Stellenbosch University BEd Programme

During this full-time BEd programme, which runs over four years, you are trained to be a teacher of learners in the Intermediate Phase. The programme covers the theory and practice of all the learning programmes from Grade 4 to 7.

The programme has a set structure that consists of academic and professional subjects. Practical Learning forms an important part of the programme from the first year on. All students have to take two languages (chosen from Afrikaans, English or isiXhosa) on either a first or second language level throughout their four years of study. A third additional communicative language will also be taken during the third year of study.

For Intermediate Phase teaching you also choose two subjects from the following ones to continue with as speciality areas until your fourth year of study:

• Economic and Management Sciences
• Life Skills
• Mathematics (Ed)
• Natural Sciences (Ed)
• Social Sciences (Ed)

Mathematics education is compulsory for all BEd students in the first year of study. In your first year, you will therefore take Mathematics and two other subject specialisations. In the second to fourth years of study, however, you will follow only two areas of specialisation.

Other compulsory modules include:

. Information Communication Technologies for Learning (ICT)

. Language Education and Academic Literacy, Development and Learning

. Addressing Diverse Learning needs

. Education Policy and Leadership

. Education Evaluation and Research

More information about the content of the programme will be made available later on.

Since this is a programme that culminates in a degree, it gives you access to the Faculty’s postgraduate degree programmes up to doctoral level. See postgraduate programmes.

BEd (Foundation Phase)

The main purpose of this programme is to train teachers for the Foundation Phase (grades R to 3) who will be able to prepare learners to meet the distinctive requirements of our time. But you also develop skills that will open up various other career possibilities, such as a career in communication, community development, public relations or other professional work focusing on client services, marketing and sales.

The programme takes four years to complete and Practical Learning forms an important part of the programme from the first year on. All students take two languages (chosen from Afrikaans, English or isiXhosa) on either a first or second language level throughout their four years of study. A third additional communicative language will also be taken during the third year of study.

The subjects for the Foundation Phase are set and cover the theory and practice of all the learning programmes of Grades R to 3, including:

. Information Communication Technologies for Learning (ICT)

. Development and Learning

. Life Skills

. Addressing Diverse Learning Needs

. Grade R Theory and Practice

. Language Education