REGULATIONS FOR THE BACHELOR OF EDUCATION HONOURS DEGREE IN ENGLISH AND LITERACY EDUCATION (EDU28)

Duration:                                   2 Years

Credit Load:                             288

Minimum Credit Load:        240

Maximum Credit Load          300

Maximum MBKS Credit Load  192  

ZNQF Level 8

1.0 PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME

To prepare in-service teachers to teach English up to ‘A’ Level and produce highly qualified personnel for educational institutions, government departments and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).

2.0 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Normal Entry: Diploma/Certificate in Education or equivalent from an accredited and recognised institution.

 

Level 1 Semester 1

Code	Module Description	Credits
BED133	Information Communication Technology	12
BED144	School Curriculum Competencies and Innovation	12
BCHS131	Cultural and Heritage Studies	12
HENGL101	Literary Theory	12
HENGL102	Phonetics and Phonology	12
HENGL103	Zimbabwean Poetry, Drama and Prose	12
HENGL104	Morphology and Syntax in English Language	12

Level 1 Semester 2

Code	Module Description	Credits
BED131	Research Methods and Statistics	12
BED231	Assessment and Evaluation Techniques	12
BED132	Applied Educational Foundations	12
HENGL105	African Poetry, Drama and Prose	12
HENGL106	Analysis of Written and Spoken Discourse	12

Level 2 Semester 1

Code	Module Description	Credits
EDGS231	Gender Studies for Educators	12
BEIE501	Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation in Education	12
BEFM231	School Administration and Financial Management in Education	12
HENGL201	Methods of Teaching English	12
HENGL202	Comment and Appreciation of Poetry, Prose and Drama	12
HENGL203	Caribbean and African American Literature	12

Level 2 Semester 2

Code	Module Description	Credits
HENGL204	Creative Writing	12
HENGL205	World Literature	12
HENGL206	Language Across the Curriculum	12
HENGL207	Language Policy and Planning	12
BED135	Contemporary Issues in Education	12
BED232	Research Project	12

MODULE SYNOPSIS

BED133 Information Communication Technology in Education

This module seeks to equip students with skills for improving learning and teaching through the use of various instructional media that include audio-visual communication.  The module will also familiarise students with different computer software including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint and Publisher.  Upon completion of the module, students should be able to design and use instructional media, create databases and tables, query information from tables, open/close files and directories, analyse students’ performance using Excel formulas and research from the Internet.

BED144 Schools curriculum competencies and innovation

This module introduces students to the theory of curriculum. It explains the concept of “curriculum,” its elements, forces that shape it as well as the basic foundations of the curriculum. Students are exposed to the process of curriculum development guided by basic curriculum models, as well as modalities of dissemination associated with each model. Barriers to implementation, curriculum evaluation and the rationale for changing the curriculum are considered.

 BCHS131 Culture and Heritage studies

This module will introduce scholars to definitions of terms of culture and heritage.  The module will expose the learners to issues like civic education, spirituality, tangible and nontangible Zimbabwean resources.  History of Zimbabwe and its different ethnic groupings in different geographical locations.  Learners would be challenged to be tolerant and enjoy the multicultural status of the nation.

HENGL101 Literary Theory

The purpose of the module is to capacitate students with the tools to explicate and illuminate Zimbabwean, African, Caribbean, Afro American and World literature texts in different genres in preparation to teach literature in English at secondary school and tertiary levels. The module develops skills that ensure compatibility between texts and literary theories in the process of meaning-making for clarity of explanation.  

HENGL102 Phonetics and Phonology

The purpose of the module is to develop language awareness of the phonological and morphological systems of the English Language which provides a knowledge base for the teaching of pronunciation stress and intonation at secondary school and tertiary levels to enhance innovation and the provision of goods and services The module looks at the sound systems of the English Language, places of articulation and manner of articulation and the regressive process.

HENGL103 Zimbabwean Poetry, Drama and Prose

The module gives students the opportunity to use literary theories in unpacking literary genres that originate from Zimbabwe. The literature covers the colonial and post-colonial epochs.  Students develop an appreciation of the aesthetic values that are captured in the literary genres.  Focus is on factors that shaped Zimbabwean Literature.  

HENGL104 Morphology and Syntax in English Language

The module is a continuation of language awareness taking from phonetics and phonology with the desire to create a knowledge base on language form which leads to an understanding of the tangible language structures that are used as tools for human communication. Syntax focuses on sentence structure in English, and morphology looks at word formation

BED131 Research Methods and Statistics

The module will introduce the learners to the basic principles of research. Qualitative and Quantitative approaches to research will be used.  A mixed methods research approach will be introduced in this module research instruments will be explored to give the learners an appreciation of these instruments

BED231 Measurement and Evaluation in Education

The aim is to introduce candidates to the assessment and evaluation techniques using assessment and evaluation models as they apply to educational programmes.  Students will explore principles of test contribution, administration, scoring, item analysis and technical adequacy from both theoretical and practical perspectives.  Candidates are also expected to evaluate the current situation in the schools in the assessment and evaluation section to identify opportunities for change.

