Degree Programme Overview
Instill Education offers the Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Foundation Phase Teaching (PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching)) programme in two modes of delivery to provide for student-teachers with differing needs, time commitments, responsibilities, and geographical area. Our contact PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching) programme is a one-year full-time qualification offered primarily on campus, and our PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching) distance programme is a two-year, four-semester, part- time programme, taking place fully online. The PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching) is a 130-credit, NQF Level 7 programme designed expressly for the purpose of training graduates in possession of a Bachelor’s degree or appropriate Diploma to become school educators in the Foundation Phase.
The PGCE is the only qualification which provides professional registration with the South African Council for Educators (SACE) for graduates with degrees or diplomas other than the Bachelor of Education (B Ed).
In order for student-teachers to participate meaningfully in the programme they will be required to have access to a laptop/tablet, or other device on which they can complete online components of the programme. Student-teachers in the PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching) programme will need to complete the following courses/modules successfully in order to receive the qualification.
Minimum Admission Requirements
- A candidate must have complied with all the requirements of a bachelor’s degree (or an approved diploma of minimum 360 credits at NQF level 6) from a DHET registered higher education institution before the beginning of the academic year for which he/she has been selected.
- The prior bachelor’s degree (or approved national diploma) must include a selection of subjects/disciplines that will provide a teacher with appropriate disciplinary knowledge to effectively teach Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills to young learners and lay foundations for learning in future grades.
- Applicants who do not have sufficient disciplinary knowledge in their undergraduate studies, will be referred to complete the disciplinary modules for Non-Degree Purposes (NDP) occasional students either prior or during their PGCE studies, this is subject to each student's capacity.
- Holders of multidisciplinary degrees (or approved diplomas) without a main focus in a single field related to teaching could be allowed into the PGCE FP, provided that the disciplines underpin the learning requirements for the foundation phase and, where relevant, the subjects to be taught are taken to at least NQF 5 (with a minimum 30 credit weighting over a minimum of two semesters).
- For those who already have a teaching qualification i.e Bachelor in Education (BEd) or Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) will not be accepted into the programme as they already meet the minimum requirement to be a teacher in education.
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