Tam2601 Tutorial Letter
Tam2601 Tutorial Letter
Tam2601 Tutorial Letter
Year : 2022
BARCODE
TAM2601/101/0/2022
CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES ........................................................................................................ 3
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Outcomes and Assessment Criteria. ............................................................................................... 4
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................. 7
4 CONTACT DETAILS ...................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Department ...................................................................................................................................... 8
4.3 University......................................................................................................................................... 8
5 RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 Prescribed book .............................................................................................................................. 9
5.2 Recommended books ..................................................................................................................... 9
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ..................................................................................................... 9
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................ 10
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme @ Unisa ................................................................................. 10
7 STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 11
8 PRACTICAL WORK ..................................................................................................................... 11
9 ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................................. 12
9.1 Assessment criteria ....................................................................................................................... 12
9.2 Assessment plan ........................................................................................................................... 12
9.3 Assignment numbers ..................................................................................................................... 13
9.3.1 General assignment numbers ....................................................................................................... 13
9.3.2 Unique assignment numbers ......................................................................................................... 13
9.4 Assignment due dates ................................................................................................................... 14
9.5 Submission of assignments ........................................................................................................... 14
9.6 The assignments ........................................................................................................................... 14
9.7 Other assessment methods .......................................................................................................... 17
9.8 The examination............................................................................................................................ 17
10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 17
11 SOURCES CONSULTED ............................................................................................................. 17
12 IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 18
13 ADDENDUM ................................................................................................................................. 18
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Dear Student
As part of this tutorial letter, we wish to inform you that Unisa has implemented a
transformation charter based on five pillars and eight dimensions. In response to this
charter, we have also placed curriculum transformation high on the agenda. For your
information, curriculum transformation includes the following pillars: student-centred
scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices, the
scholarship of teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and
philosophies. These pillars and their principles will be integrated, at both the programme
and module levels, as a phased-in approach. You will notice the implementation thereof in
your modules and we encourage you to fully embrace these changes during your studies
at Unisa.
1 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the module: The Teacher as Classroom Manager. We sincerely hope that you will
find this module meaningful and enlightening. We shall do our best to make your study of this
module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early in the year
and resolve to do the assignments properly. You will receive a number of tutorial letters during the
course of the year. A tutorial letter is our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning
and assessment. Tutorial Letter 101 contains important information about the scheme of work,
resources and assignments for this module. We urge you to read it carefully and to keep it at
hand when working through the study material, preparing the assignments, preparing for the
examination and addressing questions to your lecturers. Please read Tutorial Letter 301 in
combination with Tutorial Letter 101, as it gives you an idea of generally important information
when studying at a distance and within a particular College. In this tutorial letter, you will find the
assignments and assessment criteria as well as instructions on the preparation and submission of
the assignments. This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the
prescribed study material and other resources and how to obtain it. Please study this information
carefully and make sure that you obtain the prescribed material as soon as possible. We have
also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please study this
section of the tutorial letter carefully. Right from the start, we would like to point out that you must
read all the tutorial letters you receive during the year immediately and carefully, as they always
contain important and, sometimes, urgent information. We hope that you will enjoy this module
and wish you all the best!
2.1 Purpose
The purpose for this module is to provide you with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes
so that you will be cognisant of your professional role, rights and responsibilities, and to enable
you to function as a professional person with regard to the teacher as leader and manager.
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It builds on the discussions on the module, “Being a teacher”, as well as the modules on
“Sociology of Education” and the “South African Education System” and explores issues that will
be critical to the successful design and execution of effective classroom management.
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3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter based on five pillars and eight dimensions. In
response to this charter, we have placed curriculum transformation high on the teaching and
learning agenda. Curriculum transformation includes the following pillars: student-centred
scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices, the scholarship of
teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies. These
pillars and their principles will be integrated, at both programme and module levels, as a
phased-in approach. You will notice a marked change in the teaching and learning strategy
implemented by Unisa, together with how the content is conceptualised in your modules. We
encourage you to embrace these changes during your studies at Unisa in a responsive way
within the framework of transformation.
4 CONTACT DETAILS
3.1 Lecturers
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
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Dr AA Sepheka: Secondary Lecturer
E-mail: [email protected] 8
4.2 Department
Direct all queries that are not of a purely administrative nature, but are about the content of
this module, to us. Please have your study material with you when you contact us. The e-
mail addresses of your lecturers are given above, but you might also want to write to us.
PO Box 392
UNISA
0003
4.3 University
If you need to contact the University about matters that are not related to the content of this
module, please see Study @ Unisa (which you received with your study material). This booklet
contains information on how to contact the University (to whom you can write for different
queries, important telephone and fax numbers, addresses and the times when certain facilities
are open).
Use the following contact details for all general administrative enquiries.
