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Curriculum and Social Studies

Contribution to Academic Programmes

Undergraduate

 The Division contributes courses towards the Bachelor of Education (BEd)

BEd Year of Study Division’s Contribution
1 An introductory course on “Becoming a Teacher”
2 Students are taught about curriculum
3 Pedagogy
4 Students learn about assessment (with a focus on how school knowledge is selected, organised, taught and assessed in the school.)
Postgraduate

PGCE

The Division facilitates lectures with a curriculum focus in the Education Theory component of the PGCE programme.

BEd Honours Programme in Curriculum

The course focuses on developing students’ ability to make pedagogical and assessment choices. By exploring such issues as the value of school subjects and relevant knowledge for the current world we hope students will be able to respond to the needs of learning and society, confidently.

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