TPF3703
Assignment 4
PORTFOLIO
2024 (571495) -
DUE 30 August
2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
,TPF3703 Assignment 4 PORTFOLIO
Welcome to the Teaching Practice TPF3703 module. This examination portfolio must be completed
during the five weeks of compulsory face-to-face teaching practice. We hope you will find this module
interesting and that it will enrich your teaching career.
You are registered at an Open Distance learning (ODEL) where there is no physical contact with
your lecturers. This can be a challenging a lonely journey. Please use the learning management system
provided by the university to access the support that is in place to ensure that you succeed in your studies.
During this year you will be supported through:
Study materials posted on Moodle Platform where all assessments will be included
Discussion Forums where you can post questions for your lecturer to assist you with any
challenges you face in the module. Make sure you visit the Moodle platform every 3 days
Microsoft meetings where you will be expected to book slots on a scheduler – on the Moodle
platform Tippy Tube video links
Any other communication on the Announcements must be read on a regular basis including your
emails where we will send messages as well.
We hope you will take advantage of the support provided throughout the year and not leave everything
for the end of the year.
Please read through this tutorial letter and retain this and all the other tutorial letters that you will receive.
You must read through all the tutorial letters you receive during the year immediately and carefully, as
they always contain important and sometimes urgent information. They are our way of communicating
with you about teaching, learning and assessment.
Tutorial Letter 103 contains important information about the portfolios that you need to complete for this
module. We urge you to read through it carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the study
material, preparing the assignments, and addressing questions to your lecturers.
We have also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please study
this section of the tutorial letter carefully. It contains the required activities that you need to do with the
help of your mentor at the school where you have been placed by the Teaching Practice Office (TPO).
Make sure you contact the Teaching Practice Office well in advance to confirm your placement before
you go to the school to complete the teaching practice. All communication of the placement
must be communicated via your myLife e-mail address.
We are aware that problems may occasionally disrupt your studies. Please contact your lecturer via e-
mail or by telephone should you wish to discuss these.
Best wishes and enjoy your teaching experience!
Your lecturer(s)
Dr MV Kgabo 012 4296415
E-mail: ekgabomv@unisa.ac.za
, 1 GENERAL
1.1 The five weeks teaching practice for TPF3703 consists of 5 weeks of learning in practice (face-
to-face).
2 STRUCTURE OF TEACHING PRACTICE
Assignment 51 Workbook
Teaching practice is linked to the following theoretical modules Contribution
Mathematics for Foundation Phase – MFP1501 Theory module
Reading for Foundation Phase – RFP2601 Theory module
Home Language Teaching – HLT3701 Theory module
Resource Development in Foundation Phase – Theory module
RDF2601
Inclusive Education in Foundation Phase – IFP3701 Theory module
Learning in practice – classroom teaching
Assignment 50 – 2 weeks Grade R One full week
Grade 1 One full week
Total Two weeks
Learning in practice – classroom teaching
Assignment 51 – 2 weeks Grade 2 Two full weeks
Grade 3 One full week
Total Three weeks
3 PORTFOLIO 51
3.1 Introduction
All the activities that we require you to do are compulsory. We suggest that you read through all the
activities in this 2023 workbook before you attempt to complete the activities.
, 3.2 Additional resources
The theory for this workbook/portfolio will appear in several theoretical modules and we will also post it
on myUnisa, under Additional Resources. Along with your theoretical modules, you’ll also have to
consult the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), or any other curriculum that the
school follows, such as in the case of a private school that uses the Independent Schools Association of
Southern Africa (ISASA) curriculum or that of the country of residence. You’ll also need to obtain the
Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs), the term plans, and the weekly plans from the school at which you are
doing your teaching practice.
You might have
• come from another university, at which you completed a similar module
• been phased into the new B.Ed. programme, and are not currently registered for the
theoretical modules
• lost or misplaced the learning guides
You will find the learning guides for MFP1501, RFP2601, RDF2601, HLT3701, and IFP3701
uploaded on myUnisa, under Additional Material on the TPF3703 portal. Use the study
guides to assist you with your teaching practice requirements. It is important that you READ the
materials concerned.
3.3 Announcements made on myUnisa
Read the announcements on myUnisa for the following reasons:
• Should there be a change in lecturers, we’ll place information about the change on myUnisa.
• All your Unisa-based communication, according to the Protection of Personal Information (POPI)
(security) Act, takes place via myUnisa and via your myLife e-mail, which serves as the
University's official communication platform.
• We will not answer any e-mails sent to us from registered students' private e-mail
accounts.
3.4 General rules for submitting assignments/portfolios for teaching practice
Please note that the only mode of submission is online. You must submit your assignments for teaching
practice as soon as you have completed your FIVE WEEKS learning from practice activities that
you have to do for this portfolio.
Remember the following when submitting an assignment online via myUnisa:
• Complete the general student information page.
• Write clearly.
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