UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

2025
TPS3703
Teaching Practice III
Assignment 1B
100 Marks

Instructions to students:

• Write neat and legible.

• Students who will start their teaching practice after the due date of Assignment 1 are
advised to do this assignment since the assignment is not directly linked to their
teaching practice.
• Students who will do Assignment 1B must not do Assignment 1A.
• Students are required to attach letters of confirmation for their teaching practice
placement from the teaching practice office.
• A student will be penalised for submitting untidy work.
• Assignment submitted facing upside down won’t be marked.
• Assignments without declarations won’t be marked.
• Plagiarised work won’t be marked, and disciplinary actions will be taken against the
student.
• Please type your work, handwritten assignment won’t be marked.
• The length of this assignment should be 15 pages and below. Assignments
exceeding 15 pages won’t be marked.
• There will be no mark for students who submitted blank pages.
• Students should note that second attempts are granted to students who have valid
reasons, no student is entitled to second attempt. It is the lecturer’s prerogative to
grant a second attempt to a student if he/she (lecturer) deems fit.
• No extension will be granted to students for this assignment.
• Students are advised to submit this assignment after two weeks (10 days) after
commencing with their teaching practice. The lecturer will enforce this and those
students who will not comply will be heavily punished.

Open Rubric
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

2025

TPS3703

Teaching Practice III

Assignment 1B

100 Marks

Student Surname and Initials: ____________________________________

Student Number: _______________________________________________

Module Code: _________________________________________________

Academic year: _______________________________________________

Subject majors:_______________________________________________

Subjects Taught/Observed: __________________________________________

 Name of the School________________________________________________

Contact details of the school: ________________________________________

NB: Use this cover page as a formal cover page for this assignment. No submission will be marked,
without this cover page.

For the period that you are a student in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional
Studies, the following declaration must accompany all your written work to be submitted. No
written work will be accepted unless the declaration has been completed and attached.

I (full names): _____________________________________

Student number: _____________________________________
Subject/module code: __________________________________
Declare that:
1. I understand what plagiarism entails and I am aware of the university’s policy
in this regard.
2. This ______________________ (e.g., essay, report, project, assignment,
dissertation, thesis) is my own, original work. Where I have used someone else’s work
(whether from a printed source, the internet, or any other source), due
acknowledgement has been given and reference has been made according to
departmental requirements.
3. I have not made use of another student’s previous work and submitted it as my
own.
4. I have not allowed – nor will allow – anyone to copy my work with the intention
of presenting it as their own work.
Signature: __________________________________ Date: __________________
NB: A fully completed declaration should come after your cover page of your assignment. No
assignment will be marked without a fully completed and signed declaration. No emailed declarations
will be accepted, and there is no second attempt that will be granted to students who will fail to sign
declaration form.
 Follow the formatting outlined below. Failure to follow this will results to loss of
marks.
Font: Arial
Font size: 12
Spacing: 1.5
Referencing style: Harvard referencing style

1.1. As part of this assignment, you are required to attach a letter from the teaching practice
office confirming your placement in the school of your choice where you will complete
your teaching practice. All TPS3703 students are required to complete their teaching
practice in a high school and teach one major subject in the FET phase (Grades 10–
12). Attaching the confirmation letter of placement from the teaching practice will
account for 10% of the total mark for this assignment. No assignment will be marked
without the confirmation of placement. [10]
1.2. Reflection-in-Action

During the second week (first 10 days) of practical teaching, write a fifteen-page teaching
statement outlining the importance of teaching practice and teaching in general. In your
teaching statement include the following:

• The importance of teaching practice to you (5)

• The expectations you had before engaging in teaching practice (5).
• The actual experience of teaching practice (10).
• The importance of teaching as career to you (10).
• How would you meet the needs of diverse learners at the school? (10)
• How would you work in collaboration with your colleagues to improve teaching and
learning at school? (10)
• Explain the teaching approach/es that you subscribe to as a teacher and why? (10)
• Discuss different teaching methods that you will implement in your classrooms and
why? (10)
• Discuss how you will integrate technology in your subject and how technology
integration will enhance your pedagogical practices. (10)
• Explain the importance of both formative and summative assessment in your subject
and how both types of assessments contribute to learners’ learning experiences. (10)
[90]
 TOTAL MARKS: 100

2024

TPS3703
TEACHING PRACTCE III
ASSIGNMENT 1B

100 MARKS
MARKING GUIDELINES

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REFLECTION-IN ACTION

Aspects 0 1 2 3 4 5
1. Importance Not Presented Partially Adequately The student The
of teaching presented but not in a covered covered presented student
practice clear this in a very excellently
manner interesting presented
manner this and
provided
examples
2. Expectations Not Presented Partially Adequately The student The
on teaching presented but not in a covered covered presented student
practice clear this in a very excellently
manner interesting presented
manner this and
provided
examples
3. Actual Not Presented Partially Adequately The student The
teaching presented but not in a covered covered presented student
experience clear this in a very excellently
manner presented
 interesting this and
manner provided
examples
4. Importance Not Presented Partially Adequately The student The
of teaching presented but not in a covered covered presented student
clear this in a very excellently
manner interesting presented
manner this and
provided
examples
Aspects 0 1-2 3-4- 5-6 7-8 9-10
5. Meeting Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
learners’ presented but not covered covered presented student
diverse clearly this in a very excellently
needs interesting presented
manner this and
provided
examples.
6. Collaboration Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
with presented but not covered covered presented student
colleagues to clearly this in a very excellently
improve interesting presented
teaching and manner this and
learning provided
examples
7. Teaching Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
approach the identified but not covered covered presented student
student clearly this in a very excellently
subscribes to interesting presented
(learner- manner this and
centred or provided
teacher- examples
centred or
mixed).
8. Teaching Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
methods identified but not covered covered presented student
used by the clearly this in a very excellently
student interesting presented
manner. this and
provided
examples
9. Technology Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
integration in identified but not covered covered presented student
teaching and clearly this in a very excellently
learning interesting presented
manner. this and
provided
examples
10. Importance Not Addressed Partially Adequately The student The
of formative covered but not covered covered presented student
and clearly this in a very excellently
summative interesting presented
assessment manner. this and
in learners’ provided
learning examples.

TOTAL MARKS: 100