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Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Education

The Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Education in Education is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Education offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Education

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

You may specialise in curriculum development, school management or education policy by taking BEdHons and MEd in one of these fields of study. Or, with further training, you can become a remedial teacher (BEdHons and MEd in Educational Support) or an educational psychologist (MEd (Psych)), or you can specialise in curriculum development, school management, or education policy.

Programme content

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.

In the first year of study, Mathematics Education is compulsory for all BEd students. You will therefore take Mathematics (Ed) and two other subject specialisations from the following ones:

• Life Skills
• Natural Sciences (Ed)
• Social Sciences (Ed)

In the second to fourth years of study, however, you will follow only two areas of specialisation. Please take note: To continue with Mathematics as a subject specialisation from your second year, you have to pass Mathematics (Ed) 177 with a final mark of at least 60% in your first year.

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