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EDPROFST 769
: Developing Mentoring Expertise2024 Semester One (1243)
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
452
EDPROFST 790A
: Research Project2024 Semester One (1243)
Restriction: EDPROF 790, 796, EDPROFST 796
To complete this course students must enrol in EDPROFST 790 A and B, or EDPROFST 790
453
EDUC 105
: Teaching: Tales and Traditions2024 Semester One (1243)
Introduction to key ideas on teachers and teaching. Explores teaching traditions, their origins, stories of teaching in New Zealand; stories of teachers that generate change; and how teaching and teachers are understood in a variety of disciplines such as Science, Health, Arts, and Sport. Considers the following: How should we teach? What counts as knowledge? What contradictions do teachers encounter?
No pre-requisites or restrictions
454
EDUC 114
: Introduction to Māori Education2024 Semester One (1243)
An introduction to Māori education and to the education of Māori in Aotearoa. A range of critical issues related to Māori experiences both in and as a result of schooling and education in Aotearoa, and Māori educational interventions that have emerged, are examined.
Restriction: EDUC 103, EDPROFST 100
455
EDUC 115
: Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development2024 Semester One (1243)
Study of factors influencing children's development and socialisation within the culturally and linguistically diverse context of New Zealand. Research from developmental psychology and from family and parenting will be drawn upon to explore physical, emotional, social, cognitive and language development during childhood and adolescence.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
456
EDUC 116
: Introduction to Educational Thought2024 Semester One (1243)
Why do we go to school? What is the purpose of schooling in society and do good grades translate into good jobs? An introduction to the study of education from sociological, historical and philosophical perspectives with reference to the forces that have shaped the development of education, especially in New Zealand. Understanding social inequalities in education relating to ethnicity, gender and class form a central concern of this course.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
457
EDUC 121
: How People Learn2024 Semester One (1243)
Focuses on learning in formal and informal settings and addresses such questions as: why do some things seem easier to learn than others, why do we forget things we once knew, and why do some people learn faster or better than others? Examines the nature of intelligence and how to help personal learning or the learning of others.
Restriction: EDUC 111, 117
458
EDUC 200
: Youth Mentoring2024 Semester One (1243)
A theoretical and applied study of youth mentoring. Students will develop an understanding of theories of youth and youth mentoring, examine current issues in youth mentoring such as cultural perspectives, developmental considerations, and contexts of youth mentoring. Students will also engage in a mentoring internship where they will demonstrate their ability to integrate and apply their developed knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: Any 60 points passed and approval from the Course Director
459
EDUC 201
: History of Education2024 Semester One (1243)
An examination of the nature of historical inquiry with reference to New Zealand's educational past; questions why education has been analysed largely as something planned rather than something experienced and introduces oral history as methodology. Selected aspects of the educational histories of other countries will be discussed for comparative analysis.
Prerequisite: Any 60 points passed
460
EDUC 204
: Philosophy and Sociology of Education2024 Semester One (1243)
An exploration of key educational themes and questions from philosophical and sociological perspectives.
Prerequisite: Any 60 points passed
Restriction: EDUC 206, 208
Restriction: EDUC 206, 208
461
EDUC 212
: Global Education Policy for All?2024 Semester One (1243)
Interrogates how and why education is positioned in contemporary times as a key vehicle for promoting sustainable development and as a fundamental human right. Specific attention is given to the politics and power dynamics behind global educational policies and frameworks, and the impacts these have on learners, educators, communities and societies throughout Oceania and beyond.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
462
EDUC 224
: Assessment and Evaluation in Education2024 Semester One (1243)
An examination of the theoretical and practical dimensions of designing, administering, and interpreting curriculum-aligned assessment and evaluation practices and policy including an introduction to valid and reliable data collection and interpretation practices. Recent New Zealand assessment policy and practice will also be analysed.
