EDPROF 703 : Practitioner Inquiry Techniques

Education and Social Work

2020 Semester One (1203) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Students will investigate a range of practitioner-inquiry approaches and develop an understanding of practitioner tools for empirical study of practices to improve student learning. Critical analysis of how practitioner-inquiry questions are constructed and the ability to situate and view educational issues within major theoretical frameworks will be developed. Students will design a well justified proposal for investigating professional practice.

Course Overview

This course provides the tools, skills and  opportunity to study your own practice in more detail. What drives your curiosity about teaching? What particularly intrigues you, worries you, or surprises you?  This paper introduces you to some methods you can use in your work place to investigate your own practice. 

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: EDPROF 702 and 30 points from the Master of Education Practice Schedule

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Critically examine the use of practitioner inquiry approaches as a way of furthering professional knowledge and practice in relation to educational issues and/or problems of practice (Capability 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
  2. Develop understandings about selected practitioner inquiry methods and tools. (Capability 1.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Assignments 10% Individual Coursework
Presentation 10% Individual Coursework
Presentation 10% Individual Coursework
Assignments 70% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2
Assignments
Presentation
Presentation
Assignments

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this "hybrid" course, you can expect  18 hours of work-shop sessions (which can be joined either either face-to-face or on-line), and up to 100 hours of independent study - reading and thinking about the content and preparing assignments.

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 20/12/2019 09:59 a.m.