About
Target Audience
This programme is designed for FET Arts educators who seek to enhance their didactical skills in Design Literacy while integrating socio-cultural, environmental, and contextual design approaches into their teaching.
Learner Profile
- Target Group: Educators teaching Grade 10-12 Design.
- Prior Knowledge: Familiarity with the NSC examination format, core design principles, and prior teaching experience in design subjects.
- Experience: Educators with knowledge of assessment practices in line with the NSC guidelines.
Mode of Delivery
This programme is offered through multiple learning modes to ensure accessibility and flexibility:
- Online (OL): Virtual sessions for remote participation.
- Face-to-Face (F2F): In-person workshops.
- Distance Learning (DL): Self-paced study materials.
- Blended Learning (BL): A mix of online and in-person engagement.
Outcomes
- Enhancing teachers' understanding and proficiency in assessment practices, the program ultimately aims to contribute to improved educational outcomes for students.
- Equipping educators with the necessary and desired understanding of conceptual art, including the development of abstract themes throughout various art movements.
- Providing insight and a better understanding of the basic underlying principles of conceptual art to help teachers accurately use conceptual examples in class activities.
- Enabling teachers to understand and teach the correct narrative, ensuring learners can attempt and succeed in Visual Literacy challenges within the abstract themes of the CAPS curriculum.
Curriculum
- Unit 1: Introduction to NSC format – The overview of the content and requirements
- Unit 2: Design Literacy
- Unit 3: Design in a socio-cultural/environmental and sustainable context
- Essay Writing Template
- List of possible designers and new content
- Design Didactical Further Education and Training (FET) Arts
- Unit Summary
- Module Conclusion
- Marking Guidelines