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EDPROFST 734
: Inclusive Classroom Contexts2022 Semester Two (1225)
An analysis of educational contexts and their impact on the learning and behaviour of students with particular reference to those with special needs. Emphasis is placed upon assisting teachers to develop inclusive learning environments that enhance academic performance and social behaviour.
Restriction: EDPROF 634, 734, EDPROFST 634
452
EDPROFST 738
: Educational Leadership2022 Semester One (1223)
An advanced examination of the theory and practice of educational leadership including the leadership of teaching and learning. Emphasis will be placed on the use of a substantive and integrated knowledge base, which can be applied to authentic work situations and a personal practice context. Focuses on the leadership practices that are central to effective educational leadership.
Restriction: EDPROF 770
453
EDPROFST 739
: Educational Policy and Organisations2022 Semester Two (1225)
An examination of debates about New Zealand educational policy. This course is designed to increase understanding of the policy process and to develop leadership skills and knowledge in being able to interpret and critique policy analyses.
Restriction: EDPROF 771
454
EDPROFST 743
: Family Counselling2022 Semester Two (1225)
An advanced examination of counselling principles as applied to stresses arising within family relationships.
Restriction: EDPROF 743
455
EDPROFST 744
: Pastoral Care and Counselling in Schools2022 Semester One (1223)
Provides an overview of the theory and practice of pastoral care and counselling within New Zealand schools. It includes an examination of pastoral care systems and counselling services, including the roles of staff, in relation to the academic mission of schools, disciplinary systems, the health of children and young people and the school-community interface.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
456
EDPROFST 754
: Critical Research Methodologies in Education2022 Semester Two (1225)
An in-depth examination of ways in which critical research methodologies provide new knowledge and offer alternatives, through analysis of social, cultural, economic, political contexts in education. The critical research paradigm will be explored, to understand various perspectives and methods, and to enhance its use in education research. Students will be expected to design an education inquiry using critical research methodologies.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
457
EDPROFST 755
: The Inquiring Professional2022 Summer School (1220)
Optimise learning through a narrative inquiry into practice. Collaboratively and independently engage with theories, strategies and practices of writing life stories to better understand educational processes, practices, places, and policies. Critically analyse relevant literature in a chosen area of interest through a range of writing strategies. Includes writing a critically reflective narrative to inform future practice.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
458
EDPROFST 757
: Undertaking Research for School Improvement2022 Semester One (1223)
Students will learn how to design research that contributes to the understanding and improvement of educational practice. They will develop an understanding of practitioner based research methods and produce a detailed research proposal that includes a clearly defined, and justified, research design and methodology aimed at studying a specific educational problem.
Restriction: EDPROF 772
459
EDPROFST 764
: Directions in Disability Policy and Practice2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores contemporary issues and influences in the education of learners with disabilities. Critically examines a range of contemporary social, political and educational responses to disability.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
460
EDPROFST 769
: Developing Mentoring Expertise2022 Semester Two (1225)
Mentoring has been identified as being an essential yet complex ingredient for teacher professional learning and development for new and experienced teachers. Underpinning educative models of mentoring is the development of adaptive expertise that builds knowledge through evidence-informed inquiry. Emphasis is placed on catering for the diversity of learning needs throughout professional careers.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
461
EDPROFST 777
: Curriculum: Theory, Issues, Practice2022 Semester Two (1225)
A critical examination of curriculum using a range of leading educational theories with an emphasis on sociological theory. Importance will be placed on the independent critique of contemporary curriculum issues, and the links between theory, policy and practice. A research informed critical understanding will be applied to the NZ Curriculum Framework, or Te Whāriki, or to a sector in the NZ education system.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
462
EDPROFST 782
: Educational Change2022 Semester Two (1225)
Examines the purposes and processes of educational change, including an analysis of practices that promote successful outcomes for change initiatives. Processes of educational change in both New Zealand and international contexts will be studied and critiqued from individual, organisational and systemic perspectives. Focuses on leadership practices that have the potential to promote change for improvement.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
463
EDUC 705
: Education and Global Policymaking2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores the following topics and themes: policy analysis and formulation in the context of development; the impact of the globalisation on, and the role of international agencies in, education for development; human capital theory and human resource development; education and aid; research and consultancy strategies and ethics; New Zealand's ODA policy towards Oceania; global and local intersections in Oceanic education.
