University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Learning About Learning. Umthamo 2: What Learners Bring With Them to School
In this module we explore and share ideas about this unique ability that humans have to think and learn. In particular, we will look at when learning starts, and how it develops as the child grows. We will look at the knowledge, skills and values that learners bring with them to school and the importance of building on that. more
Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices.
Teachers are not just teachers. They are also people. In straddling issues of both professional and personal identity, this module comes to grips with the professional choices teachers are required to make, and do make, in developing the knowledge, skills and values of learners. This module is suitable for both inducting novice teachers into the role of the teacher and for in-service... more
Being a Teacher Video: Being a Professional Teacher
This video forms part of Saide's Education Series Being a Teacher module. There is reflection on the doubts and concerns that were discussed in Part One of the video; then professionalism in the health sector compared to teaching is discussed. What makes a teacher who makes a difference?Click here to view this video [1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U58EFAwnKpw more
Being a Teacher: Teachers as Managers
In this video linked to the Study of Education series module Being a Teacher, the management and planning of teaching and creating a suitable learning and caring environment are discussed. Issues of discipline and freedom are also highlighted. Click here to view this video [1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi2jkg6HmGw more
Being a Teacher Video: Teachers as Care-givers
This video which forms part of the Saide Education series "Being a Teacher" module provides a reflection on the ‘alternative’ approaches to teaching, leading to an introduction to the teacher’s social responsibility role. Click here to view this video [1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBAFabTd7xw more
Being a Teacher Video: Teachers as Knowledge-workers
This video is part of the Saide Education Series "Being a Teacher" module. The video shows the teacher as knowledge-worker, with a biology lesson as a basis for exploring ‘lecture’ type approaches to teaching factual content in relation to the learner-centred facilitation of learning. Click here to view this video. [1] [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IfdWfBSlE more
Being a Teacher Video : Part One
This video forms part of the "Being a Teacher" study pack of Saide's education series. It reflects on student teachers’ and other teachers’ doubts and concerns about the status of teaching; and secondly gets the viewpoint of two celebrities on what good teachers meant for them.Click here to view this video [1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJUAjVOFtQ more
Being a Teacher: Section Six - Teachers, values and society
Nothing in teaching is free of social dimensions and value questions. Teaching can therefore not be ‘neutral’, and teachers cannot sidestep the issue of their role in relation to sets of values. This section explores the role of the teacher in exercising and encouraging particular values. Compulsory schooling means placing vast numbers of learners behind desks approximately 170 mornings a... more
Being a Teacher: Section Five - The teacher as knowledge-worker
Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices. Section Five, The teacher as knowledge–worker. Should teachers be imparting content knowledge or playing the role of a facilitator in a more learner-centred approach? This fundamental question – which may not have an either / or answer – links well the module ‘Learners and Learning’. We have just explored the ‘in authority’ role of... more
Being a Teacher: Section Four - The teacher's authority: sustaining an effective learning environment
Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices, Section Four, The teacher’s authority: sustaining an effective learning environment. The issue of an orderly learning environment (involving rules, discipline and punishment) is explored in relation to broader issues of individual rights and freedom in a democracy. There are three main questions that propel this section: How are teachers... more