Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE)

1 1 Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) INFORMATION BOOKLET 2013 UNIT FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING FACULTY OF Education SCIENCES November 2012 2012 Edition 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION .. 5 WHAT IS OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING (ODL) .. 5 TERMINATION OF STUDIES OF ODL-STUDENTS .. 5 NATURE AND GENERAL AIMS OF THE ACE .. 5 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ACE QUALIFICATIONS .. 5 LANGUAGE .. 6 CORRESPONDENCE .. 6 STUDY MATERIAL .. 6 STUDY DURATION .. 6 ARTICULATION AND PHASING OUT DATES .. 7 CONTACT SESSIONS .. 7 STUDY CENTRES .. 7 CONTACT SESSIONS DATES .. 8 CONTACT SESSIONS TIMETABLE .. 8 SUMMER AND WINTER SCHOOL TIMETABLES 2012/2013 .. 15 INFORMATION FOR SUMMER AND WINTER SCHOOLS .. 17 17 DUE DATES .. 18 EXAMINATIONS .. 18 EXAM DATES 18 EXAMINATION PAPERS OF PREVIOUS YEARS 19 CHANGE OF ADDRESS 19 PROCESS UPON CANCELLATION OF STUDY 19 FEES PAYABLE UPON CANCELLATION OF STUDY 20 CONTINUED LIABILITY OFF PAYABLE FEES UPON EXPULSION OF STUDIES 20 FEES PAYABLE UPON CHANGING OF MODULES 20 CREDIT AMOUNTS ON A UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT 20 WEB ADDRESS 20 GENERAL ACCOUNT ENQUIRIES 20 NORTH- WEST UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION CENTRES.

2 21 OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING STAFF MEMBERS .. 22 ACE LECTURERS: NWU (POTCH CAMPUS) .. 23 ACE LECTURERS: GENERIC MODULES - NWU (POTCH CAMPUS) .. 23 ENGLISH Education - 423 122 (O433P) .. 24 GEOGRAPHY Education - 423 123 (O434P) .. 25 HISTORY Education - 423 124 (O435P) .. 26 MATHEMATICS Education - 423 134 (GET BAND - O443P) .. 27 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE PHASE 423 129 .. 28 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: LIFE ORIENTATION 423 129 (O447P) .. 29 TECHNOLOGY Education - 423 136 (O426P) .. 31 SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP 423 138 (O432P) .. 32 MOVEMENT SCIENCE Education - 423 121 (O440P) .. 33 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: MATHEMATICAL LITERACY 423 129 - (O444P) .. 34 CURRICULUM FOR LEARNERS WITH 480 CREDITS 34 CURRICULUM STRUCTURE FOR LEARNERS WITH 360 CREDITS 34 3 Dear Student, We have compiled this contact session booklet in order to assist you with your studies.

3 This booklet will give you all the information regarding modules as well as the dates and times contact sessions will take place in your area. Take note that only modules as allocated on the time table will be facilitated on the assigned dates for these modules. Timetables for all sessions as from Dec 2012 31 Oct 2013 are included in this booklet. Lecturers can be seen during office hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. You may also book an appointment with them on a specific day. If an sms is sent out to you informing you about contact sessions, refer to your year programme before contacting the helpdesk. Your yearbook will indicate times and venues for these sessions. Not all sms s are applicable to all students. Familiarise yourself with dates of sessions taking place in your area. Take note!!!! The majority of sessions at all tuition centres will be facilitated utilizing the interactive white boards.

4 Your year programme will clearly indicate which sessions will be facilitated on the interactive white boards and which will be facilitated by facilitators for a particular session. No other modules will be facilitated at a tuition centre on one specific date. Take note!!! Modules that reflect on timetables will all be facilitated on the given date for that specific timetable. Sessions being facilitated on the interactive whiteboards will be facilitated on the scheduled times indicated in your year programmes. Modules being facilitated by facilitators at tuition centres appear in your timetable and can be facilitated at any time during that day. The majority of facilitation sessions during 2013 will be done utilizing the interactive whiteboards installed at tuition centres. See timetables and arrangements regarding this matter in this year programme. Take note!!! Summer and Winter schools will be facilitated at all tuition centres.

