Tutorial Letter 101/0/2021
Instructional Studies in Context
ISC3701
Year Module
Department of Curriculum and Instructional
Studies
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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Please note / important note:
Read this tutorial letter first.
It contains the compulsory assignment.
, Contents
Pages
1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME .......................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES .................................................................................................................. 3
3 LECTURER AND CONTACT DETAILS ....................................................................................................... 5
4 MODULE-RELATED RESOURCES ............................................................................................................ 6
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE MODULE .................................................................................. 7
6 MODULE SPECIFIC STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................ 8
7 ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 9
8 OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS ......................................................................................................... 27
9 EXAMINATION................................................................................................................................... 27
10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................................ 28
11 SOURCES CONSULTED ........................................................................................................................ 28
12 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 28
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, ISC3701/101
1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
Dear Student
We are pleased to welcome you to the module “Instructional Studies in Context” and hope
that you will find it interesting, useful, inspiring and rewarding. The module explores the integrated
nature of teaching, learning and instruction. It will provide a base from which we can interrogate
the roles of the teacher as instructor and mediator of learning. We shall do our best to make your
study of this module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying
early in the year and resolve to do the assignments properly.
A tutorial letter is our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning and assessment.
This tutorial letter (Tutorial Letter 101) contains important information about the scheme of work,
resources and assignments for this module. We urge you to read it carefully and to keep it at hand
when working through the study material, preparing the assignments, preparing for the
examination and addressing questions to your lecturers.
In Tutorial Letter 101, you will find the assignments and assessment criteria as well as
instructions on the preparation and submission of the assignments. Its also provides all the
information you need with regard to the prescribed study material and other resources and how
to obtain these. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you obtain the
prescribed material as soon as possible. We have also included certain general and
administrative information about this module. Please study each section of the tutorial letter
carefully.
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We hope that you will enjoy this module and wish you all the best!
2 PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES
2.1 Purpose
The purpose of this module is to provide a foundation and additional scaffolding for teaching
methodologies and to help to establish links and bridge gaps between curriculum,
assessment and practical teaching in the qualification. To put it in perspective one could say
that this module is about instruction in general, the Curriculum Development and
Implementation module is about instruction in the specific context of schooling and teaching
methodologies based on specialised instruction in school subjects.
The module focuses on instruction, which is variously known as instructing, educating, training,
coaching, teaching, facilitating or tutoring. The student teachers will be introduced to the
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