TEPI615-26X (C) General non-calendar-based 2026

Research for Teaching

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 November 2026
End Date: Sunday, 17 January 2027
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 November 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 December 2026

Description

Students in this course will examine contemporary educational issues that teachers face in practice in classrooms, schools, and communities. Students will unpack problems of practice using multiple theoretical and practice-based lenses. Issues of social justice, equity, diversity, tangata whenuatanga, and the ecological and cultural aspects of schools and schooling will be the central focus of the course, with student-directed topics also being explored. Positioning the teacher as researcher will allow students to explore varying approaches to educational research.

This is not a research methods course and will not include a data-based research project. Rather, students will explore educational issues and educational research literature to expand and deepen understanding of student-directed topics.

*Please note this course is only available to students who have completed the Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Synthesize, evaluate, and critique educational research as it pertains to problems of practice in educational settings
2. Compare and contrast conceptual and theoretical frameworks for teacher inquiry and practitioner research
3. Critically reflect on the attributes of professional learning communities through theory, research, and experience
4. Construct an understanding of teacher leadership through lenses such as identity, agency, collaboration, learning, inquiry, collective work, career, and organizational theories
5. Deepen knowledge and commitments to social justice, equity, diversity, tangata whenuatanga in education

Prerequisites

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Rehua 005
9 Nov - 20 Dec
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 Rehua 005
9 Nov - 20 Dec

Course Coordinator

Misty Sato

Lecturer

Jude CaƱero Bautista

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,299.00

* 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 Leadership and Professional Practice .

All TEPI615 Occurrences

  • TEPI615-26X (C) General non-calendar-based 2026
  • TEPI615-26X (D) General non-calendar-based 2026 (Distance)