TEPP220-14T2 (D) Term Two 2014 (Distance)

Professional Practice: Designing Learning

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 5 May 2014
End Date: Sunday, 1 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2014

Description

This course is designed to deliver through practical application and first-hand experience in classrooms, the necessary curriculum and pedagogical content required of primary teachers. These experiences enable the student, his/her lecturers and associate teacher to systematically evaluate his/her developing knowledge and skill, identify emergent needs, and to record the student's progress in achieving course learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

  • On the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Use the design process to observe, plan for, implement, access, and evaluate whole class teaching, including the unit of work approach, in at least one learning area other than English or Mathematics.
  • Observe, plan for, implement, assess and evaluate children’s learning in the learning areas of English and Mathematics.
  • Develop constructive and effective contextually appropriate professional relationships with colleagues, parents and pupils.
  • Assume full management of the learning of a whole class for at least three consecutive days.
  • Use critical reflection skills to assess current and future professional needs and development, including effective Te Reo me ōna tikanga.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

TEPP210

Timetable Note

Compulsory ON-SITE INTENSIVE:


Students enrolled in TEPP220-14T2(D) are required to attend compulsory face-to-face sessions at an On-Site Intensive (OSI) in Christchurch:

OSI3 Christchurch

PP Briefing - Friday 11th April 2014


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

Contact Person

Lynda Boyd

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

Professional Practice Folder containing all PP documentation: observations, planning, assessment, evaluation, work samples, reflection and associate teacher assessment. Students are expected to document evidence of having worked towards teaching in all essential learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum (2007) and have met the specified learning outcomes of the course through the following assessed tasks.

There are three assessed tasks:
• Professional Practice folder and professional documentation set out according to give guidelines. (LOs 1,2,3,4.5)
• Use the design process plan for, implement, assess and evaluate whole class teaching, including the unit of work approach, in at least one learning area other than English or Mathematics. (LOs 1,2,)
• Full management of the learning of a whole class for at least three consecutive days. (LO2 3,4)

As this is a professional degree, a passing grade will be required for each of the above tasks.

Attendance

Students will be expected to conduct at least one pre-placement visit at their allocated school.
Full attendance in school for the duration of the practicum, from at least 8.00am - 4.00pm each day, is a requirement.
Students will attend a debriefing interview with their PP lecturer after the placement concludes. This interview wil be conducted at a University of Canterbury campus or via flexible delivery mechanisms.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $670.00

International fee $2,850.00

* 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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