EDUC101-18SU1 (D) Summer Jan 2018 start (Distance)

Learning: People, Politics and Processes

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 1 January 2018
End Date: Sunday, 11 February 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 5 January 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 26 January 2018

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?

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“Wait, what?” In this course, we address this and other questions about life to understand how people learn, as well as the social, political, and global contexts in which learning takes place. Through these questions, we view learning from diverse perspectives to understand learning in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere around the world. Course assessments are designed in a way that link theories of learning to any academic discipline or subject area while also giving you the opportunity to apply your knowledge in a unique way which can improve your studies at UC.

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.

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

  • By the end of this course Students who engage, participate, and are successful will:
  • Have an understanding of key theories and concepts used in the study of learning;
  • Possess the skills needed to apply learning theories to a variety of academic and non-academic contexts;
  • Be able to link diverse theories of learning to their relevant discipline or subject area
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Timetable Note

Please note that while official course dates are 1 January 2018 - 11 February 2018, teaching for this course and access to the Learn site will commence on Wednesday 3 January 2018.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Valerie Sotardi

Lecturer

Kathleen Quinlivan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Mastery Check Quizzes (MCQ) 30%
Learning Reflections 30%
Final project 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $746.00

International fee $3,038.00

* 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

  • EDUC101-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018 - Not Offered
  • EDUC101-18S1 (D) Semester One 2018 (Distance)
  • EDUC101-18SU1 (C) Summer Jan 2018 start - Not Offered
  • EDUC101-18SU1 (D) Summer Jan 2018 start (Distance)