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    Overview

    An exploration of current theory and research on learning and teaching relevant to a broad range of educational settings.

    EDUC 403 Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

    • Theories of learning:
      • Explore and critique a range of theories of learning, such as information processing, and social cognitive theory
      • Consider their application to learning contexts
    • Assessment (formative and summative):
      • Understand approaches to assessment and how they impact upon student learning
    • Metacognition:
      • Understand metacognition
      • how metacognition impacts on academic success
      • how metacognitive thinking can be scaffolded
    • Teacher and learner beliefs and motivation:
      • Understand the part that affective factors, such as self efficacy beliefs, have on student success

    About this paper

    Paper title Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
    Subject Education
    EFTS 0.1667
    Points 20 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,240.75
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    PGCertEdLn, PGDipEdLn, MEdLn, BA(Hons), PGDipArts, MA(Coursework), MA(Thesis)
    Notes
    Students outside of the approved programmes, with 54 300-level EDUC points, may be admitted with approval from the Dean of the College of Education.
    Contact

    postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Dr David Berg

     

    Teaching Arrangements

    This Distance Learning paper is taught remotely

    Textbooks

    Students will be expected to access required readings via the library and the Internet and to source their own relevant readings.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes

    By the end of this paper, students will be able to:

    1. Comprehend the richness and complexity of teaching
    2. Apply current perspectives of how people learn
    3. Explore options for teaching approaches for different learning outcomes
    4. Identify and evaluate a wide range of research on teaching and learning
    5. Gain an enhanced understanding of themselves as learners

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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