UNJVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL: NOVEMBER EXAMINATION 2010PGCE: EDUCATION Al\'D PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 630:EDPD630

8 November 2010

UNIVERSITY OFKWAZULU-NATAL

School of Education and DevelopmentFaculty of Education

Postgraduate Certificate in EducationEducation and Professional Development 630

November Examination - 8 November 2010

Module Title Education and Professional Code EDPD630P2Development 630

Duration 3 Hours Marks 100Internal Examiners Dr ADamant External Dr B. Brown

Dr 1. Mbatha ExaminerMs J PennefatherMs P Sewlall

Instructions:

~ This paper consists of THREE [3] pages~ There are Four [4] questions in this paper.~ You are required to answer ANY TWO [2] questions.~ Plan your work carefully - you have been given enough time for this.

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Question 1

" A nation's struggle to ....strengthen its democracy and build a sustainable humanrights culture isfought first and foremost in the classroom. "(The then Minister of Education, Professor Sibusiso Bengu, in the Foreword to Educationunder the new Constitution in South Africa, 1996).

Discuss the importance of aligning classroom practices with the overall agenda of socialtransformation in South Africa. Your discussion should include specific policies, goals,principles and practices of education that facilitate this agenda; and the importance ofteaching for diversity, inclusion and social justice.

50 marks

Question 2

Choose one social and interpersonal problem that is of immediate concern to anyoneinvolved in education. Discuss ways in which it could prove to be a barrier to learning,development and/or participation for learners (drawing from theories or models that youhave covered in this module). Also discuss what individual teachers and the schoolcommunity could do to address the problem and minimize its negative effects.

50 marks

Question 3

Moral education is a process of learning to think for oneself on moral issues and ofbecoming a morally autonomous being.

Both Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg describe moral development as occurring instages, and each describes how he believes movement from one stage to the next isbrought about.

In an essay of approximately 4 pages:• Briefly describe the stages (both Piaget's and Kohlberg's) in which learners from

Grade 1 to Grade 12 are likely to be operating and,• Bearing the theories in mind, describe how teachers in South Africa can help to

facilitate healthy moral development.

50 marks

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Question 4

Read through the question below and write approximately 1000 words (about 4 pages)in response to it.

"I teach Physical Science, not English. It is the language teacher's job to ensure that allthe learners in our school are proficient in English. These teachers are not doing theirjobs and we have to bear the burden of this in our classes!"

The above statement is a common one heard in staff rooms in our multilingual schools.The reality is that many of the learners in English medium schools cannot access thecontent of their subjects because of poor English proficiency. The challenge is obvious,but resolving it does not seem to be the focus of many discussions.

Respond to the above statement by drawing on your understanding of the issues below toprove the point that all teachers are in fact language teachers.

• The importance of language in a diverse society• Teaching across the curriculum and making specific examples to subjects• Language in relation to issues and theories of identity• Additive Bilingualism and the rationale for this policy• Language proficiency and the distinction between BICS and CALP

Ensure that your argument is a critical engagement with the issues, as well as a directresponse to the critique mentioned in the opening statement. Repetition of facts alone willnot be in your interests.

Please watch the word count and make sure that the issues are discussed in anintegrated way by linking them to the question. Also ensure that you have anintroduction and a conclusion.

50 marks

Total 100 marks

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