Means of facilitating classroom learning; conditions that foster learning; learning structures; resources; partnerships in learning.
How can you help people learn?
Learning does not just take place inside a classroom. In this paper you will learn how to create the conditions to help people learn, how to structure learning, and how to develop partnerships for learning. This paper is relevant for a wide range of disciplines. Students from other areas of the University have enjoyed success in this paper (e.g. social workers, fitness trainers, sports coaches, and music tutors).
| Paper title | Making Learning Happen |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC253 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2023 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $955.05 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- EDUC 101 or EDUC 102 or 108 points
- Restriction
- EDUC 257
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- With approval, students who have passed EDUC105 prior to 2017 may be admitted without the normal prerequisite.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Dr Kate Rice
- Textbooks
Edwards, C. H. & Watts, V. (2008). Classroom discipline and management: An Australasian perspective (2nd ed.). Milton, Queensland: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd. (Available on close reserve at the Robertson Library.)
Other readings available through eReserve.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Self-motivation,
Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will be able to:
- Identify physical, emotional and intellectual features of environments that facilitate effective learning and develop a range of strategies and procedures to construct such environments
- Analyse critically the appropriateness of a range of models of classroom management within a contemporary framework of teaching and learning
- Articulate and defend the personal theories, beliefs and thinking that guide their own approaches to learning and engage in critical discourse on their own and others' practices
- Demonstrate their understanding of current classroom learning issues within a New Zealand context
- Demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively in writing in an appropriate academic style and standard
