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TPS3703 Assignment 1A Memo | Due 21 May 2025. All questions fully answered. QUESTION 1: School placement
1.1. As part of this assignment, you are required to attach a letter from the teaching practice
office confirming your placement in the school of your choice where you will do your
teaching practice. All TPS3703 students are required to complete their teaching
practice in a high school and teach one major subject in the FET phase (Grades 10-
12). Attaching the confirmation letter of placement from the teaching practice will
account for 10% of the total mark for this assignment. No assignment will be marked
without the confirmation of placement. [10]
QUESTION 2: Technology integration in education
Technology integration is perceived as a deliberate, conscious, and regular application of
technological tools by teachers to enhance teaching and learning. Technology integration
occurs when student teachers identify different technological tools and integrate them in
their lessons during teaching practice. During their studies, student teachers are exposed to
technology hardware and software including computers, laptops, interactive whiteboards,
email, and Learning Management Systems that they can use to enhance content delivery
during teaching practice. Teaching practice creates a platform for student teachers to
showcase their ability to integrate technology in the real classroom with the assistance of
their mentor teachers. This view suggests that during teaching practice, student teachers
should attempt to integrate different technological tools. This will not only allow them to
transform their pedagogical practices, but also help them to enhance their technological
knowledge.
2.1. Based on the extract above, write a 12-15 pages essay indicating how you will
integrate different technological tools and platforms to enhance the pedagogy when
you get a chance to teach during teaching practice. In your essay, cover the following:
2.1.1. Discuss different technological tools and platforms that you will use to support your
pedagogical practices during teaching practice (10)
2.1.2. Discuss how the use of the technological tools and platforms mentioned above will
help to transform your instructional practices during teaching practice. (10)
2.1.3. Discuss how do you think the context in which the school is located will influence your
integration of technology to support your instructional practices. (10)
2.2. According to the extract above, student teachers need to develop Technological
Knowledge (TK) in addition to the Content Knowledge (CK) and Pedagogical
Knowledge (PK) during the course of their studies for them to integrate technology
effectively. As a student teacher, evaluate your level of Technological Knowledge (TK)
and how it will assist you to identify and integrate specific technological tools and
platforms that are relevant to your field of specialisation. (30)
NOTE: Students need to be more insightful, creative and practical for them to accumulate
marks in QUESTION 2.2.
QUESTION 3: ICT policy in schools
Different schools in South Africa have developed ICT policy to help facilitate the integration
of technology by the teachers to support the teaching and learning process.
3.1. Based on the extract above, schedule a short engagement with the ICT co-ordinator in
the school where you will be doing your teaching practice. After the short engagement
with the ICT co-ordinator, write a two-page report where you indicate the following:
3.1.1. The purpose of the ICT policy in the school and how the policy helps to promote ICT
integration in the school. (10)
3.1.2. Write a brief overview of the school’s ICT policy and make suggestions on how the
school can improve its ICT policy. (15)
3.1.3. Attach the cover page and the table of contents of the ICT policy of the school (5)
Note: You can request the short engagement with the ICT co-ordinator before you start your
teaching practice.
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