EDPROF 758 : Inquiring into Practice
Education and Social Work
2020 Semester One (1203) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
The Master of Teaching (Primary) programme is designed so that direct experience of content in school settings is deliberately infused into each course and vice versa so students have the opportunity to directly encounter the phenomena from a learner’s perspective and use reflections on such experiences to further their learning and take action. During the practicum students work with university and school-based teacher educators to make explicit the links between theory and practice, and to assist students to practise and hone their skills and knowledge.
Students will experience and actively engage in and use facets of practice for equity throughout the programme to build transference towards their practice as beginning teachers. These facets are:
• Selecting worthwhile content and designing and implementing learning opportunities aligned to valued learning outcomes
• Connecting to students as learners, and to their lives and experiences
• Creating learning-focused, respectful and supportive learning environments
• Using evidence to scaffold learning and improve teaching
• Adopting an inquiry stance and taking responsibility for further professional engagement and learning
• Recognizing and seeking to address classroom, school and societal practices that reproduce inequity
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 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Collect, , analyse and critically engage with information about learners to inform, evaluate and enhance their teaching practice (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Demonstrate effective practices that are responsive to children’s learning. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Use inquiry cycles to improve practice during a sustained period of teaching. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Demonstrate through an e-portfolio, how their professional learning and practice meet the aims of the programme and the New Zealand Teachering Council’s Graduating Teacher Standards. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework: Practicum | 100% | Individual Coursework |
| 100% |
• Applying knowledge, skills and understandings gained from the other courses in the Master of Teaching (Primary)
• Establishing and demonstrating professional, ethical relationships with children, colleagues and whānau
• Collecting, analysing and critically engaging with information from the school/class to inform, evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of own professional practice
Learning Resources
Workload Expectations
This course blends University and Teaching Council of Aoteoroa New Zealand expectations. Students are expected to engage with the opportunities afforded them as junior colleagues at their school placement. This will mean that hours of attendance will be discussed with each student at each school site (involving attendance within the hours of 8:30am - 4pm as a minimum). Students should expect that there will be planning, preparation and meeting expectations outside of standard school hours. Leave is rarely granted during practicum as any period of leave may impact on a student's ability to meet the course learning outcomes.
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.