Course Purpose
This course aims to orient Further Education and Training (FET) Mathematics teachers to the effective use of GeoGebra as a dynamic teaching and learning tool. Participants will develop foundational digital skills while making explicit connections between GeoGebra and key Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) topics, including Functions, Trigonometry, Geometry, and Analytical Geometry.

Target Audience
FET Mathematics teachers (Grades 10–12) with varying levels of experience in using digital tools who are seeking to strengthen conceptual teaching, learner engagement, and assessment practices through technology integration.

Course Delivery Mode
This is a blended learning course combining face-to-face engagement with online interactive sessions.

Session Dates
Session 1: Face-to-Face
• Friday, 17 April 2026 | 15:00 – 18:00
• Saturday, 18 April 2026 | 08:30 – 14:00

Session 2 & 3: Online
• 22 April 2026
• 5 May 2026

Session 4: Face-to-Face
• Saturday, 9 May 2026

CAPS Focus Areas

• Functions
• Trigonometry
• Geometry
• Analytical Geometry

Course Overview

Module 1: Foundations of GeoGebra for Mathematics Teaching

Participants will:

• Navigate GeoGebra’s interface, including Classic, Graphing and Geometry views.
• Use core tools such as points, sliders, input bar, algebra window, menus and multiple views.
• Explore the educational value of GeoGebra for strengthening conceptual understanding.
• Make links between GeoGebra functionality and CAPS content areas.
• Save, export and organise digital resources for classroom implementation.

Module 2: Teaching Geometry and Analytical Geometry using GeoGebra

Participants will:

• Explore definitions and properties of geometric objects dynamically.
• Investigate relationships between geometrical objects through visual and empirical exploration.
• Formulate and verify conjectures using animation and dynamic modelling.
• Demonstrate inductive and deductive reasoning through visual and dynamic proofs.
• Solve problems using developmental, competence-building and summative assessment tasks, including examples from NSC examination papers.
• Design GeoGebra-enhanced lessons and develop assessment tasks aligned to CAPS.

Module 3: Teaching Relations, Functions and Sequences using GeoGebra

Participants will:

• Explore relations and functions visually and dynamically.
• Investigate graphs of familiar and unfamiliar functions using defining equations and rules.
• Construct and analyse their own functions.
• Examine key properties such as domain, range, intercepts, turning points, intersections, gradients, continuity, and periodicity.
• Explore transformations and inverse relations dynamically.
• Represent and analyse sequences and discrete functions graphically.
• Solve CAPS-aligned problems, including examples from NSC examination papers.
• Design technology-enhanced lessons and develop assessment tasks for functions and sequences.

Expected Course Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will be able to integrate GeoGebra meaningfully into classroom practice to enhance conceptual understanding, learner engagement, investigative learning, and assessment design in FET Mathematics.