EDUC330-09W (C) Whole Year 2009

Instructional Processes

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 September 2009

Description

The components of effective teaching practice, types of learning outcomes, the effects of teaching on learning, and the design of effective teaching procedures.

EDUC330 is a course about how best to help children learn new skills and understandings.  It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in how and when learning occurs or in the best ways of helping others to learn.  The course is organised around the following themes.
* What are the key factors upon which learning depends?
* What are the most effective ways of helping people to achieve different kinds of learning outcomes?
* How should we measure learning?
* How should we measure the effects of teaching on learning?
Lecture classes examine and discuss key findings of the scientific research into learning and teaching.  Laboratory classes provide an introduction to research methods, provide guidance in the completion of a practical research project, and provide the opportunity to examine and discuss examples of teaching procedures and programmes which have been found to be highly effective in developing certain kinds of learning outcomes.

A choice of practical projects is possible. The main options are (a) tutoring a
primary school aged child for several weeks in the third term and measuring the effects of this tutoring on learning or (b) working with a partner to measure performance improvements on an assigned learning task over a 3-week period.

Prerequisites

EDUC211 or 22 points in 200 level Education or 44 points in 200 level Psychology.

Restrictions

EDUC230

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
EDUC330 Mid Year Test 02 Jun 2009 25% Mid Year Test Instructional Processes
EDUC330 Report of research project 08 Sep 2009 40% Report of research project. Instructiona Processes.
EDUC330 Final Test 13 Oct 2009 25% Final Test Instructional Processes
EDUC330 Submitting the research project 09 Jun 2009 10% Submitting the research project proposal by Tuesday 9 June or before (5%) and preparing a poster and presenting a report of your research project (5%).

Textbooks / Resources

Texts should be purchased from the Copy Centre.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $995.00

International fee $4,153.00

* 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 School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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