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Degree Programme Overview

Instill Education offers the Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Foundation Phase Teaching (PGCE FP) 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 in 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 – teaching Grades R to 3.

A 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).

Student-teachers in the PGCE (Foundation Phase Teaching) programme will need to complete the following courses/modules successfully in order to receive the qualification.

  • Classroom Management
  • Teaching Methods
  • Applied Childhood
  • Psychology
  • English First Additional Language (EFAL)
  • Home Language (English, Zulu or Afrikaans)
  • Conversational language (Zulu or Afrikaans)
  • Mathematics
  • Life Skills
  • Teaching Environment
  • ICT
  • Work Integrated Learning
  • Action Research

 

The division of modules and courses will differ depending on the mode of delivery you are registered for. If you are registered for a contact programme, you will be able to complete over the course of a year, and over the course of two years for the distance programme.

We have developed a core set of competencies we believe new teachers should possess and can build from when they enter the classroom as a practitioner. We have called this our “meta-skills”. Each of these are broken into sub-skills and supporting rubrics. Above is a breakdown of our core competencies.

Minimum Admission Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements:
  • Completed bachelor’s degree or approved diploma (minimum 360 credits at NQF level 6) from a registered higher education institution.
  • The degree/diploma should include subjects/disciplines relevant to teaching Literacy, Numeracy, and Life Skills for young learners.
Additional Disciplinary Knowledge:
  • Applicants lacking sufficient disciplinary knowledge may need to complete disciplinary modules for Non-Degree Purposes (NDP) as occasional students.
  • NDP completion can be done prior to or during PGCE studies, depending on the student’s capacity.
Multidisciplinary Degrees:
  • Holders of multidisciplinary degrees/diplomas without a main focus on teaching can be considered for PGCE FP.
  • The relevant disciplines should support learning requirements for the foundation phase.
  • Subjects to be taught should have a minimum NQF level 5 and a minimum credit weighting of 30 over two semesters.
Compulsory Disciplinary Modules for PGCE FP:
  • Life Skills: Business Management, Law, Sociology
  • Literacy: Academic Literacy, Communication Skills, English Literature Studies
  • Numeracy: Accounting, Quantitative Analysis, Statistics Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Critical Thinking, Research Psych

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