EDGS 231 Gender Studies for Educators

The module empowers the students with knowledge and skills that enable them to be gender sensitive in the university, workplace and all their social interactions. Topics covered include Understanding Gender, Theories of Gender Inequalities, Historical Development of Gender, Gender Analysis, and Gender Issues in Society, Redressing Gender Imbalances, Empowerment and Strategies for Creating a Gender Responsive environment. Every student has to pass the module to graduate.

HENGL105 African Poetry, Drama and Prose

The module seeks to interrogate the African experience from the pre-colonial to the modern age. The relationship between orature and contemporary literature is established. The historical and social milieus’ influence on the thematic, stylistic and linguistic features are focused on.

HENGL106 Analysis of Written and Spoken Discourse

The module aims to equip students with skills to analyse language use by members of a speech community.  The focus is on both language form and language function. Spoken discourse and written discourse are studied to create a knowledge base to help learners in secondary school and tertiary level write and speak better. Topics such as cohesion and coherence in sentences, turn-taking, opening and closing sequences of social encounters are looked at.

HENGL201 Methods of Teaching English

Teaching English as a second language is a complex undertaking which requires a knowledge base that facilitates informed decision-making for optimal learning. It is against this backdrop that this module seeks to equip in-service teachers with teaching methods in both English Language and Literature to enable insightful decision-making in their teaching and to open up new avenues for research in language teaching and literature.

BEIE501 Entrepreneurship for Educators

The modules give basics on how business is managed from a small scale to a high scale. The module will expose the learners to various business models and financial management systems that can be used to start and sustain business projects. Marketing strategies will also form part of this module.

BEFM231 School Administration and Financial Management in Education

The module introduces students to sound administration and financial management practices followed in schools and other educational institutions. It tackles the basic tenets of the nature and purpose of administration and familiarises students with skills in budgeting and budgetary control. Students are further introduced to the accounting requirements of Treasury Instructions, the School Services Fund, the General-Purpose Fund and School Development Association Funds. Students shall have been equipped with financial literacy to establish their business enterprises.

BED132 Applied Educational Foundations

This module equips students with basic philosophical, psychological and sociological theories that are central to the learning and development of children from diverse backgrounds. The module also interrogates the interconnection between educational foundations and innovation, thereby further equipping students with vibrant critical thinking skills to awaken the creative capabilities inherent in them.

HENGL202 Comment and Appreciation of Poetry, Prose and Drama

This module equips the student with critical analytical skills. Emphasis is on the relationship between meaning and style. All the key genres of literature that is, poetry, prose and drama are focused on.  Passages covered include the seen and unseen.

HENGL203 Caribbean and African American Literature

The module seeks to familiarise students with an appreciation of Caribbean and African American Literature. The module facilitates the application of literary theories acquired to unpack the relevant texts as well as to undertake a comparative analysis between this literature as well as African and other world literatures.

HENGL204 Creative Writing

The module focuses on developing creative abilities. Skills inherent to the creative writing process are covered. These include theme identification, theme development, characterisation, plot structure and plot development, setting, tone, mood/ atmosphere, language, rhythm, pace and imagery. Theoretical knowledge of these skills shall be examined.

HENGL205 World Literature

The aim of the module is to expose students to the historical and socio-cultural contexts that inform literature from Europe, Asia and America. Literary theories are applied to interrogate the thematic concerns and stylistic features of texts selected from drama, prose and poetry. The module covers a wide range of eras.

HENGL206 Language across the Curriculum

Language is a conduit through which learning takes place in the curriculum process. The module examines the relationship between language and abstract thought processes such as those found in sciences in describing the techniques and processes and in evoking responses  to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills across the curriculum.

HENGL207 Language Policy and Planning

Zimbabwe is a multilingual nation and the module gives insight into its linguistic heritage and the roles assigned to its languages to instigate debate and research on the economic viability, social acceptability and pedagogical soundness of the language decisions that Zimbabwe has made from the colonial, pre-colonial and post-colonial epochs.

BED135 Contemporary Issues in Education

The module exposes students to the most current global trends that address the needs of Agenda 3030 and how they affect the Zimbabwean Education system.   It equips students with knowledge and skills meant to address socio-economic and political challenges faced in promoting innovation, industrialisation and modernisation through Education 5.0.

BED232 Research Project

In the final year of their studies, students carry out research in a subject-related area. The research project enables the students to sharpen their research skills and at the same time apply the content learnt during the studies. At the end of the projects, students are expected to have acquired research skills and learnt presentation and project proposal writing skills.