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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Doctor of Philosophy: Educational Psychology

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
16034	Doctor of Philosophy: Educational Psychology
ORIGINATOR
University of the North
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Doctoral Degree	Field 05 - Education, Training and Development		Higher Education and Training
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	360	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 10	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 2663/05	2006-07-01	2009-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2010-06-30		2013-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
81909	Doctor of Philosophy: Educational Psychology	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 10	360	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

1. To develop competent educators capable of contributing to the policy design and implementation psychologists who can deal with mental health issued within the field of education in the fields of education and training in South Africa.

2. To develop necessary knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in the field of human development, psychopathology, educational and psychological assessment techniques and other techniques necessary for the practice of the profession of educational psychology as well as education and training systems in general.

3. To develop educators competent to teach in higher educational institutions and educators with research capabilities relevant for the shaping of qualitative design and implementation of policies for the development of human resource potentials of South Africa through its education and training systems.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Master of Education degree.

Any other qualification at NQFlevel 8 acceptable to the Senate of the University.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrable appreciation and understanding of most recent methodologies in advanced educational research and statistical analysis of data

2. Demonstrable advanced reading skills across a range of interdisciplinary fields of study in education training and development

3. Demonstrable knowledge and skills in writing and presenting information in thesis form capable of withstanding international and intellectual scrutnity as well as being capable of publishing information in acceptable academic for a

4. In-depth appreciation, understanding and knowledge of the specified area of study within education, training and development

5. Demonstrable ability to identify, define and analyse various problems within the field of education as well as being capable of generating, expanding and or refining existing knowledge in the chosen area of study

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1. Class/seminar presentation on comprehensive critical or detailed review of literature relevant to focus area of research

2. Seminar-based approach to show ability for independent self-study activities beyond the face-to-face contact seminar sessions

3. Ability to devise, present and defend a personal three year plan of action in relation to study especially in planning and presentation of a written research proposal, research design, data collection and analysis

4. Ability to present information in oral and written forms either in seminars, workshops and in local and international conferences

5. Synthesis, refining and extension of existing knowledge in the field of focus as well as the general fields of education, training and development with a view to demonstrating creative thinking and reasoned and responsible decision-making

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Internal assessors include senior members of staff with relevant theoretical and research skills

Continuous assessment through tutorials, term papers/assignments, project and supervision site

A doctoral student is expected to make oral presentations of research proposal and research in progress at seminars attended by supervisors and other doctoral students.

Feed-backs from these seminar attendees will be used to revise the proposal or adjust the research in progress. Doctoral students are expected to write conference papers and journal articles

Continuous assessment tests

Written examination and thesis report defence

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT

External assessors include linkage partners from local and international universities (Association of Professional Educators, Teachers organisations, etc)

External assessment for both examination papers and research report. Students will be expected to present and defend orally their thesis reports.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

None

MODERATION OPTIONS

Internal Moderation

* At least one co-supervisor is appointed from the faculty depending on the nature of the research study and the availability of expertise.

* Research proposals are approved by the Faculty Post-Graduate Board, the university Post-graduate Board and the Senate prior to commencement of the project.

* Six-monthly report by the students and supervisors are submitted to Faculty Post Graduate Board and university Post-graduate Board to ensure satisfactory progress.

External Moderation

An external examiner of the thesis is appointed.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

None

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

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