EDUC 209 : The Learning Society

Education and Social Work

2023 Semester Two (1235) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Takes students beyond the classroom to public educative spaces: museums and galleries, libraries, virtual worlds and the street. Students will explore the idea of public pedagogy and its educative reach in the diverse, urban space of Auckland city.

Course Overview

This new 200 level course ‘The Learning Society’ is being offered for the second time in 2022 and can be taken as part of the BA Education schedule. The course responds to the notion that we live in an era of lifelong learning where it has become a mandate to extend learning beyond the classroom walls. It offers students a critical engagement with what Basil Bernstein calls the ‘pedagogic society’. There is no other course like it.
The course aims to be innovative in its delivery and pedagogy, and content. It takes students beyond the classroom to public educative spaces: museums and galleries, libraries, virtual worlds and the street. Students will explore the idea of public pedagogy and its educative reach in the diverse, urban space of Auckland city. A range of pedagogical modes will be utilised in ways to enhance and enact the innovative, borderless and digital conditions for learning.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: 60 points passed

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
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of of the meaning of public pedagogy as a distinct pedagogical relationship that exists outside the economic category of 'teaching' and 'teachers'. (Capability 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.3)
  2. Evaluate different and alternative forms of knowledge and data that contribute to lifelong learning. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  3. Critically evaluate a range of educational sites in Urban Auckland and their significance in constituting public pedagogy. (Capability 1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Coursework 40% Individual Coursework
Coursework 10% Individual Coursework
Coursework 50% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3
Coursework
Coursework
Coursework

To pass this course you need to submit all assessments 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.

For this course, you can expect 12 x 2 hours of lectures, a 1 hour tutorial after every lecture, 10 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 20 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is required at scheduled activities including all lectures, tutorials and field trips  to complete components of the course.
Lectures on campus will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including field trips will not be available as recordings.
Attendance on campus is required for the exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery. However, please note that a significant proportion of this course will involve field trips to various educational sites in Urban Auckland. These field trips will be scheduled at the time of the lecture and tutorial. You will need to find your own form of transport to and from these sites. 

Learning 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.

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.

This course has been well received in all offerings. The most substantive change is the removal of the exam. We agree this strengthens the course and is appropriate to the pedagogical intent of the course. 

Other Information

This course will be conducted at different sites in Urban Auckland for roughly half the scheduled lectures. Please note that you will need to pay the appropriate visiting fee to places like the zoo as and when this is applicable. Most of the educational sites visited will not incur a cost. Please also note that you will need to find your own form of transport to and from the visited sites. Visits are scheduled at the same time as the lectures. 
This course can be offered as part of the Education module in the Bachelor of Arts. 

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.

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 course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, 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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Published on 28/11/2022 09:35 a.m.