Bachelor of Education (Sec)-10BEDS

ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN SECONDARY EDUCATION (10ADPT)

CENTRE FOR OPEN, DISTANCE AND eLEARNING

Open your mind

Welcome to the University of Namibia and to the Centre for Open, Distance and eLearning in particular. We hope your studies will be rewarded with success. We advise that you get all the relevant information and booklets available for distance students from your nearest UNAM centre (including the Student Letter for 2016 and the CODeLStudent Handbook). These documents will provide advice on how to approach your studies and will guide you through your study materials as well as providing with useful administrative information.

Study materials

Your study guide is essentially your "teacher/lecturer". However, in addition you are required to visit the library to consult prescribed books and recommended readings that are indicated in the study guide. You are also responsible to purchase any prescribed textbooks required for your course. Furthermore, you are strongly advised to follow the guidelines in CODeLStudent Handbook.

Submission of assignments

It is very important to complete and submit a clean, clear and well-argued assignment for marking. Make sure that you have answered the questions correctly. It is the responsibility of you as a student to make sure that every page of the completed assignment is numbered in the correct order before the pages are stapled together inside the assignment cover. Once completed, each assignment must be stapled in a separate assignment cover. Assignment covers and envelopes are supplied together with your study materials during registration or on request from your nearest campus and/or centre. You must use the envelopes addressed to the Centre for Open, Distance and eLearning for the submission of all assignments. You should complete and submit all assignments on or before the given due date in the assignment letter if you wish to be admitted to the next examination.

Note that assignments received after the due dates will not be accepted and therefore will not be included in the calculation of continuous assessment (CA) marks. The CA mark and the examination mark will determine your final mark for the module.

For record keeping and to ensure that assignments reach us in good time, submit your completed assignments on time to the Centre for Open, Distance and eLearning, either

-       through the University regional centres, or

-       via the UNAM Student Portal  (find more information below)*

If you live in the vicinity of Windhoek and prefer to hand in assignments personally, you are welcome to hand them in at the office of the Centre for Open, Distance and eLearningby placing them in the assignment box provided for that purpose, located in the F-Block on the Main Campus. This box is accessible at all times and is cleared daily at 07H30, Monday to Friday. Assignments left overnight are stamped with the next day's date.

Take note that assignments should never be submitted directly to individual tutors or any other staff members of the University of Namibia.

*When submittingyour assignments electronically on the UNAM Student Portal follow the link provided on the UNAM Portal, which will import all the required information, such as your student number, name, module name and code as well as the assignment number.

*You are discouraged from using Nampost for submitting assignments because of delays in the delivery.

Vacation schools

Attending vacation school is COMPULSORY and the vacation school timetable will be made available at your nearest UNAM centre and through the UNAM portal.

My UNAM portal

We recommend that you regularly(at least twice a week) access "My UNAM Portal" on the UNAM website for further information at the following URL:  www.unam.na

Closing remarks

If you study conscientiously, your efforts will be rewarded. Should you need any assistance or clarification on the module contents, you can reach the relevant staff members at the contact details as given below:

NOTE: For additional information consult the CODeLProspectus and UNAM General Information and Regulations Prospectus.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION

Overall requirements

Table of content

-  References/ sources of your answers.

Length: strictly 2 pages (excluding cover, content and reference pages)

all your answers must be presented in

bullet- point- format.

PART I: (Units 1, 2, 3 - Questions 1 - 6)

1.  Distinguish the following concepts by describing their meaning, role and function, advantage and an example of each concept from the context of education you know best.          

a.  Education Policy is viewed as:

b. A curriculum is defined as:

c.  A Subject syllabus is a:

d. Scheme of teacher's work is:

e.  A Lesson plan is:

f.  A Contemporary curriculum issue:

g.  A learner- centred Curriculum emphasizes:                                                                                                                 

2.      Write down any 5 primary concerns of the following Conceptions of curriculum as suggested by Eisner and Vallance (1974)

(a)  Curriculum as development of cognitive processes

(b)  Curriculum as technology

(c)  Curriculum as self-actualization

(d)  Curriculum for social reconstruction

(e)  Curriculum as academic rationalism

3. State 3 specific focuses of each of the four Source of curriculum. Also provide an example of how planners of the Namibian curriculum have considered each Source in the Namibian Curriculum for basic education.

a) Philosophy as a Source for Curriculum

b) Psychology a Source for Curriculum

c)  Sociology a Source for Curriculum

d)   History a Source for Curriculum

4.  Correctly state Ralph Tyler's contribution to the curriculum field of Studies

5. Explain through an appropriate example of curriculum practice to justify therelevance of Tyler's curriculum contributions in Namibia context.

6. Explain the following types of curricula and give a suitable example from the Namibian education and schooling context you are well familiar with:

a)  OfficialCurriculum.

b)  Hidden Curriculum.

c)  Vocational curriculum

c)  Curriculum Aims

(a) Curriculum Goals are

(b) Curriculum Objectives

7.  Curriculum development process is when developing a new curriculum or revising an existing one.

(a) Correctly write down the six steps that are followed when designing a curriculum, briefly stating what is done at each step.

(b)   Copy and complete the table to differentiate how Need  Assessment (NA) and Situational Analysis (SA) processes and are both similar and different when they are applied in curriculum planning and development process.

c) Identify any 5 features and examples of learner-centeredness of the Curriculum Content that truly considers the needs of the learners in Namibia.

d) Discuss any one criteria for selecting curriculum content and provide an example of its application from your subject area

e)  A successful implementation of curriculum is a result of a carefully planned education activity, which focuses on the three 'P'-category of factors: Name and explain these factors and why they are so important consider.

TOTAL = 100 POINTS

TOTAL MARKS FOR ASSIGNMENT1 = 100+100  = 100

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