Study unit 5

Teachers in almost ALL schools sets Life Skills-Performing Arts as well as music aside. This is not always intentional but due to the workload of Mathematics and Home Language. The focus from the Department of Basic Education also tends to focus more on those to subjects. To many teachers forget the importance of Performing arts and music due to their work overload. Admin also takes up lots of teacher’s times these days. I feel that they must refer back to the teaching ways of many years ago. Out with one subject getting more “attention” then the others and out with all the unnecessary paperwork that comes with teaching these days. Then only do I believe teachers will get to all the different aspects of teaching in the Foundations Phase.

Assessment is very important. We must there for remember that before we can assess a concept taught to learners it must have been taught to learners. Then only can we start with assessing the learners. Assessment needs to be done correctly and accurately. All assessments must be a TRUE reflection of the learners you are assessing.