Answer to Question #197155 in English for Remon

Question

6. Reflection

6.1 Do you think the CAPS document can be used to guide teaching? (2)

6.2 How will it help you? (5)

6.3 What do you think is not so good about it? (5)

6.4 Look at each of the aspects addressed in 1- 5.

6.4.1 Will these guidelines or this information be applicable to all contexts 

and learners? (2)

6.4.2 Motivate your answer and give examples. (8)

6.4.3 Attach the first page of the document you used for this exercise. (2)

Answer 1

6.1) CAPS documents issue detailed guidance for teachers on what they ought to teach. Therefore, they can be used to guide teaching.

6.2) As a teacher, the caps document helps ease the administrative burden and ensure consistency when teaching.

6.3) Teaching based on Caps is too rigid for the learner. educators cannot be trusted to take students where they need to be and at the right pace.

Presence of so much content to be covered , there lacks time for consolidation.

The content to be covered is also heavy. we often tend to think that content covered is same as teaching.

the learners are also over-assessed . we forget that assessing students so much is evidence of learning.

6.4) Caps is a type of curriculum assessment policy statement that describes the south African National Curriculum for grades R to 12. it is proving to be unable to slow the pace down and most of the learners are unable to catch up faster on some concepts taught.

6.4.1)These concepts are not applicable to every student. this is because students understand content differently and at different capacities.

6.4.2) teaching using caps covers a range of informal tests that a teacher can use to assess the process of learning by their students. these may include weekly quizzes and assignments. These usually has a major focus on subject matter rather than personalizing learning to fit each student. this fallacy is generalized to fit the general idea that if something is good for someone, then it is good for everyone.