EDPS152-10X (D) General non-calendar-based 2010 (Distance)

Professional Studies 1B

4.5 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 4 July 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 30 May 2010

Description

Professional Studies is a core compulsory component of the BTchLn and consists of a series of courses which are designed to assist students to identify and meet professional needs. EDPS152 has a focus on understanding how children learn and how teachers can manage this process.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course, successful students will be able to:
  • Use the design process to plan, implement, assess and evaluate children’s learning
  • Demonstrate and justify the sharing of learning intentions with a group/class in at least three essential learning areas
  • Identify and use simple classroom management strategies consistent with a range of approaches to teaching and learning
  • Demonstrate a range of appropriate questioning sequences that challenge children’s thinking
  • Use observation data and their knowledge of children’s devlopment to document, analyse and report on classroom routines and children’s learning
  • Demonstrate an understanding of a range of Models of Teaching based on current research findings

Prerequisites

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator

Vicki Cowley

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Clarke, Shirley , Timperley, Helen., Hattie, John; Unlocking formative assessment : practical strategies for enhancing students' learning in the primary and intermediate classroom ; N.Z. ed; Hodder Moa Beckett, 2003.

McGee, Clive. , Fraser, Deborah; The professional practice of teaching ; 2nd ed; Dunmore Press, 2001.

Recommended Reading

Collis, Mark , Dalton, Joan; Becoming responsible learners : strategies for positive classroom management ; Rev. ed; Eleanor Curtain Publishing, 1990.

And selected readings from:

Smith, A. (1995). The Developing Child, Bridget. William Books
Brady, L. (1985). Models and Methods of Teaching, Sydney, NSW: Prentice-Hall.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $170.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Centre for Professional Practice and Partnerships .

All EDPS152 Occurrences

  • EDPS152-10X (D) General non-calendar-based 2010 (Distance)