85 tal-1989

L.N. 85 0( 1989

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.; I>UCATION ACT.

tACT XX IV OF 1988 )

(lr Eduo:-.. 11oo

Hcgula' lon~ for I"" Ikg""" of Bachelor

(11000111'5)

IN cxcrci~c of the l)Owers conferred upon him by section 29 of the

Educat ion Ac!' 1988. Ihe Chancellor of the U n i~crsity of Malta has

promulgated the followin~ Regu lations madc by the Senate of the

Uni\'ersity o f Malta in virtue of the powers oonferrcd upon il by section

.H of the SlI id ACI: -

Citation

n wSI.' Regu lations may be cited as the Rcgu lmions for the Degree

of Bachelor o f EduC"dl ion (Honours) and shall apply ollly to oour.;cs

which .tarled in February 198-1. 1985 and 1986.

'\dmi s~l"n

To be cti~dblc for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Educmion

I. I

I Honours) a cand idut, muSt

compl y with the pro,-isi()ns o[Section 37 of the Educat ion Act 1974;

(i)

~misfy the Entry RI."quircmen l5 in accordance wi th RegulJ1ion 3 be low;

(iil

and

(iii) complete the course of studies as IHid do",," in thC5C Regulations and

qual ify in thc Examinatiuns.

1 lI-ko l":'l HI· l-i§lUdji li jwassal ghall-Grad bl-Unuri la' [hcinicr ta· I·

Ed ukaujoni jinf1rcx fuq hames snin.

II.Kwalifiklglllld. Dllu l

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Ka ndiu3 t jista· japplih biex jidhol gllall-kon; fl·Edukau;Oni jckk ikollu

[. 11;cl ecrtifi kali fil·Livcll A Itan:w . .Jew e kwivalcmi. li Illejn minnhom iriuu

jkunu Grad C jew .. hjar (gradi kompensan;onali jkunu kku nsidra!i jckk ik un

hcmm postijict): u

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Erha· Ccrl ifikal; fiI·Livcll O rdi narju jew ckw iv3lcmi .

[ '·,u~i!c ll i offrul; jridu jinkludu

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fa)

1I· /-.1 a!ti (Matrikola ta' Ma lta)

(h)

II · Li ngwa Inglib

II·Matcmali ka

(1:)

GhallinqilS ..-;etled minn da"'n: I-Gharbi. il-l-runtit. il -Germ ~nit.

(d)

it-T"'ian

(cl 11,e1 sUJ!.l.'i:l1i ohm mil -l isla appro'-ata.

Spttjali a ilzzjoni f'hi,S lIl1J.\eU Ewll'.'nl

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../.1 K,mdidali l.:w~ l jfikali jridu jispo. ... jalizzaw f~i ,,·ieh .. d mb-su~..:ui mghallma

;ew

n· lsli tuti Tck niti . K ull mcta jista' jkun. I-ghai.'" las-Su~cu

11· bke jjel Sd<looa rji

Ewlicni li ja~md i'·kandidal k ... ·alifikat tintlaqa"; madankollu '·iSludcmi jistghu

iilmc~~cw kjn Spel'jali1.1anjuIlj tas·Suil~cU Ew licni jekk it-tirku,u,nli jkunu jiwihu

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II-b"dida,i jrid ikollhom Grad 'C jew ~hla fil-li~'('1I Avanzm ,..'W'

d w;valem; fi,·"u.!.!ct! ma~lu l ,I1Iall·bpetjalizzan:joni.

E<,cczz~,"i

fi huan ~ hawn (uq: Kandid,!\i li jaghilu Spd jaliu.aujoni la"

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<;U{:':<'U Ewlicni

Fi~ - Xienza jrid ikollhom lCW~ tcrti fikati tal -Un'" 'A" minn (l1',t

( :1)

il- Bi;ulnJ!ija _ il- Ki mika _ il-Fi;:ika,

et-) A-Ekonomija wd-D<lr irid ikollhom I-Ekonomija mu-i),lf fil -Li,'c ll -0',

(t) fil- Hjma jrid ikolltwm Hjal:l u Lbics fil -Uwll-O'

(d) n-Eduka7Zjnn i Fit.ika j ridll jgh,.ddu minn uprilllllr I<'SI.

( N . U. EMa ~U.:...:cll m:l jisl:l' jkun nffrul fil -Un'lIi -A' u -0' r tlaqqa. )

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U-Hinja lal-Ko"

II-k"f' fih h,mu:"'s ~ll#c l1i twlcnin

I>uratlon o( Course

2. 1 The Course of studies leading to the Honours Degree ,)f Bachelor of

1: Juc"ti'lII e~ l en ds ove r a period of five yenrs.

Entry Rl'tju irernenl.'l

.1. 1 A c:lIldidale may appl y for admis~ion 10 the Course in EduC'oIlion if he is in

' . . "' ...... " i, III uf

I. T hrec pas<;('"S at Ad"anred Le\·cl. or equ ivale nt. 1 ... ·0 of ... ·hich muS! be

G r;,,1c C "r h.,'Il er (compcn rkl IO!), grades ""iII be considered if plhres arc available) ;

:tlld

11 .

Fnur passes at Ordinary Le"el or equivalent.

J .!

