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Semester 2 2024 - DUE 25 October 2024; 100% TRUSTED
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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
PORTFOLIO 2024 relevant, and Mrs Tall went the extra 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 played by Mrs Tall (5) 1.2.2
