Advanced Certificate in Intermediate Phase Mathematics and English First Additional Language Teaching (90177)

[Isaac More]

The Advanced Certificate in Intermediate Phase Mathematics and English First Additional Language Teaching is a vocational orientated qualification. The knowledge gained emphasises the general principles and their application in Mathematics and English Education. The qualification provides teacher education learners with a sound knowledge base for teaching Mathematics and English (FAL) in Intermediate Phase. It also provides a learner with the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to classroom teaching while equipping them to undertake more specialised and intensive learning. This qualification has a strong professional focus to prepare teachers to teach mathematics in the Intermediate Phase, or to strengthen their existing Mathematics and English content knowledge in the Intermediate Phase. This qualification includes a WIL component embedded. This qualification intends to address the needs of three groups of teachers: Teachers who want to specialise in teaching Mathematics and English (FAL) but who have not studied Mathematics or English as a First Additional Language in a prior professional teaching qualification (retraining). The teachers, who have a professional teaching qualification but did not specialise in the intermediate phase. These teachers have acquired appropriate background knowledge by teaching the IP and want to strengthen their knowledge and skills by completing a formal qualification in the Intermediate Phase (Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) upgrading). Teachers who wish to enhance their specialisation in Mathematics and English (FAL) as a subject in the Intermediate phase. Teachers who studied in an initial three-year Diploma in education, offered by former College of Education or a National Professional Diploma in Education at NQF Level 5) (upgrading).