EDUC324-07W (C) Whole Year 2007

Learning Theory

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 September 2007

Description

Uses children's drawing to explore different theories of learning.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to learning theory. By the end of the course, students will feel comfortable with the processes involved in understanding and evaluating theories.

The course considers learning theories and related research evidence. These are related to a study of children’s drawing. Theories regarding children’s learning that are studied include Howard Gardner’s Constructivist-cognition theory, B.F. Skinner’s Radical Behaviourism, Rangimaire Rose Pere’s Ako; Suzuki’s Talent Education; Stanley Greenspan’s the Emotional Basis of Learning; and Edwin Hutchins’ Cognition in the Wild.

In the second and third terms, a project involving working with a child in learning to draw is used as the basis for an exploration of the theories. In the final term, the theoretical approaches are evaluated and the foundations of current learning theory are critiqued.

Skills related to teaching children to draw will be covered in class.

Prerequisites

At least 22 points at 200 level or 28 points at 300 level in EDUC or PSYC.

Restrictions

EDUC224

Course Coordinator

Kathleen Liberty

Textbooks / Resources

Readings will be available on a cost recovery basis

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $918.00

International fee $3,733.00

* 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.

Where a course has been transferred across from CCE to UC and the student is enrolled in 2006 and is continuing in the same programme, the fee for advancing CCE students will be either
   the previous CCE 2006 fee + 10% OR
   the 2007 fee (above)
whichever is the lower.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

All EDUC324 Occurrences

  • EDUC324-07W (C) Whole Year 2007