Restriction: EDUC 766
464
EDUC 709
: Re-claiming Pasifika Education2022 Semester Two (1225)
A critique of education policy, practice and research as experienced by Pacific-heritage communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Socio-cultural and historical perspectives are utilised. Pacific/Pasifika pedagogical frameworks and research approaches are examined in terms of underlying knowledges, philosophies and discourses and how these might position teachers and researchers in partnership with Pasifika communities, to enhance outcomes for Pasifika learners.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
465
EDUC 713
: Global Childhoods2022 Semester One (1223)
Critically investigates aspects of global childhoods, learning and playing. Using theoretical perspectives from critical childhood studies and early childhood education, this course addresses questions such as: How are concepts, such as sustainability, technology, media, and pandemic, affecting concepts of childhoods? How do changing understandings of childhoods affect children's lives? How do global childhoods impact on curriculum, pedagogy and education?
No pre-requisites or restrictions
466
EDUC 716
: Education and Diversity2022 Semester One (1223)
How do we best teach for the increasing diversity in our educational settings? This course is an advanced study in educational approaches to ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity. Independent critical engagement with antiracist education, bilingual education, cosmopolitan education and critical multiculturalism will occur alongside an examination of educational theory, policy and practice, and in relation to debates in Māori education.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
467
EDUC 732
: Culturally Sustaining Leadership2022 Late Year Term (1227)
An examination of culturally authentic leadership practices in Aotearoa. This course is designed to increase understanding of why there is a need to have culturally aligned leadership and the implications this might have on culturally sustaining that leadership across a range of contexts.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
468
EDUC 735
: Researching Educational Settings2022 Semester Two (1225)
A detailed examination of the assumptions underlying, and processes and practices in different research traditions. The development of understandings of how to conduct research and to analyse, interpret and synthesise research-based information in educational or community settings.
Restriction: EDPROFST 756
469
EDUC 735
: Researching Educational Settings2022 Semester One (1223)
A detailed examination of the assumptions underlying, and processes and practices in different research traditions. The development of understandings of how to conduct research and to analyse, interpret and synthesise research-based information in educational or community settings.
Restriction: EDPROFST 756
470
EDUC 737
: Special Topic: Arts in Communities2022 Semester One (1223)
Community arts involve people in creative processes that have both artistic and social aims. Through practice and critical analysis students will examine arts in justice, development, health and youth settings, and specific sites such as museums. These practices will be analysed in relation to key political and aesthetic debates about the arts and social change.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
471
EDUC 738
: Gifted Learners: Meeting their Needs2022 Semester One (1223)
Covers a range of approaches to identify and provide for the diverse needs of gifted learners in different sectors and interest groups. Acceleration and enrichment strategies will be considered in conjunction with social and emotional implications.
Restriction: EDPROFST 773
472
EDUC 741
: Educational Psychology2022 Semester Two (1225)
An advanced study of cognitive, motivational and social factors influencing learning.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
473
EDUC 755
: Social Psychology of the Classroom2022 Semester One (1223)
A critical examination of key social psychological constructs as they relate to the classroom, student-teacher relationships and learning. Topics such as motivation, stereotyping, class climate, teacher expectation, and teacher and student self-beliefs will be explored in order to critically challenge current teaching practices. Through systematic inquiry students will be expected to identify ways in which a problem of practice can be addressed.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
474
EDUC 756
: Applied Theatre: Performance of Hope2022 Semester Two (1225)
Applied theatre describes a range of performance practices that address significant social issues. Students will engage with practical approaches to applying theatre in diverse community contexts. Building on an historical overview of applied theatre, students will critically consider political, ethical, aesthetic and pedagogic problems and possibilities inherent to theatre practices that actively contribute to social change.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
475
EDUC 758
: Winners and Losers? Social Theories of Education2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines education as a contested site by applying selected critical social theories to current practice and policy issues in a range of educational sectors, from early childhood to tertiary education. Asks whose interests are being most served in the ways in which we currently arrange education and imagines how education could be arranged otherwise.
No pre-requisites or restrictions