Prerequisite: Any 60 points passed
Restriction: EDUC 225
Restriction: EDUC 225
463
EDUC 300
: Understanding Childhood2024 Semester One (1243)
Investigates children’s cultural and social worlds in local and global contexts. 'The course gives a voice to children’s views and understandings of their childhoods. Topics include: What is ‘childhood’? What roles do place and space have in children’s lives? How do children’s rights invite children to participate in their own lives?
Prerequisite: 45 points at Stage II
464
EDUC 308
: The Return of the Teacher2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines the development of teaching and of the role of 'teacher' over time. Draws on examples of teachers from different time periods and cultures to analyse what teaching means and how and why it is valued. Explores implications of different perceptions of the role of teaching and teachers.
Prerequisite: Any 45 points passed at Stage II
465
EDUC 316
: Gifted Education2024 Semester One (1243)
An analysis of the gifted education movement and of the need for appropriate educational provision for gifted and talented students. The course draws on current research to assist with the identification of gifted and talented students and with the development of strategies to meet their learning and emotional needs.
Prerequisite: Any 45 points passed at Stage II
466
EDUC 318
: Teaching Languages in Schools2024 Semester One (1243)
Students who have a working knowledge of a second language will study and apply strategies for classroom teaching of second languages in schools. Following critical reflection on different teaching models used in schools, students will prepare teaching materials, plan class lessons and apply information and communication technology in teaching and learning second languages.
Prerequisite: Any 45 points passed at Stage II
467
EDUC 324
: Inclusive Education and Philosophy2024 Semester One (1243)
Critically appraises philosophical perspectives on education to enable students to articulate a developing philosophy and practice of teaching including the relationship between local, national and global politics and inclusive education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Highlights concepts of social justice, equity and diversity and relates these concepts to competing discourses of ability, (dis)ability and inclusion.
Prerequisite: EDUC 203
468
EDUC 351
: Understanding Behaviour in Classrooms2024 Semester One (1243)
The contribution of social psychological theories and methods to educators' understanding and management of learning and instruction in New Zealand classrooms.
Prerequisite: Any 45 points passed at Stage II
469
EDUC 380
: Methods of Research in Education2024 Semester One (1243)
A grounding in some of the main research and evaluation methods, both quantitative and qualitative, that are useful for educational and social science researchers, and in some of the arguments about their power and legitimacy.
Prerequisite: Any 45 points passed at Stage II
470
EDUC 603A
: Education after Society2024 Semester One (1243)
Critically examines the conceptions that inform education in Aotearoa New Zealand. The course provides critical frameworks for making sense of the complexity of educational issues and prepares students to see themselves as significant actors within education. The course will focus on specific themes and issues that will become the basis for professional inquiry.
Restriction: EDPROFST 612
To complete this course students must enrol in EDUC 603 A and B, or EDUC 603
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EDUC 706
: Measurement and Advanced Statistics2024 Semester One (1243)
Instruction in measurement will cover theories, principles, uses, and techniques for estimating statistical and practical significance, causation, instrument validity, reliability, and error. Principles and methods of factor analysis, structural equation modelling, hierarchical level modelling, missing value analysis, and propensity score analysis will be covered to statistically analyse educational data that are latent, nested, repeated, longitudinal, incomplete, and highly interconnected.
To complete this course students must enrol in EDUC 706 A and B, or EDUC 706
472
EDUC 716
: Education and Diversity2024 Semester One (1243)
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
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EDUC 755
: Social Psychology of the Classroom2024 Semester One (1243)
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 758
: Winners and Losers? Social Theories of Education2024 Semester One (1243)
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
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EDUC 759
: Inclusive Practices for Neurodiversity2024 Semester One (1243)
A critical analysis and application of educational approaches to neurodiversity centred on children and young people’s inclusion, belonging and learning across education settings. Provides an opportunity to critically examine concepts and ideas relating to neurodiversity and their implications for and application to education policy, teaching practice, and approaches to learning support.
No pre-requisites or restrictions