EDPRAC 600A/B : Professional Practice

Education and Social Work

2020 Semester One (1203) / Semester Two (1205) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Uses an evidence-based approach to support students to develop the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for effective teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand, while examining what it means to demonstrate commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Builds professional relationships and enact practices that sustain culturally responsive, ethical, learner-focused relationships with diverse ākonga, colleagues, and whanau in complex environments.

Course Overview

Students will complete a total of 16 weeks of practicum in the Graduate Diploma Teaching programme.
The number and duration of placements varies according to sector, ie, ECE, Primary and Secondary qualifications follow different placement patterns.
Practicum placements usually include block placements along with observation days in advance of the block placement. 

Pre-service teachers are assessed both by the teachers they are working with in centres and schools, and by a visiting university supervisor who will observe them.

Course Requirements

Restriction: EDPRAC 607, 608, 621, 622 To complete this course students must enrol in EDPRAC 600 A and B, or EDPRAC 600

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Build and sustain positive, respectful, and ethical relationships and communicate professionally with ākonga, whanau, colleagues, and the wider community. (Capability 4.1 and 4.2)
  2. Critically reflect on their enactment of appropriate professional practices to create positive learning environments that are responsive to ākonga by drawing on theory, research, and evidence to facilitate an appropriate curriculum. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.2 and 3.1)
  3. Demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, dispositions, and level of practice required for effective teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand that align with external professional standards. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  4. Use digital technologies to foster and enhance collaboration. (Capability 1.2 and 4.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Practical 100% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Practical

The "practical" component of this course comprises 16 weeks of practicum in centre/school-based settings.

Workload Expectations

This course is a practicum-focused course which includes 16 weeks of practicum placement in educational settings. 

For this course, you can expect on-campus lectures and classes in support of your practicum experiences. The frequency of these will vary according to sector and timing of your placements, but in general these sessions will average one-to-two hours, occurring weekly in the secondary sector, allocated differently for primary and ECE.

As well as assessment of your teaching while on practicum, you must also document your teaching experience via a portfolio of material that helps demonstrate your achievement of the learning outcomes for the course.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 16/12/2019 09:58 a.m.