TEPI101-15YD1 (N) Year D First Half 2015 (Nelson)

The Profession of Teaching

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 5 July 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 31 May 2015

Description

This course is a 100 level, compulsory, foundation course for the BTchLn (Early Childhood) and BTchLn (Primary), which introduces students to what it means to be a teacher in early childhood and primary contexts in New Zealand. It also introduces students to the major threads, conceptual framework and founding documents of the BTchLn, initial teacher education qualification. The course includes a two-day Treaty of Waitangi workshop and a three-week professional practice placement in an early childhood centre or primary school.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Critically reflect on and explain the implications of upholding the Treaty of Waitangi in educational settings
2. Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be a member of the teaching profession and completing the required three week Professional Practice Placement.
3. Describe what it means to be a critically reflective and ethical practitioner
4. Explain why context, in its many aspects, is relevant to the teacher as an ethical professional, particularly in relation to children’s learning and development
5. Describe the major characteristics of The New Zealand Curriculum (2007) and Te Whāriki (1996) and the implications for their enactment in schools and early childhood settings, and discuss other documents relevant to teaching in early childhood and primary settings in Aotearoa/New Zealand
6. Explain how education can be used as a vehicle for social justice
7. Discuss the meaning of diversity in educational settings and how this might be catered for
8. Describe the role of digital technologies in educational settings

Timetable Note

Students enrolled in TEPI101-15YD1(N) are required to attend a COMPULSORY Treaty of Waitangi Workshop.

Treaty of Waitangi Workshop - Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th March 2015.

Any costs, including travel, accommodation, childcare etc, associated with attendance at the On-site Intensive are met by the student.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Students enrolled in TEPI101-15YD1(N) are required to attend a compulsory Professional Practice of two weeks (22 June - 3 Jul 2015) in a Primary school or Early Childhood Centre

Any costs, including travel, accommodation, childcare etc, associated with attendance on Professional Practice are met by the student.

Course Coordinators

Benita Rarere-Briggs and Greg Ellis

Lecturer

Anna Johnstone

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
TEPI101 On Line Quiz 22 Apr 2015 50% On Line Quiz
TEPI101 Essay 28 May 2015 50% Essay

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Fraser, Deborah. , McGee, Clive; The professional practice of teaching ; 4th ed; Cengage Learning, 2012 (2013 Price $100.79).

New Zealand; Te Whariki : he whariki matauranga mo nga mokopuna o Aotearoa : early childhood curriculum ; Learning Media, 1996 (Given to students).

New Zealand; The New Zealand curriculum ; Learning Media for the Ministry of Education, 2007 (Given to students).

O'Connor, Angela. , Diggins, Cathy; On reflection : reflective practice for early childhood educators ; Open Mind Publishing, 2002 (For Early Childhood students 2013 Price $18.90).

Ministry of Education. (2011). Digital portfolios: Guidelines for beginners. Wellington: Ministry of Education. Available from http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/Initiatives/ITAdminSystems/DigitalPortfoliosGuidelinesforbeginners.pdf

New Zealand Educational Institute. Guidelines: Physical Contact with Children. Available at http: [www.nzei.org.nz]
NZ Teachers Council (2007). Graduating Teacher Standards. Available from http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/te/gts/
NZ Teachers Council. Registered Teachers Code of Ethics. Available from http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/required/ethics/codeofethics.stm
NZ Teachers Council. About the New Zealand Teachers Council Code of Ethics. Available from http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/required/ethics/aboutcodeofethics.stm
NZ Teachers Council. Ethical Decision Making. Retrieved on 27-07-2011 from http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/required/ethics/ethicaldecisionmaking.stm

Recommended Readings
Websites
www.minedu.govt.nz
www.tki.org.nz
www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz
www.nzei.org.nz

Notes

Course Content
1. Tiriti o Waitangi – participation, partnership and (active) protection
2. The teacher as a learner
3. Being a professional and Graduating Teacher Standards
4. The ethics of teaching
5. The ‘reflective practitioner’
6. Education as a vehicle for social justice
7. Catering for diversity
8. The importance of context in education
9. Observation and questioning in educational settings
10. The New Zealand Curriculum (2007), Te Whāriki (1996)
11. Introduction to digital technologies: including myportfolio.
12. A two week Professional Practice Placement as assigned in an educational setting.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result. Students should refer to Regulation J of the General Course and Examination Regulations. Work submitted may be analysed by the software Turnitin, to check for plagiarism. Where there is evidence that cheating or plagiarism has occurred students will be awarded an X grade and the matter will be referred to the year level coordinator, and/or the Head of the School of Teacher Education.

