PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 111 (PSP306P)
ASSIGNMENT 4: TEACHING PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT
Examiner: Mr. CV Ntshangase Total Marks: 30
Moderator: Dr. PN Mogosi Date: 5 September 2025
Instructions to students
Answer all questions
Note:
This assignment must be submitted online via using Bright space.
Your assignment must undergo Turnitin for plagiarism check before submitting.
Please submit your own work to avoid plagiarism which may lead to a ZERO MARK.
Purpose of the Project
The purpose of this exercise is for students to get a deeper understanding of the
following aspects regarding teaching and learning;
Introduction of a lesson
Strategies and techniques to engage learners in a lesson
Different types of questioning
Feedback, peer and self-assessment
reflection
Approach to completing the Project
To complete the project, students will need to collect information by:
observing a lesson presented by their mentor
interviewing their mentor
REPORT: Observation of Mentor Lesson Presentation and Interview
Please request your mentor to allow you undertake an observation of a lesson that
she/he presents. Inform the Mentor that this is part of your Teaching Practice
requirements, and that you will also interview her/him after the lesson to get a more
detailed understanding of the:
introduction of the lesson that were used;
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how the mentor managed her/his time;
how the mentor uses assessments in the lesson;
how the mentor used questions; and
How feedback was provided during the lesson.
Make notes DURING the lesson observation.
Mentor Teacher Interview (5 marks)
Please ask the following questions regarding the lesson that was observed.
Make detailed notes of the mentor’s responses in the space provide below.
REMEMBER – you will use this information to write your report
1. Please share with me what teaching approach you used in the lesson?
2. What methods did you use to manage your time and make sure that the lesson
was completed?
3. What techniques and methods did you use to encourage more learners to
participate in your lesson?
4. What would you do if learners are not participating in the lesson?
5. What type of questions did you use and what was the purpose of the questions?
6. What types of feedback did you provide to learners and what was the intended
purpose of this feedback?
7. What is your understanding of peer and self -assessment? How often do you
implement it, is it effective?
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Student Report of lesson observed (25 marks)
Use the information obtained from your lesson observation and teacher interview
and write a report using the format listed in the table below.
Subject
Grade Duration Date
Lesson Topic
1. Describe how the mentor introduced the lesson?
2. List what assessment strategies and techniques the mentor used to engage learners
during the lesson?
3. List the different types of questions that the mentor asked? Indicate whether most,
some or few learners participated?
4. Describe how the mentor provides feedback to the learners, if any? And also the
mentor’s understanding of peer and self -assessment.
5. What would you do differently if you taught the same lesson?
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Rubric for lesson observation report (Total 30 marks)
Section Good Understanding Partial Needs Unaccept-
Understanding improvement able
Marks (4-5) (2-3) (1) (0)
Introduction How the mentor How the mentor Minimum details No comment
of lesson teacher introduced the teacher introduced the provided on how provided.
lesson and whether lesson and whether mentor teacher
learning intentions and learning intentions and introduced the
success criteria were success criteria were lesson nor on how
used is clearly used is clearly the teacher
described Information described. Limited or ensured that
is also provided on no Information is learners
whether mentor provided on whether understood the LI
teacher ensured that mentor teacher and SC
learners understood ensured that learners
the LI and SC, and how understood the LI and
mentor teacher did this. SC, and how mentor
teacher did this.
Assessment Detailed description Adequate description Limited information No
Strategies provided of the different provided of the was provided information
and assessment strategies different assessment about the different was
techniques and techniques used, strategies and assessment provided.
and how these were techniques used. No strategies and
applied in the lesson. information provided techniques
on how these were observed, nor how
applied in the lesson. these were used.
Use of A clear description of Information only No relevant No
questioning the types of questions provided on the types information description
used by the mentor of questions used by provided on types was
teacher is provided as the mentor teacher or of questions used provided.
well as how the mentor how the mentor and how learners
teacher engaged the teacher engaged the were engaged.
learners. learners.
Feedback to Detailed information Limited or detailed No relevant No
learners, use provided on whether information provided information about information
of peer and and how the mentor on whether and/or how the mentor provided
self- teacher provided the mentor teacher teachers’ approach
assessment feedback to learners. provided feedback to to feedback is
learners. provided.
Student Relevant suggestions A few suggestions for A few suggestions No
suggestions for improvement are improvement are are provided but suggestions
for provided and provided but no or these are not provided.
improvemen explained. Information limited explanation directly related to
t provided is related to provided or not related the observation.
the observation. to the observation.
Mentor Detailed data or Limited data or A few data or No
interview information provided by information provided information information
transcript the mentor displayed. by the mentor provided by the provided
displayed. mentor displayed.