bited) at the then Johannesburg College of Education (now Wits School of Education). The course is for primary school teachers (Foundation and Intermediate Phase) and... more
Mathematics for Primary School Teachers. Unit 4: Fractions
/Mathematics for Primary School Teachers/ has been digitally published by Saide, with the Wits School of Education. It is a revised version of a course originally written for the Bureau for In-service Teacher Development (Bited) at the then Johannesburg College of Education (now Wits School of Education). The course is for primary school teachers (Foundation and Intermediate Phase) and... more
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