As with the SLPs for Grades 10 and 11, this SLP continues by focusing on Gr 12 Physical Science. Please also read the Gr 10 description together with this to get a better understanding of the SLP.
This course is aimed at
- Grade 12 Physical Science teachers who are unsure of certain parts of the curriculum;
- ·other teachers who aspire to teach Grade 12 Physical Science; and
- Physical Science teachers who would like to improve their pedagogical skills by incorporating ICT use into their teaching.
- This programme consists of a sub-set of the Physical Science section of the accredited ACT course. Included in the course is course material related to the content of Gr 11 Physical Science, comprising videos and quizzes developed by Dr Angela Stott.
- This course can be done as a standalone, or after completing the Grade 10 or 11 SLP. Even though the description seems similar to the Gr 10 and 11 SLP, there is a different focus.
- The SLP focuses on content and the incorporation of the necessary technical and pedagogical skills to use various technologies as teaching aids. Teachers will also be skilled at transferring content from their laptops to the smartphones of learners and will be trained in the necessary pedagogical skills to use this effectively.
- The course consists of lectures, classwork activities, group discussions, content tests, videos to be watched and quizzes to be answered at home, and tasks where participants are expected to implement what they learned about ICT integration in their lessons at school.
- The delivery of the course is usually distributed over the first 10 months of the year, with the content topics corresponding with the Grade 12 Physical Sciences work schedule.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the Grade 12 Physical Sciences SLP, the participant would have attained the following competencies:
- Deepened subject content and pedagogical knowledge related to Physics and Chemistry.
- Appropriate skills to evaluate and apply the use of appropriate ICTs in the classroom.
- Ability to integrate content knowledge, pedagogies, and ICT skills in the Grade 12 Physical Sciences classroom.