Inquiry into teacher education in its international context, addressing issues of programme design, implementation, evaluation, and teacher educator development and learning.
EDUC 442 Studies in Teacher Education, Development, and Learning
- Teacher
education systems - International comparisons
- Initial teacher education
- Teacher education and ongoing professional learning and development
- Teacher
education as components of system development and reform
- What part can teacher education play in developing and reforming systems of education?
- When has this been effective/not effective, and why?
- Policy issues in teacher
education
- What are current policy issues facing teacher education?
- How can teacher educators shape education policy and reform?
- Teacher
education programme design, implementation, and evaluation
- Research based and informed teacher education design
- Teacher educator development and
learning
- Certification and professional credentialing issues
- Teacher educators as members of the teaching profession
- Contemporary scholarship
in the field of teacher education
- The current debates in the field of teacher education (e.g. undergraduate versus postgraduate initial teacher education; the model of ongoing teacher development; registration requirements and evidence of these)
- Professional
inquiry
- What is professional inquiry?
- What part does/should professional inquiry play in initial and ongoing teacher education?
| Paper title | Studies in Teacher Education, Development, and Learning |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC442 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,174.57 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- PGCertEdLn, PGDipEdLn, MEdLn
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- 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:
- Critically analyse the contribution of teacher education to education system development
- Analyse and report on issues in teacher education programme design, implementation, and evaluation
- Review and report on teacher education scholarship and practice in an area of professional interest
