EDUC101-17SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2017 start

Learning: People, Politics and Processes

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 2 January 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 February 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 6 January 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 3 February 2017

Description

This course introduces students to the study of education with a focus on learning. It draws on a range of psychological and sociological approaches to educational theory and practice and explores how education shapes people's everyday lives. The course addresses questions such as: What do we know about learning? How do we learn? What’s political about learning?

EDUC101 is a popular introductory course for students interested in the psychology and sociology of education. This course is also beneficial for students who are starting out at university and would like some insight into their own learning as well as how learning is shaped by broader political and historical contexts.

Anyone eligible to attend university may enrol in EDUC101.

You can watch a video about EDUC101 on Youtube.

Classes begin Wednesday 4th January 2017.

This course views the concept of learning from psychological and sociological perspectives. Both perspectives include a variety of diverse, thought-provoking themes. Key themes covered in EDUC101 include:

• Behavioural Views of Learning
• Cognitive Views of Learning
• Social Cognitive Views of Learning
• Motivation and Learning
• Learners and their Backgrounds
• Sociology and Educational Systems
• Education as an “Organisation”
• The Hidden Curriculum
• Comparative Education around the World

Although these are not prerequisites, if you liked EDUC102 (Child and Adolescent Development), EDUC103 (Education, Culture and Society) and/or PSYC105 (Introductory Psychology - Brain, Behaviour and Cognition), then you may also like EDUC101.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who engage, participate, and are successful in this course will:
  • Have an understanding of key theories and concepts used in the study of learning;
  • Have demonstrated knowledge and critical thinking skills related to learning and education as a discipline;
  • Have expressed the connections between learning theories and applied settings through outside activities and course assessments; and,
  • Have practiced effective study skills.

Course Coordinator

Valerie Sotardi

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Mastery Check Quizzes (MCQ) 25% MCQs are short online assessments that measure students' familiarity with topics addressed in weekly lectures and required course readings. Students will complete five weekly MCQs, each worth 5% of the total course grade.
Final Assessment 19 Feb 2017 75% During the span of the course, students will submit weekly written tasks called "executive summaries." The final assessment requires students to analyse and discuss linkages between topics from these executive summaries and to illustrate how these topics could be personally relevant and/or meaningful to them. For the final assessment, there are two components: (a) individual written component (1000 words; 50%); and, (b) individual "e-presentation" (5-10 min; 25%).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $732.00

International fee $2,975.00

* 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 .

All EDUC101 Occurrences

  • EDUC101-17SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2017 start
  • EDUC101-17SU1 (D) Summer Jan 2017 start (Distance)