Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes:

Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Critically review and apply relevant education theories, principles, procedures, and practices, research methodologies, methods, and techniques to support the development of convincing arguments and positions in assignments, research reports, and examinations.
  • Drawing on examples from around the world with an emphasis on Africa to critically discuss education with reference to current literature and case studies.
• Discuss the current state of education in South Africa in relation to the history of education.

Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Critically examine current issues in early childhood education with reference to current literature and relevant theory.
• Critically evaluate and discuss current trends in multilingualism and the role of indigenous languages in teaching with reference to current literature and relevant theory.
• Critically analyze and discuss current issues in school leadership with reference to current literature and relevant theory.
• Critically evaluate current trends in curriculum development with reference to current literature and relevant theory.
• Critically evaluate and discuss current trends in mathematics education with reference to the development of mathematics in Africa.

Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Evaluate and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of blended technologies and their application in South Africa with reference to current literature and case studies.
• Develop and implement curricula and classroom activities through the optimum use of technology to enrich and enhance teaching and learning.
• Critically review case studies and blended teaching technologies, identify strengths and weaknesses, and propose modifications based on best practices.
• Evaluate the potential of blended technologies to facilitate teaching and learning in early childhood.

Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Apply relevant philosophies and research paradigms in early childhood teaching and learning.
• Manage perspectives from different disciplines and successfully bring together creative tensions such that multiple voices are heard.
• Select and fully justify given familiar and unfamiliar research topics and appropriate research paradigms.
• Analyze knowledge and nature of knowing in the social sciences and education with reference to relevant theory and philosophy.

Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Evaluate information from a wide range of sources in the research paper and all assignments.
• Critically review and analyze existing knowledge in education.
• Manage contradictory information and consider alternative viewpoints and a balanced conclusion.
• Include a critical assessment of the validity of the source and published reference work.

Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Evaluate and apply research paradigms used in education research.
• Correctly apply routine and specialized methods used in education.
• Clearly describe the inherent weaknesses of an applied or recommended method.
• Recommend and fully justify in familiar and unfamiliar examples, a range of approaches to data collection and select an appropriate method.

Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Decide and clearly present the project question and scope.
• Use the literature review to support the project, which is comprehensive, uses a range of information sources and demonstrates a critical evaluation of each source.
• Indicate timeframes, budgets, goals, targets, and indicators in the project plan.
• Identify and select appropriate methods including statistical methods.
• Collect, collate, and analyze data successfully.
• Interpret and discuss data in the context of the available information gathered in the literature review.
• Formulate and justify recommendations supported by the data.
• Present the research report in a format appropriate for the discipline.

Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Obtain ethical approval prior to starting any research.
• Correctly identify ethical issues in education and address them in the research paper and assignments.

Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Communicate research project results to professional and lay audiences using appropriate language and technology.
• Communicate oral arguments in a convincing manner.
• Communicate complex concepts, ideas, and theories in clear and engaging presentations within the given time.
• Use appropriate language in the presented research paper and assignments in the approved style and adhere to norms for academic writing.
• Use standard referencing style accurately and consistently in the research paper.
• Communicate written arguments convincingly.
• Present statistical results in the research paper.

Exit Level Outcome 10:

• Agree on and execute group work and allocate responsibilities within the group.
• Plan, execute and complete group assignments and successfully submit research report within the time frame.

Exit Level Outcome 11:

• Submit all assignments on time.
• Include positive and constructive reflections on the research journal.
• Critically consider and successfully incorporate feedback into iterative drafts of work.

Integrated Assessment:

• Formative Assessment:
  • Minimum of four formative assessment activities per module.
  • Feedback used by learners to improve their learning.
  • Assessment tasks closely aligned with learning outcomes of each module.
  • Variety of assessment techniques used.
• Summative Assessment:
  • Assess the extent to which learners have achieved the outcomes of the theory modules at the end of each module and in a formal examination.
  • Research project as an integration tool for learning and assessment.
  • Full details of assessment included in module outlines.
  • Final module mark calculated as weighted average of formative and summative assessment.
• Assessment Techniques:
  • On and offline tests.
  • Assignments, individual and group assignments.
  • Integrated assignments, portfolios, reflective journals.
  • Presentations, critical discussions, reports, research assignments.

These criteria provide a comprehensive framework for assessing learning outcomes in the qualification, ensuring that learners are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills in the field of education.