Th e suhiccIs offered must include

,I ,bltese (l" I ~ ha Mat ricula lion)

\:,)

E n)!lish Langua~e

Ih)

II')

r>lathemallc:<

lit) A t least Oil\."" frum ArabK:. French. Gcrman. ltalian

le I Any other Ihree suhjccls from Ihe apprmed list.

-"

Main Subjct1 SprdaJil:l lion

1 SuCttSsful candid~~es must special~ in onc of tile subject t3ught in Ihe

Secondary Schools or Technical InSt ilutcS. Whene"c r possible Ihe suc«ssful

candidate 's choice of Muin Subject;s complied wilh: however. stud,'nts may be directed

m a Ma in Subject Specialization if circumslIlnces W3n-ant it.

4. 2 Candidates must be in possession of a Grade 'C' or higheral Ad"3nced Len·J

or cquivalc n! in the subjecl selected for specialization.

4 .3

Exeption wjlllin 2 above: Candidates selecting It Main Subject Speciali1.ation

m

(a) Science must have \wo · A' levels from Biology. Chcmisuy. Physics

(b) Home Economics must have Home Economics al '0' Level;

(c) N~lttrafl must ha" c Needlework and Dress a1 '0' level

(d) I'h~ical Education m l.lSI be successful in an apti tude tt">l.

(N . B.

No subjCl::! may be offered 8t both ·A· and ·0· re~crs. )

CourseStru elur~

5. r The course con tains five major subjccts

(a) Educational Theory and Pedagogy

(b) Ma in Subject Specialization

(c) Subsidiary Subject

(d) Teaching Pmctice

(c) Dissertation

The course is st ructured on the modular or unit s)"Stcm with ninety units. or

5.2

u nits eq uivalent. distributed o'·er the fi,·e ycar programme.

5.3 Course Work includes

Educ31ion~ 1 Theory and Pedagogy

A.

(i) Education Psycholog)·

(ii) Socio·Cuhural Aspeclsof Education

(iii) I' edagogy

B. Main Subjcct Specialization

(iJ Content

(ii) Met hodology

C.

Subsidiary Subject

Te-.. ehlng 1 ..... (1;.". sc.'SSions o( a minimum of 22 weeks will be held during the

5 .4

course.'.

5.5

l)issc: rta lion

Candidates arc requircd to auend dissertation tutorial sessions during tho: course

and submit a dissertation prior to tile- final ex aminations.

n.1 In each scmCSICr o f the COUI"!;C candidates "'ill be assessed in every subject

c'o"e red during the academic year in accord~nC(' ""ith the criteria establ ish~>d b)' the

['.lculty Boa rd .

In each year of the COUI"SoC c-andidates arc assessed in

2

(a)

COUN' Wor \.

Teaching Practice

(b)

fd

Candidates faili ng either Cour.;e Wo rk or Teaching Pract ice in any year arc

r~'quired tn "'ithdraw unless covered by the appropriate University Statu te regarding

r.:-ad m issinn to courses ,.nd resits.

In the Final Year candidates must complete sat isfactorily

6..1

I. COU RSE WOR K AND FINA L EXAMINATIONS

In the Fina l Year course work is madc up of the following

(a)

(i) Educa tional Ps)<chology and Human De"elopmenl

(ii) $ocio-Cultural Aspects of Education

(iii) Mai n Subject Speciahation

(i,') Subsidia ry SUbjttt

Ch)

Final E~aminations arc held in

(il

Educa tionall'sychology and Human Developmen t

(ii)

Socio-Cultural Aspectsof Ed ucation

( iii)

Main Subject Specialization

FI'lA L TEAC HI NG PRACTICE

CandidaICS failing Final Teach ing I'raetire are allowed a period o f cxtcnded

practice for re-asscssmem.

Ill.

DISSE RTATION

Candidates are required 10 presen t a disse rt ation on an approved subjeet

under tutori:!1 supervision . A disse rt ation which does nOI reach the required

standard may be re ·suhmittedoncc wit hin two yean; from the dmeofpublication of

results.

6.5 Estern:!1 E~aminers may be asked 10 assist in Ihe Examination assessment

hdd in :Iny subject :11 any time during the course but this is normally restricled to the

p.:nultima tc and final years.

R l~u lfs

7. 1 In each )'eo r except the Final Year. the assessments over the academic year

.In- publi~hed and graded as A . 8 . C. 0 or Fail for each studen t in each subject.

Bm

Sludcnts .... ho faii in Ihei r Fi nal Year may be re-exami ned in the subject'

7.2

~ u bjects in wh ich they fa il

not later than twe lve m(ml lis afte r the cnd of their fin,,]

lIcadcmi c se mester. Students qualify for the award o f a degree on the sucrnsful

completion of thei r fi nal year .

7.3 In the case o f students who repeat a yea r or arc re-e~ami ncd in tile subjl.'Cl/

,u bjects o f 1 he final yea r t he respect;"e mark earned forwa rd 10 the final clllssirlC:u ion of

the degree shall be the m inimum pass mark.

7.4 The fina l classificatio n of th e degree for every successful studen t will be based

Oil the res ults obtained in cvc ry year of the Cour.;c and published asone resu lt undcr thc

following categories: FI RST CLASS HONOU RS . SECOND CLASS HONOU RS

(Upper Division ), SECOND C LASS HON OU RS (Lower Di vision ). THI RD CLASS

HONOURS and I'ASS.

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