• e-mail: [email protected]
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5 RESOURCES
5.1 Prescribed book
Coetzee, SA, Van Niekerk, EJ, Wydeman, JL & Mokoena, SP. 2019. The teacher as classroom
manager. Pretoria: Van Schaik. (ISBN 9780627-037030)
Mtsweni, J. 2008. The role of educators in the management of school discipline in the Nkangala
region of Mpumalanga. Pretoria: UNISA.
Msila, V & Gumbo, MT. 2018. African voices on indigenisation of the curriculum. Pretoria:
UNISA.
Yahr, MA & Schimmel, K. 2013. Comparing current students to a pre-millennial generation: Are
they really different? AABRI Journals.
E-reserves can be downloaded from the Library catalogue. More information is available at:
https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/request/request
The Library has created numerous Library guides to assist you. To access these guides, go to:
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za
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Recommended guides:
For Assistance with technical problems accessing the Unisa Library or resources, go to:
https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/techsupport
This website has all the tips and information you need to succeed at Unisa.
For many students, the transition from school education to tertiary education is beset with
anxiety. This is also true for first-time students to Unisa. Unisa is a dedicated open distance and
e-learning institution. Unlike face-to-face/contact institutions, Unisa is somewhat different. It is a
mega university and all our programmes are offered through a blended learning mode or fully
online learning mode. It is for this reason that we thought it necessary to offer first-time students
additional/extended support, so that you can seamlessly navigate the Unisa teaching and
learning journey with little difficulty and few barriers.
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In this regard, we offer a specialised student support programme to students entering Unisa for
the first time. We refer to this programme as Unisa’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme.
The FYE is designed to provide you with prompt and helpful information about services that the
institution offers and how you can access information. The following FYE programmes are
currently offered:
• FYE website: All the guides and resources you need to navigate through your first year at
Unisa can be accessed using the following link: www.unisa.ac.za/FYE
• FYE e-mails: You will receive regular e-mails to help you stay focused and motivated.
• FYE broadcasts: You will receive e-mails with links to broadcasts on various topics related to
your first-year studies (eg, videos on how to submit assignments online).
• FYE mailbox: For assistance with queries related to your first year of study, send an e-mail
to [email protected]
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See Study @ Unisa for guidance on time management and planning skills.
8 PRACTICAL WORK
There is no practical work for this module.
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9 ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria
Assignments are seen as part of the learning material for this module. As you do the
assignment, study the prescribed texts, consult other resources, discuss the work with fellow
students or tutors, or do research, you are actively engaged in learning.
General remarks
PLEASE NOTE:
Enquiries about assignments (eg, whether or not the University has received your
assignment or the date on which an assignment was returned to you) must be addressed
to the Unisa Contact Centre at 0861 670 411 (RSA only), or +27 11 670 9000 (international
calls). You might also find information on myUnisa.
You will receive the correct answers automatically for multiple-choice questions. For written
assignments, markers will comment constructively on your work. However, commentaries on
compulsory assignments will be sent to all students registered for this module in a follow-up
tutorial letter, not only to those students who submitted the assignments.
As soon as you have received the feedback, please check your answers. The assignments and
the feedback on these assignments constitute an important part of your learning and should
help you to be better prepared for the next assignment and the examination.
There are THREE compulsory assignments for this module. Submitting Assignment 01 will
qualify you for admission to the examination. Assignment 01 counts 10% towards your
final mark for this module. Failure to submit Assignments 02 and 03 will not influence
examination admission (only the submission of Assignment 01 will give you examination
admission), but Assignments 02 and 03 will also contribute 10% towards your final mark. It is
important that you submit the assignments in time.
The assignments are an integral part of the assessment plan. The examination questions will be
based on the same themes as those of the assignments, in order to achieve the outcomes of
this module. Questions will be structured differently, based on three categories: low-, middle-
and high-order levels of questioning.
Your assignments are therefore important for your examination preparation but cannot carry you
through the examination. Therefore, you should master the content of this module and not only
study the assignments for examination purposes.
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Plagiarism
It is unethical (and unacceptable) to hand in assignments that are not your own work. Whenever
the University becomes aware of such malpractices, it will take stern measures against the
student concerned. When doing assignments, you must submit your own ideas, in your own
words, sometimes interspersing relevant short quotations that are properly referenced.
To show understanding of the content, students are expected to use their own words, within the
context, when answering questions, except in the case of definitions and where it is stated
otherwise. Students will be penalised, should it be found that they have copied answers verbatim
from the study guide/prescribed book.
Please note:
Although students may work together when preparing assignments, each student
must write and submit his or her own individual assignment. In other words, you
must submit your own ideas, in your own words, sometimes interspersing relevant
short quotations that are properly referenced. It is unacceptable for students to
submit identical assignments on the basis that they worked together. That is
copying (a form of plagiarism) and none of these assignments will be marked.
