TPS2601 Assignment
50 Portfolio 2024
(653302) - DUE 28
August 2024
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TPS2601/103
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING PRACTICE ............................................................................. 4
1.1 Overview of the teaching practice module ............................................................................... 5
1.1.1 PURPOSE OF TEACHING PRACTICE MODULE 1(TPS2601) .....................................................................5
OUTCOMES OF TEACHING PRACTICE MODULE 1(TPS2601) .................................................................................6
1.1.2 THE MODULE STRUCTURE ..........................................................................................................................6 1.1.3
MENTOR LETTER ..........................................................................................................................................7
2 PORTFOLIO FOR TEACHING PRACTICE FOR FET (GRADE 10-12) ....................................... 8
2.1 PORTFOLIO INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 9
2.1.1 PURPOSE OF THE TEACHING PRACTICE PORTFOLIO ............................................................................9 2.1.2
PORTFOLIO STRUCTURE AND FOCUS ................................................................................................... 10 2.1.3
QUALITY OF THE PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT ......................................................................................... 12 2.1.4
ADMINISTRATION: SUBMISSION AND CONTACT PROCEDURES ......................................................... 12
3. TUTORIAL LETTER 103 TEMPLATE FOR THE SENIOR/FET PHASE TEACHING PRACTICE
ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................15
3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................15
3.2 An African philosophy of education .............................................................................................16
4. SENIOR/FET PHASE TEACHING PRACTICE ACTIVITIES: OBSERVATION GUIDE ..............21
4.2 Teaching insights (pre-observation activities) ..............................................................................21
4.2.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.2
MY TEACHING PERSPECTIVE................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.3 MY
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (BELIEFS) .................................................................................................. 24
4.2.4 TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN CONTEXT .................................................................................................... 26 4.3
Contextual analysis: observation activities ..................................................................................28 4.3.1
Observation guide ......................................................................................................................................... 29
4.3.2 Contextual analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 29 4.3.3
DESCRIPTION OF CLASSROOMS FROM DIFFERENT PHASES ............................................................ 31
4.3.4 CONTEXT ANALYSIS: HOW DO TEACHERS ADAPT TEACHING AND LEARNING TO CONTEXT? ..... 32
4.3.5 DIFFERENT GRADE OR SUBJECT CONTEXT .......................................................................................... 34
4.3.6 REFLECTION ACTIVITY:
............................................................................................................................. 36 4.4 Classroom
management observation activities ...........................................................................37 4.4.1
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 38
4.4.1.1 PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
....................................................................................... 38 4.4.2 Important aspects regarding lessons
and lesson presentation .................................................................... 43
4.4.3 Observing an experienced teacher (25x10) .................................. 48
4.4.4 Lessons observed ......................................................................................................................................... 49 4.4.5
OBSERVATION OF TEACHER MOVEMENT .............................................................................................. 65
4.4.6 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO ORGANISE THE CLASSROOM (10x5) .............. 66
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5 BE REFLECTIVE........................................................................................................................85
6 PLANNING YOUR LESSON ......................................................................................................86
13 STUDENT EVALUATION FORM FOR THE TEACHING PRACTICE MODULE: .................... 101
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1. INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING PRACTICE
Dear student
This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete Assignment 50 for TPS2601
(Teaching practice for SEN Grades 7–9 FET (Grades 10–12).
Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully and thoroughly before attempting to
complete the portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for TPS2601.
Your future and your career depend on the timely submission of the portfolio. You must submit
the portfolio as soon as you finished your practical teaching period of 25 school days.
No portfolios received after 30 September 2021 will be marked! It will be returned to you and
you will have to reregister and repeat your teaching practice during the following year. Make
sure that you send it in on time and that Unisa has received it.
PLEASE NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training as you get advice and
support that might be valuable for your preparation as a teacher. However, the mark you receive for
the school visit does not count towards your mark for this course, as at this stage we cannot yet
guarantee that every student will be visited. If it happens that you are not visited, your marks
will not be affected in any way.
If you have any queries regarding the portfolio, you can contact me at: 012
429 4441 mukhaf@unisa.ac.za
Please do not contact me regarding placements or school visits. See Tutorial Letter 101 for contact
details in this regard.
For any other enquiries and contact details, see Tutorial Letter 101 section 3.
Mr F Mukhathi
1.1 Overview of the teaching practice module
The Teaching Practice module provides students with an opportunity to observe and experience
how a variety of aspects of teaching is practiced in the school. During the teaching practice weeks,
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