Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching at Wits

Qualification: BEd

Faculty: Humanities

Duration: 4 years

School: Wits School of Education

Study mode: Full-time

The BEd qualifies you to teach in any school in South Africa and to register with the South African Council of Educators (SACE).

The programme requires every graduate to be able to teach competently across a range of subjects – including English, additional languages and Mathematics. Students specialising in the Intermediate Phase are also trained to teach:

• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• The Arts
• Life Skills
• Economic Management Sciences

Subject Modules

First-year

• Education IA AND IB
• Mathematics for Primary School Teachers I
• Literacy for Primary School Teachers I
• Social Sciences I
• Becoming a Teacher A AND B
• English I
• Teaching Experience IA/IB

For students unable to demonstrate conversational competence in Sesotho, IsiZulu or South African Sign Language select a course from the following:

• IsiZulu (Conversational Competence)
• Sesotho (Conversational Competence)
• South African Sign Language (Conversational Competence)

Second-year

• Education II
• Mathematics for Primary School Teachers II
• Teaching Experience II

Select a teaching course from the following:

• Natural Science
• Social Sciences I

Select a course corresponding to courses selected in the First year:

• Teaching Natural Sciences (Intermediate Phase) A AND B

OR

• Teaching Social Sciences (Intermediate Phase) A AND B

Third-year

• Education III
• Mathematics for Primary School Teachers III
• Teaching Home Language in the Intermediate Phase III
• Teaching Experience IIIA AND B
• Life Skills I: Arts for Teachers

Fourth-year

• Education IV
• Mathematics for Primary School Teachers IV
• Teaching Additional Language for Primary School Teachers IV
• Life Skills II: Personal, Social and Physical wellbeing
• Economics and Financial Literacy
• Being a Teacher
• Teacher Experience IV A AND B

Select one elective from the following:

• ICT Literacy
• Fun with Choir
• Physical Activity in Sports in Schools
• School-Based Support
• Learning in and through Art
• Learning in and through Drama

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements

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