Furthermore, you may be penalised or subjected to disciplinary proceedings by the
University.
Students are expected to write three assignments per year of which one is compulsory.
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9.4 Assignment due dates
Please remember to use the same numbers for the assignments as the numbers above.
ASSIGNMENT 01
Compulsory
Closing date: 05 MAY 2022
Essay type questions
Unique number: 598257
10% contribution towards year mark
Requirement for admission to the examination
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1.2 Do you think that the principal would be able to develop the teacher who is supposed to be
in class with the leaners help this teacher to develop sufficient competence to handle a class
of learners? Substantiate your answer clearly. (10)
Question 2
2.1. Name and describe the factors that may influence the classroom climate. Using your own
practical examples, describe how such factors may be used to create a positive classroom
environment. (10)
2.2. Briefly outline common elements of a successful parent-engagement programme,
according to Bauer & Shea (2002:95). Also explain how you would follow enforce control
measures during a parents’ meeting in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. (10)
2.3. Describe in detail the importance of the new information that is being applied in South
African schools, using the SA-SAMS. (10)
Total: [50]
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ASSIGNMENT 02
Compulsory
Closing date: 24 JUNE 2022
Unique number: 546314
5% contribution towards year mark
1. Mention five (5) typical barriers that impact parents’ involvement in the affairs of learners
at you school and explain how your school went about addressing them. Did your school
succeed in improving parental involvement? (10)
2. The attributes that the educator shows as a leader are determined by factors such as the
educator’s view of the learners, whether the educator is task- and/or people-oriented,
their personality, their level of knowledge and experience, and the expectations and trust
with which learners are approached (Van Niekerk 2008; Masuku & Van Niekerk 2014;
Van Niekerk 2016: 33-34). Mention and analyse the five (5) attributes or characteristics of
an educator in his or her role. (10)
4. Mention the characteristics that indicate a good relationship between the educator and a
learner and give YOUR OWN classroom example of each. (10)
TOTAL=50 X 2 = [100]
ASSIGNMENT 03
Compulsory
Closing date: 01SEPTEMBER 2022
Unique number: 546456
5% contribution towards year mark
1. Briefly discuss the five (5) stages of the framework employed to bring about the total
involvement of parents in the education of their children and indicate how you can
practically employ this framework in your school situation. (25)
2. Discuss considerations that the educator should keep in mind when organising the
layout of the classroom. Provide YOUR OWN, practical examples in your
discussion. (25)
3. Explain in detail the word, “teamwork”, and its purpose and benefits as part of the
organisation of schools, as discussed by Handy (cited in Jones 2005: 24). (25)
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4. Values are at the heart of what happens in the classroom; therefore, the educator
must assist with the identification, nurturing and modelling of worthwhile values.
Choose one value that an educator needs to instil in the learners’ maturity and
explain the chosen value by creating a scenario as how it can be applied or instilled in
the classroom. (25)
TOTAL = [100]
The Department of Education requires the University to prove that a student was active
during the period of tuition before the student will be subsidised. The University Senate
has approved that the submission of compulsory assignments will be used to prove a
student’s activity and that students will gain examination admission by submitting the
assignments. Your examination admission is therefore solely dependent on the
submission of Assignment 01, irrespective of the mark you obtain, and you pass or
fail.
As explained above, you need to qualify to write the examination, since there is no
automatic admission. To qualify, you MUST submit Assignment 01, (for which you will
be awarded the marks).
We emphasise the point again: If you do not submit Assignment 01 on time, you
will not be allowed to write the examination.
11 SOURCES CONSULTED
Coetzee, SA, Van Niekerk, EJ, Wydeman, JL & Mokoena, SP. 2019. The teacher as
classroom manager. Pretoria: Van Schaik. (ISBN 9780627-037030)
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12 IN CLOSING
If you have difficulties with your studies, please contact your lecturers as soon as possible in
writing or telephonically. You are also welcome to visit us personally, from Monday to Friday;
however, please do make an appointment beforehand.
Your Lecturers:
Dr Rapeta S.J
Dr MJ Masenya
Dr MT Lekalakala
Dr RI Lumadi
Dr AA Sepheka
Dr LL Toolo
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
NB: In terms of a decision reached by the College, lecturers may not demarcate or “scope”
specific work for examination purposes and examination questions should be based on all the
work covering the notional hours of modules. Lecturers should encourage students to learn
everything. In cases where competencies or skills are assessed differently during the tuition
period, the various methods of assessment will be spelled out clearly by the lecturer in Tutorial
Letter 201.
According to the Assessment Procedure Manual 2013, paragraph 4.5.2(e), the examination
memoranda (guidelines, rubrics, and so on) shall not be made available to students.
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