5 Summer and Winter School dates: 1. 7-15 December 2012 2. 5-13 July 2013 Take note!!!: Only selected modules will be facilitated during the Summer and Winter Schools. Refer to year programme for dates, times and modules. Facilitation will only be done utilizing the interactive white boards at tuition centres. No facilitators will be present at tuition centres during Summer and Winter schools Telephone number for administrative queries: 018 285 5900/ 018 299 4573 Telephone number for academic queries: 018 285 5900. Please stick with the format assignments must be done as is stipulated in the tutorial letters. Refrain from using Bantex bags, ring binders, etc. No examination information sessions will be facilitated during 2013 at tuition centres. All students will receive their examination information for modules when marked assignments are returned. If students submit assignments late the possibility exists that students will not receive their examination information in time before the examination commences.

6 The NWU urge students to submit completed assignments early to be assessed in order to ensure that examination information are received before examinations commences. You may not post assignments directly to the lecturer. 4 Examination information and tutorial notes can also be obtained on the OLG website at If unsure where to attend contact classes in your area, please call 018 285 5900 or 082 7796 390. Bookings for EUCE 511 practical can only be done through 018 285 5900. Should you experience problems with facilitators or facilitation at tuition centres please contact 082 779 6390. Timetables for all venues are included in your booklet. You may attend any contact session in any area. You do not have to book to attend a contact session. Please ensure that you use the correct timetable for the given venues. Dates, times and venues are clearly indicated.

7 When attending contact sessions students are requested to complete attendance lists at the centre where they attend contact sessions. Even if sessions are facilitated by means of the interactive white boards attendance lists must be completed for all modules. NO EXAMINATION INFORMATION SESSIONS WILL BE FACILITATED AT CENTRES DURING 2013. ALL EXAMINATION INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO ALL STUDENTS TOGETHER WITH ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED TO NWU. PLEASE SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AS TO ENSURE THAT MARKED ASSIGNMENTS TOGETHER WITH EXAMINATION INFORMATION REACH STUDENTS BEFORE EXAMINATIONS COMMENCE. 5 Advance Certificate in Education ACE IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHAT IS OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING (ODL) ODL refers to any off-campus academic programme(s) offered by the NWU, independently or in terms of an agreement of co-operation with another public or private provider of higher Education .

8 Students may enrol at any time of the year and minimum and maximum study periods are applicable. ODL-programmes imply independent study by students in combination with structured contact sessions and student support consisting of appropriate study material and access to lecturing staff. The Unit for Open Distance Learning of the NWU is responsible for in-service training of under- or unqualified teachers, as well as further training of already qualified teachers, by means of ODL-programmes. The ODL instructional model makes provision for a Summer and Winter school, interactive white board sessions presented at tuition centres countrywide and facilitation sessions for selected modules. TERMINATION OF STUDIES OF ODL-STUDENTS Minimum and maximum duration of study periods for ACE are indicated in this information booklets.

9 Six months before maximum duration of study is exceeded and a student s studies are finally terminated, such a student will receive a warning letter from the Director of the Unit for Open Distance Learning(UODL) to inform him/her of one final and once off examination opportunity to successfully complete all outstanding modules. If there are still modules outstanding after the occurance of such an exam opportunity, the studies of such a student must be terminated in terms of General Rules and Only in exceptional cases and then on the grounds of irrefutable evidence will the Director of the UODL consider a request for continuation of studies from a student whose studies have been terminated. Should such an application be successful, the student will be afforded only one examination opportunity to complete all outstanding modules.

10 NATURE AND GENERAL AIMS OF THE ACE The ACE is a flexible Level 6 qualification aimed at providing educators with an opportunity to either upgrade and enrich their existing knowledge in a particular area of specialisation, or change their area of specialisation. The former might become necessary due to new developments in an area of study while the latter may be a response to changing national needs or a need for a change in career path. The ACE is open to candidates who are already in possession of an approved Level 5 qualification in the field of Education , training and development, and creates additional opportunities for further study at NQF Level 7. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ACE QUALIFICATIONS To be admitted to the Advanced Certificate in Education the student must be in possession of at least an approved after school teaching qualification of three years (NQF level 5), evaluated at REQV 13 (M+3) level.