,QUESTION 1 [36] 1.1 Read the following scenarios and
indicate whether the teacher acted professionally or not in
each scenario. If your answer is yes, give three (3)
examples indicating the teacher’s professional actions and
if your answer is no, give three examples of professional
actions the teacher should have demonstrated. (21)
Scenario 1: Tebogo did not do her homework and her
teacher punished her by detaining her at school for two
hours. During that time she cleaned the classrooms. When
she went back home and told her father about it, her father
became furious. The following morning, when Tebogo’s
father took her to school, he angrily confronted the teacher
and then slapped him. The teacher then slapped the
parent and there was a huge commotion. After the
commotion when Tebogo’s father was gone, the teacher
detained Tebogo again to get back at her father. Scenario
2: Comrade Fire does not compromise when it comes to
her political affiliation. She is a teacher at Phiri High
School. She goes to work wearing her political regalia.
When she makes announcements at the assembly, in her
school, she starts by chanting the political slogans and
encourages the learners to chant with her. The slogans
are sometimes offensive to other teachers and learners.
She also uses her class time to recruit and encourage
learners to join her political party. Scenario 3: Mr
Complainer is the administrator of the Proud Secondary
School Facebook page. One of the subscribers of the
school’s Facebook page, introduced bullying as a topic for
discussion. Mr Complainer indicated there was a lot of
, bullying at the school by the management and the school
need interventions to deal with bullying. 1.2 Read the
below passage and respond to the given questions. Mrs
Tall a grade 12 physical science teacher, was polite and
friendly to her learners, but it was clear she wasn’t trying
to be the learners’ friend. For instance, she used the
formal pronoun for addressing the group of learners, which
is unusual in this situation. Maybe she thought using
somewhat formal language added to creating a
professional work environment, and he might have hoped
this would make learners pay more attention in class. The
teacher seemed very serious about her field and
approached the classes in an organised manner: she
would explain new topics by drawing and writing on the
board whilst talking about the subject. She also frequently
made her learners take small exams. In the class,
following such an exam she would show the learners pre-
made drawings of the answers and how to get there using
an overhead projector. This allowed the learners to figure
out what they did wrong and how they can do better at the
bigger exams. Mrs Tall will often take her learners on trips
to the university’s laboratories where they will see a few
‘special’ demonstrations. These demonstrations made the
theory seem much more BPT1501 SEMESTER 2
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mile to ensure that her learners would grasp the physics
concepts. Although physical science is a difficult subject,
she has always had many learners and got a 100% pass
rate on the exam. 1.2.1 Identify the five roles of a teacher