Assessment and grading system

There are two graded assignments for this course and each assignment is weighted as stated above. These assignments are graded pass/fail.  Satisfactory completion of each assignment to at least a pass grade is required to pass this course. Also required but not assessed is the satisfactory completion of the Professional Placement Record Book.

Attendance

Students must attend and participate in the course sufficiently to meet the learning outcomes. Insufficient (less than 80%) attendance in this course may make the student ineligible for Professional Practice Placement.
Attendance is compulsory at:
a) the Professional Practice briefing. Non attendance of this briefing may make the student ineligible for Professional Practice Placement
b) the two week Professional Practice Placement.
c) Treaty of Waitangi workshops

Evaluation

Formal and informal evaluation will take place in accordance with the relevant Course Evaluation Policy, to provide feedback to staff about the relevance and validity of what has been learned as well as the quality of course delivery.

Grade moderation

The courses will be internally moderated in accordance with the processes adopted by the College of Education. An examiners’ meeting will be held at the end of the course to determine the final grades and to ensure fairness and consistency.

Late submission of work

All assignments must be submitted on or before the due date. If an assignment is late (without a prior arranged extension) then it will normally not be marked. However, if the course lecturer is notified within 24 hours of the due date and there is a genuine issue, for which evidence must be given, it may be considered but the assignment grade is usually restricted to a minimum passing grade (50%) for that assessment. If the assessment is late it is automatically excluded from a resubmission opportunity unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Other specific requirements

Tertiary literacy standard
Assignments that do not meet a tertiary literacy standard will be marked but that mark will be sanctioned. The student will be given one opportunity to correct the assignment so that it demonstrates tertiary technical writing skills. These skills include the correct use of spelling (including the appropriate use of macrons when spelling Māori words), sentence structure, punctuation, paragraphing and the appropriate use of APA referencing. The corrected work must be resubmitted within seven calendar days.
If the work is at an appropriate tertiary literacy standard the sanction on the mark will be removed.

Requests for extensions

Extensions are reserved for exceptional circumstances only and are not granted automatically. The course lecturer responsible for the assessment must be contacted by email a minimum of two working  days before the due date, and the application must be supported by relevant evidence (e.g. medical certificate, letter from counsellor). The student’s course lecturer will then make a recommendation to the course coordinator who will make a final decision. If an extension is granted there will normally be no resubmit given for that assignment. An extension will normally be for no more than two weeks and the date of the extension must be provided to the student in writing.

Extensions will not be granted because of pressure of university study, e.g. several pieces of work being due around the same time. The procedure for extensions is fully outlined in the College of Education Assessment Guidelines.

Resubmissions

The decision to grant a resubmission will be made by the course lecturer in consultation with the course coordinator and will be subject to the student concerned having demonstrated a satisfactory level of course attendance and participation.
Normally a resubmit will only be considered for assignments which meets most of the pass criteria and meets the tertiary literacy standards and which is within the ‘D’ range (40.00 – 49.99%).
Assignments which have been resubmitted are restricted to a minimum passing grade (C- or 50%) for that assessment.
The timeframe for students resubmitting work will normally be no more than two weeks and the date of the resubmission must be provided to the student in writing.

Aegrotat Considerations

If you are prevented from completing any major item or items of work for assessment in a course, or consider that your performance in any major item or items of work for assessment in a course has been impaired by illness, injury, bereavement or any other critical circumstance you may apply for aegrotat consideration. Aegrotat consideration is available only for major items of work. Major items are examinations, tests and other work worth not less than 10% of the total assessment. Please refer to the UC Policy: (http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/ucpolicy/GetPolicy.aspx?file=aegrotatconsiderationprocedure.pdf)

Where to submit and collect work

Normally, assignments will be submitted and returned via the Learn site. The lecturer will also ask students to submit assessment work through the software Turnitin, to check for plagiarism.  If this option is available students will submit work through Turnitin and obtain a report, after submitting assignments for marking via the Learn site. It is the responsibility of the students to check their emails at least twice a week and ensure Internet access and ability to submit their work via the online system is functioning.  Any technical difficulties should be notified well in advance of the due date so that assistance can be provided or alternative arrangements can be negotiated. If you require assistance, please email ictservicedesk@canterbury.ac.nz, or phone 366 7001 ext 6060.
It is a student’s responsibility to uplift marked work and feedback in a timely manner. It is strongly recommended that students retain a back-up copy of all submitted work.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $697.00

International fee $2,913.00

* 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 Teacher Education .

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