TEPI306-17YC2 (C) Year C Second Half 2017

The Pedagogical Threads of Teaching/Te Umanga Ako - Tuia!

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 13 October 2017

Description

This course will require students to revisit the 'threads' of the programme as part of ensuring that they are able to articulate a philosophy of teaching and have a clear understanding both of the teacher registration process and their professional responsibilities.

This course will integrate and interrogate the pedagogical threads, which the students have been addressing across their degree courses. This course will engage the students in critical analysis and reflection of their professional and personal learning, while building their confidence in best practices in teaching and learning. During the course students will articulate a philosophy of teaching and learning which is both cognisant of the pedagogical threads of teaching, the graduating teacher standards, the proponents of an ethical teacher and their emerging identities as a reflective practitioner.

Learning Outcomes

1. Articulate and justify their philosophy as an early years teacher in Aotearoa/New Zealand with Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a reference point.
2. Critically reflect on their own teaching effectiveness in relation to children’s learning and growth in relation to the New Zealand Graduating Teacher Standards.
3. Critique the pedagogical threads related to teaching in early years settings.

Prerequisites

Timetable Note

On campus Students enrolled in TEPI306-17YC2(C) are required to attend compulsory face-to-face sessions at On-site Intensive

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

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Joeana Togiaso

Lecturer

Glynne Mackey

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Annotated Bibliography 15 Sep 2017 50%
Essay and Reflection on Learn 50% Part a) Essay: Due October 20th 45% Part b) Reflection on Learn: Due October 30th 5%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Lee, Wendy(Early childhood education professional); Understanding the Te Whāriki approach : early years education in practice ; Routledge, 2013 (Correct eISBN is 9781135119737).

Nuttall, J. G. , New Zealand Council for Educational Research; Weaving Te Whariki : Aotearoa New Zealand's early childhood curriculum document in theory and practice ; New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2003.

Ritchie, Jenny Ruth , Skerrett, M; Early childhood education in Aotearoa, New Zealand : history, pedagogy, and liberation ; First edition;

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

Grading Scale
Grade    GPA Value        Marks

A+              9            90 – 100
A                8            85 – 89.99
A-               7            80 – 84.99
B+              6            75 – 79.99
B                5            70 – 74.99
B-               4            65 – 69.99
C+              3            60 – 64.99
C                2            55 – 59.99
C-               1            50 – 54.99
D                0            40 – 49.99
E               -1             0 – 39.99

A Pass is 50 marks or over

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 then it will normally not be marked. However, if the course lecturer is notified within 24 hours and there is a genuine issue, for which evidence has been given, it may be considered but that assignment grade is 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

APA Referencing

6th edition APA referencing and citation style must be used for in-text quotations and the final reference section in all assignments where this is required. The following links may be helpful for you. Please remember, your lecturers will not help you with this and nor is it appropriate to put general requests on the forum. Go to the library or seek the correct references online. If you are still having difficulties with APA referencing, please seek early assistance from the Learning Support team.

Tertiary literacy standard

Assignments that do not meet the tertiary literacy standard will be marked but that mark will be sanctioned. The student will be given one opportunity in no more than seven calendar days to correct the assignment so that it demonstrates tertiary technical writing skills such as correct use of spelling, macrons must be used where appropriate when spelling Māori words, sentence structure, punctuation, paragraphing and appropriate use of APA referencing.

Once 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 concerned must be contacted by email a minimum of two days before the due date, and the application must be supported by relevant evidence (e.g. medical certificate, letter from counsellor). 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. 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.

Resubmissions

There will be no resubmissions for this course.

Special consideration of assessment items

Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control, where:
(a)  they have suffered an acute illness, injury, or other reasonably unforeseeable circumstances:
i.    which has prevented them from completing any major item(s) of work for assessment in a course; or
ii.   which has impaired their performance (including by interruption of pre-assessment revision) to the extent that the result(s) are likely to underestimate their true and evidenced level of mastery of the material in the course;
or
(b)  
i.    they have been selected to perform, compete, adjudicate, or officiate as a national sporting representative at national or international competitions; or
ii.   they are members of a national cultural group on tour nationally or internationally.
Please note that applications must be supported by evidence.  Further details are available at the above link.

Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Examinations Office website http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/ within five days of the assessment.

Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the Course Co-ordinator and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required.

Special consideration is not available for items worth less than 10% of the course and may not be available for some other items of assessment as specified in Course Outlines.  (Refer to specific Course Outlines for this information.)

Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.

NB: This information replaces any previous references to special consideration, Aegrotat or Backdated (Late) Withdrawal in the Course Information System, Learn or Course Outlines. If you are unclear about the implications or process please discuss with your Course Coordinator or contact the Student Advice team for assistance.

Where to submit and collect work

Students will be expected to submit their assessments via the online assessment system in the Learn (Moodle) class site by 5.00pm on or before the due date. The lecturer may 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 Internet access and ability to submit their work via the online system. 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.

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 Teacher Education .

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