UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA CENTRE FOR EXTERNAL STUDIES ...

Inclusive EducationEPSI3810NQF: 8 Credits: 32 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: EPSI3702 Introduction to Inclusive EducationModule Description:The aim of this module is to enable students to understand and apply the latest thinking in inclusive education such as, assessment andintervention strategies for learners with special educational needs in the regular classroom. The major focus of the course is the role ofteachers in providing support and adapting curriculum to facilitate the learning processes of learners with special educational needs.Introduction to Educational ResearchECFI3701NQF: 7 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: NoneModule Description:This module focuses on issues of theory and methodology in educational research: types and purposes of research; formulation ofresearch problems; literature studies; plan and design research investigations; understanding of data analysis techniques; applyreferencing techniques; draft an outline for a research proposal.Introduction to Guidance and CounsellingEPSG3702NQF: 7 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: NoneModule Description:The aim of this module is to sensitise the teacher trainees to the educational and career needs of learners and to equip them with basicknow-how and skills regarding guidance and counselling.Introduction to Inclusive EducationEPSI3701NQF: 7 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: NoneModule Description:This course will introduce the student to new responses to educational needs, and to learners with special educational needs. It aims tointroduce students to international developments in education for learners with special needs, which are of importance to education inNamibia. It will further explore and investigate the development of education for learners with special needs in Namibia. Lastly, thiscourse will provide students with sufficient information to deal with inclusion of learners with special needs in regular schools.Philosophy of EducationEFMP3802NQF: 8 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: NoneModule Description:This module develops and sharpens a student’s thinking, and encourages a critical disposition and discourse about issues related toeducation in particular and to the general well-being of the society. These issues include philosophical doctrines impacting on teachingand learning, morality, authority, discipline, freedom, equality, democracy, punishment, local political structures, voting issues,constitutional and historical developments, critical reading and thinking.Professional and Community DevelopmentEFMD3802NQF: 8 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Exam 50% - 1 x 3 hours paperPrerequisite: NoneModule Description:This module is intended to develop students’ skills and dispositions regarding issues that relate to: the development of students’ asmembers of the professional learning community, their contributions to the development of professional ethics and the community’ssocio-economic welfare at large.Project Phase 1NQF: 8 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: Continuous Assessment 100%Co-requisite: ECFI3701 - Introduction to Educational ResearchModule Description:This module represents the first phase of a research component. Students will select a research topic from one of their two teachingmethodology modules and complete a proposal for their proposed research.156