FET NCS SUBJECT ORIENTATION

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FET NCS SUBJECT ORIENTATION
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GENERIC OVERVIEW

• OUTCOMES
• Teachers are familiar with
• generic design features of NCS
• alignment between GET and FET
• impact of NCS principles on teaching, learning
• and assessment of the new subjects

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KEY PRINCIPLES AND VALUES UNDERPINNING THE NCS

• SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
• OUTCOMES BASED EDUCATION
• HIGH KNOWLEDGE HIGH SKILLS
• INTEGRATION APPLIED COMPETENCE
• PROGRESSION
• ARTICULATION PORTABILITY
• HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUSIVITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL
  JUSTICE
• VALUING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
• CREDIBILITY, QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY

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DESIGN FEATURES OF THE NCS

• CRITICAL / DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES Key outcomes
  that are inspired by the
• 
  SA constitution,
  including core life
• 
  skills
• LEARNING FIELD
  Serves as a home for cognate subjects
  
• 
  based on the 12
  NQF organising fields
• 
  linked to
  occupational categories
• SUBJECT
  Defined by Learning Outcomes as
  well
• 
  as content
• LEARNING OUTCOME
  Statement of an intended result of
• 
  learning
  teaching (SKAVs)
• ASSESSMENT STANDARDS
  Criteria that provide evidence of what a
• 
  learner should
  know and be able to
• 
  demonstrate at a
  specific grade

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NCS LEARNING FIELDS

• LANGUAGES

ARTS CULTURE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
PHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, COMPUTER, LIFE
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
BUSINESS, COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT SERVICE STUDIES
MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
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LEARNING FIELDARTS CULTURE

• DANCE STUDIES
• DESIGN
• DRAMATIC ARTS
• MUSIC
• VISUAL ARTS

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LINKS WITH GET (RNCS)

• LEARNING AREAS
• LANGUAGES
• MATHEMATICS
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• ARTS CULTURE
• LIFE ORIENTATION
• ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
• TECHNOLOGY

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ALIGNMENTGET FET

• RNCS
• LEARNING AREA
• CLUSTER OF ARTS SUBJECTS
• LEARNING OUTCOMES
• ASSESSMENT STANDARDS
• GRADE 9 GETC EXIT
• SBA (75) CTA (250

• NCS
• LEARNING FIELD
• DISCRETE SUBJECTS
• LEARNING OUTCOMES
• ASSESSMENT STANDARDS
• GRADE 12 FETC
• SBA (25) EXTERNAL EXAMS (75)

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UNDERSTANDING THE NCS SUBJECT STATEMENTS

• DEFINITION

PURPOSE
SCOPE
EDUCATIONAL CAREER LINKS
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TEACHER PREPARATION

• SUBJECT ORIENTATION
• WCED OFFICIALS

INSET SUBJECT CONTENT AND PRACTICAL SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS NGOs
SUBJECT CONTENT AND PRACTICAL SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEER SPECIALIST TEACHERS / EMDC
CLUSTERS
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TRAINING PROPOSALS

• INSET MODULES/ SHORT COURSES
• Theory
• Practical
• e learning (web-based)

• SHORT TERM

• INSET
• Advanced Certificate in
• Education (ACE)
• Informal Sector Practitioners (RPL)

LONG TERM

• PRESET
• Qualified teacher status PGCE
• ABET teacher status
• RPL Informal Sector Practitioners

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ESTABLISH READINESS

• AUDIT
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• Physical Resources
• Appropriate classrooms / studio space etc
• Equipment
• Human Resources
• WCED EMDC CA subject specialists
• Schools Qualified teachers / Under-qualified
  teachers / professional art, design and craft
  practitioners/ informal sector practitioners