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84 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.
POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2012 - 2013 THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION 4. Coursework Assignments - Grading Each assignment is marked by two examiners. The university’s grading scheme for work at the postgraduate level is as follows: Mark Letter Grade Interpretation 70% – 100% A Excellent 60% - 69% B+ Very Good 50% - 59% B Pass 0 – 49% F Fail – to repeat course or component of course failed. 5. Conduct and Grading of the Research Project At the beginning of the second year of the MEd programme, each student will be asked to submit the title of the research project that he/she would like to undertake. Each student will then be assigned to a staff member with expertise in the particular area.The staff member will act as the student’s supervisor for the research project. Students are responsible for making regular contact with their supervisors to ensure that they receive adequate supervision in the research process. The grading scheme for the research project is identical to the grading scheme for course assignments. Each research project report is marked by the relevant supervisor and one other staff member. 6. Assessment Students in the Master programme must pass each component of each course, in order to be given a passing grade for the course. Course work must be submitted before the day of the final examination, or students will not be allowed to write the examination, except in cases where permission has been requested and granted to do so. 7. Ethical Considerations Students are expected to engage in fair practices while sitting examinations and when preparing course assignments. The relevant university regulation is cited below: Cheating is any attempt to benefit oneself or another by deceit or fraud. This includes any representation of the work of another person or persons without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is a form of cheating. Plagiarism is the unauthorized and/or unacknowledged use of another person’s intellectual efforts and creations howsoever recorded, including whether formally published or in manuscript or in typescript or other printed or electronically presented form. Plagiarism includes taking passages, ideas or structures from another work or author without proper and unequivocal attribution of such source(s), using the conventions for attributions or citing (e.g. MLA; Chicago; ACS; AIP; ICMJE etc.) used in this University. Since any piece of work submitted by a student must be that student’s own work, all forms of cheating including plagiarism are forbidden. 8. Delivery Some courses will be delivered via blended mode. Master of Education (M.Ed.) – Concentration in Youth Guidance Aims & Objectives The aim of this concentration is to build the social, intellectual, and technical capacities of teachers and educators to help young people develop positive attitudes to self and others, to become more knowledgeable about their own development, and to develop the skills to manage their emotions, make appropriate lifestyle and career choices, and build positive relationships. It will not prepare teachers to become full-time counsellors or guidance officers, but, rather, enable the mainstream classroom teacher to support students in facing various challenges of everyday life, as well as identifying and realizing their fullest potential. Programme Structure Students enrolled in the MEd programme are required to complete eight semester courses (or the equivalent) and a research project. The courses are each worth 4 credits. The research project report, EDRS 6900 (ED690), should not exceed 15,000 words and is worth 10 credits. Students are also expected to attend Graduate Research Seminars and to present their research proposal in one of these seminars. The programme runs for two years on a part-time basis. For the concentration in Youth Guidance, the eight (8) courses to be completed are as follows: • Three compulsory core courses for programmes: Course Code Course Title EDFA 6207 Education and the Development of Social Competencies EDRS 6208 Fundamentals of Educational Research I EDRS 6210 Fundamentals of Educational Research II • Four compulsory courses in the area of Youth Guidance: Course Code Course Title EDPS 6209 Youth Development EDGC 6211 Health and Family Life Education EDGC 6212 Diagnosis and Counselling – First Steps EDGC 6214 Career Development • One elective course: EDSE 6213 Introduction to Special Education OR Any other course approved by the School. 85
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