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POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2012 - 2013
THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION
External Considerations
• Relations with the Ministry of Education
• The nature of the education system
• Relations with parents
• What is a P.T.A.?
• Community relations
• Staff reports (annual, confidential)
• Term reports (students)
• External examinations
• Speech day
• Do schools have or need a PRO?
• Resource management
G. An Investigation of Concepts and their Practical Application
as:
Accountability Responsibility Initiative
Bureaucracy Authority Autonomy
Maintenance vs. Leadership Delegation
Innovation?
Conflict Decision-making Supervision
This final segment is by no means a water-tight compartment
as it touches on many of the topics in the earlier segments.
However, it is given particular emphasis towards the end of the
course when participants will have read more on organization
and administration theory.
REFERENCES
Gorton, R. A., & Schneider, G. T. (Eds.). (1995). Encyclopedia of
school administration and supervision (2nd ed.). White
Plains, NY: Longman.
Hoy, W., & Miskel, C. (2005). Educational administration: Theory,
research and practice (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
SEMESTER:
COURSE CODE: EDIT 5200
COURSE TITLE: THE TECHNOLOGY OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 10
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course in the Diploma Education
Programme Is intended to provide teachers with skills,
knowledge and competencies required to effectively teach IT
in Secondary Schools.
SEMESTER:
COURSE CODE: EDAR 5310
COURSE TITLE: TEACHING OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING
ARTS
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 10
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Regulations Governing the
M.Ed. Programme
1. Attendance
The University regulations state:
Any candidate who has been absent from the University
for a prolonged period during the teaching of a particular
course for any reason other than illness or whose attendance
at prescribed lectures, classes, practical classes, tutorials, or
clinical instructions has been unsatisfactory or who has
failed to submit essays or other exercises set by his/her
teachers, may be debarred by the relevant Academic Board,
on the recommendation of the relevant Faculty Board, from
taking any University examinations. The procedures to be
used shall be prescribed in Faculty Regulations.
The School of Education requires a 75% attendance.
Participants in the programme are required to be regular in
their attendance at classes. Students who attend less than
75% of the sessions for any course may be debarred from
submitting assignments and writing the examination.
2. Course Assignments - Preparation
(i) All written assignments for formal assessment should
be typed on plain quarto, one side only, with doublespacing
throughout.
(ii) All assignments must be prepared according to the
APA format (refer to the American Psychological
Association Style manual, 5 th . Ed.)
3. Course Assignments - Submission
(i) The lecturer concerned will set the submission date
for course assignments in consultation with students.
(ii) All assignments must be submitted by the deadline
date.
(iii) In cases of extreme emergency, the lecturer concerned
can give a short extension.
(iv) Students must submit assignments to the
postgraduate secretary. Students must sign the record
book and complete receipt slips (in duplicate) when
submitting an assignment. The date of submission
must also be stated.
(v) If an assignment is not submitted by the due date, the
maximum mark it can receive when submitted is the
lowest passing mark, that is, 50%.
(vi) All assignments should be submitted before the date
of the final examination.
(vii) If a student does not submit the course assignment
before the examination, such a student would be
debarred from writing the examination.
(viii) All assignments should be the student’s own original
work.
(ix) Where course assignments are weighted at 100%
of final examination mark, submission dates are
considered to be examination dates, and failure to
submit will be equivalent to missing an examination.