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EDPROFST 208 : Inquiry into Practice 2
Education and Social Work
2025 Semester One (1253) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 2: | Sustainability |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Draw on relevant literature and research to identify characteristics of high quality, effective teaching practice for diverse learners. TCANZ standards: Professional Learning; Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Capability 1.1, 1.3 and 4.1)
- Identify and explain teaching actions required to implement high quality, effective teaching practice for diverse learners in relation to relevant New Zealand curriculum statements. TCANZ standards: Professional Learning; Design for Learning (Capability 2.1 and 2.2)
- Explain the purpose(s) and process of professional reflection TCANZ standard: Professional Learning (Capability 3.1, 5.1, 8.1 and 8.2)
- Use digital technologies as a means to enhance communication, collaboration and collaborative knowledge creation. TCANZ standards: Professional Learning; Professional Relationships; Design for Learning (Capability 6.1 and 7.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Collaborative Tasks (x4) | 20% | Group Coursework |
| Annotated Reflection | 30% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Differentiated Learning Plan | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Collaborative Tasks (x4) | ||||||||||
| Annotated Reflection | ||||||||||
| Differentiated Learning Plan | ||||||||||
To be eligible for a pass in this course, students must complete all assignments and achieve an overall course mark of at least 50%.
In class tasks must be completed in class, and as such there are no opportunities for extensions.
Teaching & Learning Methods
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 18 hours of asynchronous lectures, a weekly in person two-hour workshop (18 hours in total), 60 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 50 hours of work on assignment preparation.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
This course will be taught in a blended approach (with weekly online asynchronous lectures and a weekly 2hr on-campus workshop.
Weekly online course content is offered asynchronously (meaning that course content will be available for students on the course Canvas page at the beginning of the week to work though/engage with at their own pace. This does not require students to be online at a set time nor attend any live online events. It is expected that students will have engaged with the online content before attending the weekly workshop.
The timetabled weekly on-campus workshop involves group activities and discussions that are linked to the wekly lecture and readings. These activities and discussions are carefully structured to support students to complete key components of the course, including assessment requirements. Workshops will not be available as recordings and therefore attendance is expected at these on-campus classes to ensure students’ understanding of all components of the course.
Learning Resources
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.
Students suggested that for assignment 3, Planning for Diversity, students should be encouraged to look ahead and start planning early, perhaps even drafting responses each week. Therefore workshops will now build in opportunity time to address how the weekly content responds to the final assignment, including how to use the Microsoft Word template to complete the assignment.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations 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. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
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 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.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
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.