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    Overview

    Engages students in critical dialogue as they articulate and debate innovative and effective professional practice in inclusive early childhood settings in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

    About this paper

    Paper title Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 4
    Subject Education
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period(s) Semester 2 (On campus)
    Semester 2 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $937.50
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    EDPR 301
    Pre or Corequisite
    EDPR 303
    Limited to
    BTchg
    Notes
    Early Childhood Education students only.
    Contact

    Paper Coordinator:  Roberta Carvalho

    Teaching staff

    Meredith Kelly (Invercargill)

    Roberta Carvalho (Dunedin)

    Paper Structure

    Evaluating professionalism in practice:

    • Teacher as researcher

    Debating innovative and effective pedagogical practice:

    • Transforming practice
    • Reconceptualising practice

    Community of learners/ community of practice:

    • Creating communities of learners
    • Creating communities of practice – the theoretical context

    Facilitating children's learning and well-being in inclusive settings:

    • Narrative assessment
    • Planning
    • Pedagogy and environments which include all children
    Textbooks

    Required Texts:

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Teamwork.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete this paper will:

    • Engage in critical teacher inquiry to contribute to a community of practice.
    • Professionally engage in and support a community of practice.
    • Integrate appropriate conversational te reo me ngā tikanga Māori relevant to the early childhood setting and wider community.
    • Comprehensively use the framework of Te Whāriki to plan for children’s learning across the setting.
    • Articulate a teaching philosophy which reflects contemporary theory, policy and practice.

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Thursday 13:00-13:50 29-34, 40-42

    Semester 2

    Location
    Invercargill
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Workshop

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Tuesday 09:00-09:50 29-33, 40-41
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