EDUC 203 : Pasifika Education and Diversity
Education and Social Work
2025 Semester Two (1255) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This course acknowledges the importance of embracing and honouring diversity, particularly in a city with a growing Pacific population. It recognizes the unique backgrounds of all our students and places a special focus on the education of Pacific students. This is achieved by delving into the connection between social constructivism and identity, analysing educational policies, and evaluating teacher responsiveness to diversity through the lens of critical theory. The course also explores critical pedagogies and transformative approaches as tools to enrich the learning experiences of a wide range of learners.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 2: | Sustainability |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate and critique their own cultural/social location and assumptions; (Capability 1.1)
- Analyse the role of intersecting systems of inequalities on teachers’ decision making and practice (Capability 1.3 and 2.1)
- 3.Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of pedagogical frameworks that enhance teacher understanding of diverse groups of learners, with a particular focus on Pasifika communities (Capability 3.1 and 3.2)
- 4.Effectively implement digital technologies as a means to enhance communication, collaboration and collaborative knowledge creation (Capability 6.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment One - Part One: Structured reading responses | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignment One - Part Two: Critical Reflection – critical family history | 40% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignment Two - Virtual Presentation | 40% | Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Assignment One - Part One: Structured reading responses | ||||||||||
| Assignment One - Part Two: Critical Reflection – critical family history | ||||||||||
| Assignment Two - Virtual Presentation | ||||||||||
To pass this course you must attempt all assignments and achieve at least 50% for the course overall.
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. A typical semester including the study/exam period totals approximately 15 weeks. This means that for this course you should expect to commit 36 hours to direct contact via on-campus and/or online lectures and tutorials. In addition to lectures and tutorials, you can also reasonably expect to commit approximately 100-120 hours to independent learning. This may include reading, note-taking, face-to-face and/or online discussion, writing, engaging in collaborative group work, problem-solving, undertaking practical tasks, reecting on learning, accessing learning and study resources, and assignment preparation and completion.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including tutorials to complete components of the course. Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials will not be available as recordings. The course will not include live online events including tutorials. The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery.
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.
Student feedback has been considered in the planning for this course.
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.