TMN3706
ASSIGNMENT 2
Discuss the following subthemes with relevant classroom examples
under planning social sciences lessons.
1.11 ideology
Political parties embody a range of ideals covering government,
economics, education, healthcare, foreign policy, and more. The ways
that political parties differ from each other are referred to as ideological
differences. Political ideology impacts one's beliefs about the role of
government in society.In general, ideologies are belief systems that offer the
ethical foundations upon which judgments regarding real-world educational
issues are made. Curricular ideologies are in some respects derived from
worldviews that could be referred to as Weltanschauungen.
Furthermore, ideologies operate in much more subtle ways. They frequently
express themselves in ways that infer or suggest rather than express directly
what is educationally significant and what should be covered in the school
curricula, rather than making their viewpoints on crucial educational issues
known. For instance, the phrase "gaining back our competitive edge in a world"
is used to argue for certain educational goals whenever the language of
industrial competitiveness is used. The idea of a school's mission is gradually
molded in terms of industry. As a result, the school is seen as a company that
creates a product—a student—whose knowledge and abilities must meet the
same sorts of criteria and quality control requirements as those that are used for
other industrial goods.
Children in the same age group are placed in the same grade in schools,
and this system of age-grading remains constant as students go through
the system. To be a high performer requires learning the material for the
grade, which is a requirement for advancement to the next level, which is
reinforced by this system of school organization. The assumption that
information is fixed and organized, that smart people hold it, that books
include it, and that the purpose of education is to transmit it in an orderly
manner are all reinforced by this.
Early grade curriculum-focused assignments and topics are also
educational in ways that go well beyond their initial intent. Two examples
of tasks governed by rules are spelling and math.
Such assignments demonstrate to kids that their most significant
schoolwork has a single, accurate solution, that the teacher is aware of
this solution, and that their main duty as pupils is to discover the right
answer. The environment that the school cultivates does not place a high
, value on imagination, the individual, or creative thought. It promotes a
type of logic that prioritizes agreement on the known above discovery of
the "unknown." It highlights the benefits of perseverance. It restricts how
personal it can be.
Classical liberalism is a capitalistic ideology that stands for a limited
government with political freedom, civil liberties and laissez-faire
economic policies.Social or modern liberalism is liberalism that
emphasizes social justice and economic issues while ensuring both
individual freedom and the common good.Conservatism is a political
ideology that emphasizes preserving traditional social institutions and
values. This ideology also seeks small, or limited, government.Social
democracy emphasizes representative democracy paired with
redistribution of wealth to fund social justice and economic welfare
programs.
1. 1.2 content and context
In order to assist teachers in schools, so that they are more articulate and spot on in preparing
lessons that are NCS compliant ,the Curriculum Chief Directorate together with the Districts have
embarked on a programme to prepare lessons and assessment tasks that are based on the work
schedule. These cover the period until the end of the second term. The focus is on Intermediate and
Senior Phase. It is envisaged that this effort would be of assistance especially to
those teachers who either still have challenges with preparation of lesson plans , or are still
uncertain as how to prepare lesson plans that are rooted in Learning Outcomes and assessment
Standards. To facilitate understanding and implementation of these lesson plans, it is strongly
advised that Subject Advisors in their respective districts must mediate these. Since these lesson
plans are not cast on stone , teachers are therefore urged to adapt them so that they make sense
and also make them as user friendly as possible in order to answer to learning and teaching
environments that vary from place to place and from time to time. As much as possible, great care
has been taken that these lesson plans and assessment tasks cover both History and
Geography almost equally, in all affected grades. Therefore , teachers should always try however
hard, to strike this balance when teaching. We further urge teachers to always refer to the National
Curriculum Statement, Training Manuals, Teacher’s Resource Books, and any other Learner
Teacher Support Material when preparing lessons. Also , teachers should always use a variety of
textbooks and even go that extra mile of browsing through the Internet whenever possible in order
to access up‐to‐date information. If we can try all these methods consistently, we can without
doubt produce lessons of good standard
ASSIGNMENT 2
Discuss the following subthemes with relevant classroom examples
under planning social sciences lessons.
