EDPROF 754 : Promoting Learning through Inquiry: Understanding our World

Education and Social Work

2020 Summer School (1200) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Students will explore and experience the role that science and technology play in current issues in their community. They will analyse and justify their developing pedagogy in terms of a learning theory that underpins science and technology teaching practice.

Course Overview

Students will reflect on their perceptions of science and technology and how they influence their pedagogy.  Next they will explore the nature of science and nature of technology and how they can implement these into their pedagogy.  They will also explore how to integrate these two learning areas in a way that maintains the particular nature of each.  A relevant learning theory that underpins science and technology education and how this theory can enhance pedagogy will be discussed.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

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

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Use their understanding of science and technology pedagogy to teach about current issues in their communities. (Capability 1.1 and 1.2)
  2. Take account of the influence of different world views when teaching science and technology. (Capability 2.1 and 5.1)
  3. Justify their choice of learning theory that underpins their science and technology pedagogy. (Capability 1.2 and 2.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Presentation 15% Group Coursework
Project 15% Group Coursework
Reflection 30% Individual Coursework
Report 40% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3
Presentation
Project
Reflection
Report
Completion to the satisfaction of the examiners means students must achieve at least 50% of the course and hand in all 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 course, you can expect 24 hours of lectures, 100-125 hours of reading and thinking about the content and work on assignments and/or test preparation.

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.

In the last evaluation, students wrote that they liked the the guidance given about completing the assignments and having access to exemplars.  Also, students appreciated the helpful, quality feedback that they received from the lecturers about their assignments.  Comments were also made about the readings fora helping learning.  The majority of the comments about suggested improvements related to streamlining the third and fourth assignments. People wanted more marks given to the online discussion fora.

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 11/10/2019 08:45 a.m.