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TPN2602 Assignment 50 Portfolio 2023
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- TPN2602 (TPN2602)
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
TPN2602 Assignment 50 Portfolio 2023
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TPN2602Assignment
50 Portfolio
2023
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SECTION A - QUESTION 1 - Questionnaire
Describe the school where you did your practical teaching (location, age, facilities, how many
learners are enrolled at the school, how many teachers teach at the school, the language of
learning and teaching, and so forth).
Lenarea Secondary School is located at 362 Lenham Drive, in Phoenix.
The school is 37 years in existence.
There are adequate facilities available at the school such as well-ventilated classrooms, with
ceiling fans, office and staff room area, playground for sporting and exercising activities, art
classroom, consumer studies classroom with adequate equipment for learners and separate
restrooms for male and female learners and staff.
There are over 600 students enrolled at the school with approximately 26 teachers that
teach various subjects and grades. The primary language for teaching at the school is
English, except for first additional languages which are Afrikaans and IsiZulu, teachers use
these languages when teaching students and thereafter explain in English.
The school has a welcoming environment, which is pleasing to new teachers, the staff and
other faculty members are always ready to help whenever they can.
Describe the classroom in which you did your practical teaching (size, facilities, learning and
teaching support materials, classroom atmosphere, and so forth).
I did my teaching practice in a large classroom that was well-ventilated and had enough of
space to walk around.
There was enough of fans to circulate the air in the room, 2 sets of doors and adequate
windows that was all open, covid protocols was in place, students were spaced out in the
class, before entering the classroom was sanitized and as students enter, they were to
sanitize at the door before entering the classroom.
There was not enough learning and teaching support material (textbooks/study guides), we
used worksheets that was printed by my mentor to carry out the lesson.
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The atmosphere in the classroom was comfortable and allowed me to build a rapport with
the students.
Describe the learners you taught during your practical teaching (number per class, degree
of readiness to learn, their home environmental conditions, and so forth).
During my teaching practice I have taught a Grade 8 class of 35 learners.
These learners were not ready for learning as they were only in school for 2 days in a week
due to COVID 19. They do not complete their homework or class work they want everything
handed to them. I did manage to complete my lesson as it was vital revision for the test the
next day.
Most of the students come from poverty-stricken backgrounds, with limited access to proper
living conditions, they walk far distances to get to school, some take the bus, some taxis.
Most of the students in the class do not even bring lunch to school due to financial
difficulties, parents not working or earning to less to afford the necessities, this affects their
focus in the class and leads to poor grades.
Describe how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the teaching and learning practices at this
school.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in at least one positive thing: a much greater
appreciation for the importance of public schools. As parents struggle to work with their
children at home due to school closures, public recognition of the essential caretaking role
schools play in society has skyrocketed. As young people struggle to learn from home,
parents’ gratitude for teachers, their skills, and their invaluable role in student well-being,
has risen. As communities struggle to take care of their vulnerable children and youth,
decisionmakers are having to devise new mechanisms for delivering essential services from
food to education to health care.
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OBSERVING EXPERIENCED TEACHERS – QUESTION 2
As part of your experiences during Teaching Practice, you will be observing lessons taught
by your mentor-teacher. This observation requires you to be actively involved in the process.
You need to compile lesson observation reports for five observation lessons during your
Teaching Practice period. You may observe more than one teacher in your chosen subject if
the school allows it.
Lesson Observation 1
Date: 4 June 2022 Subject: Mathematics
Grade: 4 Number of learners in class: 41
Lesson Topic: Measurement: Time
1. Without asking your mentor teacher, write down the aim of the lesson
The aim of the lesson is teaching learners about the concept time, teaching them so that
they know and are able to read time and all its instruments and write time in 12 and 24 hour
formats.
2. What did the teacher do to introduce the lessons?
She revised concepts using mental math type questions such as counting in the context of
time or counting in seconds, minutes or even hours.
3. What were the specific activities the learners were involved in during the lesson?
Learners were asked to explain the interpretation of what time is and which instruments
time is measured by. They were asked to discuss in pairs and respond to questions.
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