1.11 ideology
Political parties embody a range of ideals covering government,
economics, education, healthcare, foreign policy, and more. The ways
that political parties differ from each other are referred to as ideological
differences. Political ideology impacts one's beliefs about the role of
government in society.In general, ideologies are belief systems that offer the
ethical foundations upon which judgments regarding real-world educational
issues are made. Curricular ideologies are in some respects derived from
worldviews that could be referred to as Weltanschauungen.
Furthermore, ideologies operate in much more subtle ways. They frequently
express themselves in ways that infer or suggest rather than express directly
what is educationally significant and what should be covered in the school
curricula, rather than making their viewpoints on crucial educational issues
known. For instance, the phrase "gaining back our competitive edge in a world"
is used to argue for certain educational goals whenever the language of
industrial competitiveness is used. The idea of a school's mission is gradually
molded in terms of industry. As a result, the school is seen as a company that
creates a product—a student—whose knowledge and abilities must meet the
same sorts of criteria and quality control requirements as those that are used for
other industrial goods.
Children in the same age group are placed in the same grade in schools,
and this system of age-grading remains constant as students go through
the system. To be a high performer requires learning the material for the
grade, which is a requirement for advancement to the next level, which is
reinforced by this system of school organization. The assumption that
information is fixed and organized, that smart people hold it, that books
include it, and that the purpose of education is to transmit it in an orderly
manner are all reinforced by this.
Early grade curriculum-focused assignments and topics are also
educational in ways that go well beyond their initial intent. Two examples
of tasks governed by rules are spelling and math.
Such assignments demonstrate to kids that their most significant
schoolwork has a single, accurate solution, that the teacher is aware of
this solution, and that their main duty as pupils is to discover the right
answer. The environment that the school cultivates does not place a high
, value on imagination, the individual, or creative thought. It promotes a
type of logic that prioritizes agreement on the known above discovery of
the "unknown." It highlights the benefits of perseverance. It restricts how
personal it can be.
Classical liberalism is a capitalistic ideology that stands for a limited
government with political freedom, civil liberties and laissez-faire
economic policies.Social or modern liberalism is liberalism that
emphasizes social justice and economic issues while ensuring both
individual freedom and the common good.Conservatism is a political
ideology that emphasizes preserving traditional social institutions and
values. This ideology also seeks small, or limited, government.Social
democracy emphasizes representative democracy paired with
redistribution of wealth to fund social justice and economic welfare
programs.
1. 1.2 content and context
In order to assist teachers in schools, so that they are more articulate and spot on in preparing
lessons that are NCS compliant ,the Curriculum Chief Directorate together with the Districts have
embarked on a programme to prepare lessons and assessment tasks that are based on the work
schedule. These cover the period until the end of the second term. The focus is on Intermediate and
Senior Phase. It is envisaged that this effort would be of assistance especially to
those teachers who either still have challenges with preparation of lesson plans , or are still
uncertain as how to prepare lesson plans that are rooted in Learning Outcomes and assessment
Standards. To facilitate understanding and implementation of these lesson plans, it is strongly
advised that Subject Advisors in their respective districts must mediate these. Since these lesson
plans are not cast on stone , teachers are therefore urged to adapt them so that they make sense
and also make them as user friendly as possible in order to answer to learning and teaching
environments that vary from place to place and from time to time. As much as possible, great care
has been taken that these lesson plans and assessment tasks cover both History and
Geography almost equally, in all affected grades. Therefore , teachers should always try however
hard, to strike this balance when teaching. We further urge teachers to always refer to the National
Curriculum Statement, Training Manuals, Teacher’s Resource Books, and any other Learner
Teacher Support Material when preparing lessons. Also , teachers should always use a variety of
textbooks and even go that extra mile of browsing through the Internet whenever possible in order
to access up‐to‐date information. If we can try all these methods consistently, we can without
doubt produce lessons of good standard
