Becoming a teacher UNISA Custom Edition

S Gravett, JJ De Beer, E Du Plessis

• Publisher: Pearson South Africa
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781485709749
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

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Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 The teacher as a reflective practitioner
• Sarah Gravett and Josef de Beer
• Introduction
• Teaching as a challenging profession
• Reflection and reflective practice
• Dimensions of teaching as a reflective practice
• Theory and practice
• Professional values and ethics
• A teaching philosophy
• Pedagogical content knowledge
• Tools to guide reflection
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Chapter 2 The teacher as a caring professional
• Nadine Petersen and Ruksana Osman
• Introduction
• Critical education theory
• The idea of care
• Noddings’ thinking on care in education
• Creating a pedagogy of care in the classroom
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Chapter 3 The teacher as educational theorist
• Maureen Robinson and Lilian Lomofsky
• Introduction
• Towards an understanding of teaching and learning
• Behaviourism
• The cognitive revolution and child-centred teaching
• Perspectives on teaching and learning
• Classroom discourse and knowledge construction
• Learning theory in South African classrooms
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Chapter 4 The teacher as curriculum interpreter, designer and implementer
• Elize du Plessis
• Introduction
• What is a curriculum?
• The South African curriculum
• Towards the implementation of the curriculum
• Planning a learning programme/curriculum
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Chapter 5 The teacher as assessor
• Vanessa-Jean Merckel and Martyn van der Merwe
• Introduction
• The purpose of assessment
• Concepts associated with assessment
• The difference between assessment and evaluation
• General principles of assessment
• Different assessment models and approaches
• Challenges to meaningful assessment
• Assessment practices to deepen learning
• Assessment in large classes
• Assessment and diverse abilities and needs of learners
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Chapter 6 The teacher as an agent of inclusivity
• Helen Dunbar-Krige and Martyn van der Merwe
• Introduction
• Inclusive education
• An inclusive learning environment
• Situation analysis
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Multilingual glossary
• Index