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The Faculty of Education Addressing the need for excellent teachers

The Faculty of Education Addressing the need for excellent teachers. Need for teachers in education in South Africa. Teacher Education: National priority Only 7% of matriculants enter higher education 51% of young school leavers are unemployed Government investment

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The Faculty of Education Addressing the need for excellent teachers

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  1. The Faculty of Education Addressing the need for excellent teachers

  2. Need for teachers in education in South Africa • Teacher Education: National priority • Only 7% of matriculants enter higher education • 51% of young school leavers are unemployed • Government investment • Literacy levels (M:87% F85.7%-2003) • Mathematics and Science • Early Childhood Education • But other priority areas as well…

  3. Our strengths at UP • First-year applications increasing three years in a row now • Groenkloof campus: Exceptional campus, safe environment • High standards (Re-curriculation of B Ed-degrees) • Student ethos • Exceptional staff members – leaders in their fields • Strong links with schools • Substantial Funza-Lushaka bursaries • Internationally benchmarked • Provide top quality graduates-intake of 3500 undergraduates and 500-800 new teachers each year

  4. Groenkloof campus – 3500 undergraduate students

  5. Groenkloof campus - cohesiveness

  6. Faculty of Education -academic excellence

  7. Faculty of Education – dedication of students and staff

  8. Teaching – the right choice • Make a difference in the life of a child • Serve children, your community and your country • Ignite the spark of curiosity in children • Experience the joy of seeing children learn to read, write and to count, to think, to imagine! • Verbal, analytical, visual • Experience on a daily basis the love for learning and the love of teaching • Make the world a better place • (Acknowledgement to the former DoE)

  9. Faculty of Education – diverse facility The Faculty of Education at UP continues to grow into one of the largest and most diverse facilities in South Africa for the initial and advanced training of education professionals from across the world.

  10. Faculty of Education – balanced student life

  11. Faculty of Education – balanced student life

  12. Faculty of Education – balanced student life

  13. THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION • A distinction of the Faculty is that it not only trains pre-service teachers, but also educational psychologists, principals, researchers, programme evaluators, curriculum designers, computer education and training experts, assessment specialists, education policy analysts, community development workers and education law advisors working in national and international agencies and organisations.

  14. PROGRAMMES • Baccalaureus Educationis (B Ed.) • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) • Baccalaureus Educationis Honores • (B Ed, Hons) • Magister Educationis (MEd) • Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) • Distance education programmes (ACE:EM, Special needs; BEd(Hons)EMLP)

  15. BEd Degrees • Baccalaureus Educationis (BEd) • Early Childhood Development and Foundation Phase • Intermediate Phase • Senior Phase • Further Education and Training • General (incl. Mathematics, Math Lit) • Economic and Management Sciences • Human Movement Science and Sport Management • Natural Sciences

  16. New BEd Degrees: • More opportunities for Postgraduate studies (Hons degrees e.g. BSc(Hon), BA(Hon) etc. with suitable subject combinations in the BEd) • Partnerships with Faculties: • - Natural & Agric Sciences • - Humanities • - Economics & Management Sciences • - Theology

  17. Entry requirements • Admission Point Score (APT) = 26 Toelatingspunttelling (TPT) = 26 • Candidates with an APS of 26 and higher with Admission to Bachelor degree studies, will be given preference, in being admitted to the Faculty. • National Benchmark Test (NBT)used as Institutional test: • Candidates with an APS of 22-25 must write the National Benchmark Test and be considered by the Admissions Committee of the Faculty for admission.

  18. Bursaries • NSFAS-LOAN • Funza Lushaka bursary (http://www.funzalushaka.doe.gov.za/) • [Priority areas] • New applications online: before 14 Jan 2012 • Mpumalanga Dept of Education Bursary for Mpumalanga province students only

  19. Contact persons • Ms Selena Davids- Communication Practitioner • (012) 420 5655 selena.davids@up.ac.za • Ms Lizzy Mafora [Post Graduate] • (012) 420 5660 lizzy.mafora@up.ac.za • Ms Thandi Mngomezulu [Undergraduate] • (012) 420 5615 thandi.mngomezulu@up.ac.za • Ms Melinda Joubert - Head of Administration • (012) 420 5590 melinda.joubert@up.ac.za

  20. Funza Lushaka Priority Areas • The priority areas are: • Foundation phase (i.e. Grades R-3): Foundation phase specialization. • Intermediate and Senior Phase (i.e. Grades 4-9) A teaching major in one of the following: • African Languages; English Language; Mathematics; Natural Science; Technology. • FET phase (i.e. Grades 10-12): A teaching major in one of the following: • Accounting, African Languages; Agricultural Sciences; Agricultural Technology; Civil Technology; Computer Applications Technology; Economics, Electrical Technology; Engineering Graphics and Design; English Language; Geography, Information Technology; Life Sciences; Mathematics; Mathematical Literacy; Mechanical Technology; Physical Science.

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