(University of the Free State, 2011) Du Toit, Gawie
English: Over the past few years the HEQC audited higher education institutions and
evaluated various programmes presented at these institutions. The Bachelors in
Education degree (BEd) was one of the programmes evaluated at the majority of these
institutions. Explicit levels of progression linked to theoretical depth, articulation
between modules and overlapping, coherence of programmes to a shared vision, and
alignment in modules were some of the typical areas of concern raised in the evaluation
of some of these programmes. The main aim of this article is to conceptualise from
a “pure” curriculum perspective a teacher education programme that is fostered
within a theoretical framework. A further aim is to design BEd programmes, in
order to address the challenges of education in South Africa. An inductive qualitative
approach is used to facilitate the achievement of these aims.