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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Bachelor of Educational Psychology

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
16079	Bachelor of Educational Psychology
ORIGINATOR
Stellenbosch University
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National First Degree(Min 480)	Field 07 - Human and Social Studies		General Social Science
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	480	Level 7	NQF Level 08	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		EXCO 0417/23	2018-07-01	2018-12-31
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2019-12-31		2024-12-31

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 does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The purpose of the qualification is the training of professional counsellors, in order to improve generic skills in the field of Psychology, and secondly to train educators in the Further Education and Training phase.

Further qualification enables professional counsellors to attend to the most important educational psychological isues influencing the lives of South African Learners and communities.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Senior Certificate with Matriculation Exemption or equivalent university admission qualification.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

B Psych Ed qualifiers will:

1. Handle problems of learners within the school or community.
2. Explore different strategies to stimulate learning and development.
3. Work with other professions in various contexts.
4. Manage self and own practice effectively.
5. Collect, analyse, organise and evaluate information regarding educational-psychological issues.
6. Communicate effectively
7. Use science and technology responsibly
8. Interpret the world as a set of interdependent subsystems
9. Design and plan learning support systems
10. Demonstrate sensitivity in various social contexts

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Qualifiers will be able to:

1. Identify and assess problems by way of responsible educational and psychological methods and strategies such as testing, educational measuring, informal evaluation and educational-psychological support and help.
2. Explore and assess different life skills strategies of learners.
3. Support learning's with regards to educational-psychological school- and career-related issues.
4. Know and understand subsystems for reference.
5. Understand principles of ethic responsible practice management.
6. Demonstrate insight in self-management as school- and community counsellors
7. Apply principles of the reflecting practitioner
8. Organise information regarding educational-psychological issues effectively
9. Analyse and evaluate information regarding educational-psychological issues critically.
10. Communicate effectively by way of visual, statistical and/or language skills in both written and oral presentations.
11. Use science and technology effectively and critically with a specific responsibility towards primary health care.
12. Interpret educational-psychological contexts from an eco-systemical approach.
13. Design, plan for and implement learning support and counselling programmes in different contexts.
14. Display a critical, ethically responsible and respectful sensitivity for diversity in different social contexts.

Integrated assessment:

1. Major assignments at fourth-year level assess the student's integration of knowledge and basic competencies acquired in the other modules making up the qualification.
2. One or more inter or multidisciplinary modules at third and fourth-year level function in part as capstone module(s) in which previous training can be assessed across disciplinary boundaries

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification serves as an entry point to the related qualification(s).

PhD (Psych) (Ed).

MODERATION OPTIONS

The University of Stellenboshc has a system of external peer review and evaluation of departments. One of the aspects of the system is an evaluation of the standards and assessment practices of the department.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

The academic staff of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch will be used in a manner which fits into the quality assurance system of the University. These assessors will be registered psychologists on at least a Masters level.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.

NOTES

N/A

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

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1.	Stellenbosch University