Selecting the correct career is a crucial decision with far-reaching implications. It is a choice that will shape your future, underscoring the importance of making an informed decision.
Over the next few weeks, The African Reporter will engage with business people, professionals and other role players, focusing on a specific career every week.
By doing this, we aim to provide valuable guidance to our younger readers navigating their career choices. This week, we give a platform to the lecturer’s career. Mapula Molewa is a lecturer with a passion for teaching.
She said the job entails learning daily.
“I get to make a difference in children’s lives. After completing my undergraduate qualification, I got a job as an education assistant at a primary school, and that is where my love and passion for teaching grew.
”I would like to further my studies by doing an advanced certificate in teaching so I can add my teaching subjects and teach at a primary school,” she said.
What is lecturing?
It is an oral presentation that imparts knowledge or instructs individuals on a specific topic. Students pay attention when the lecturer speaks. With this method, lecturers can impart a lot of knowledge quickly. Typically, the lecturer is the main speaker, and the pupils take notes.
What is a lecturer?
A professional who instructs a course at a college or university. Someone who stands before a class and delivers a structured speech intending to teach something.
What do lecturers do?
Create and distribute educational materials, instruct, support, evaluate and guide students in compliance with the requirements of the training package and/or the pertinent curriculum.
How long does it take?
I studied journalism for three years, then applied for technical and vocational teaching at Stadio for a year.
Acceptance to this one-year course for individuals who have completed a qualification at a higher learning institution.
What high school subjects do I need?
You can choose any stream. Then, when finished with your undergraduate qualification, you can apply for the lecturer course and teach your subject discipline, which will be your undergraduate course.
What are the roles and responsibilities of a lecturer?
It is my role and responsibility to:
• research, instruct pupils, and promote their fields;
• compose and give tutorials, seminars and lectures;
• assemble visual aids and presentations to go with lectures;
• Address any enquiries from pupils;
• Share expertise and experience from the real world.
What skills do I need?
• You need expertise in teaching and the capacity to create courses;
• Proficiency in the English language;
• Exceptional ability to communicate verbally and the ability to think critically.
What are the pros and cons of the job?
• Advantage – You can teach the subject you enjoy and support yourself financially if you do not have too many responsibilities.
• Disadvantage – You should expect to work long hours and be under pressure.
What advice would you give to someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Allow yourself to grow, do your best in class, and think about why you got into the profession whenever it gets tough.
Where do lecturers work?
They work at colleges and universities.
