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Engaging with specified curriculum learning areas and developing pedagogically appropriate teaching approaches.
Nau mai. Haere Mai. Welcome to EDUC 477 Secondary Curriculum 1 in the Master of Teaching and Learning. This paper focuses on the New Zealand curriculum and how it applies to secondary school students. In this paper you will do a core curriculum component, which moves into EDUC 577 Secondary Curriculum 2. Within these papers, you will also do three specialist curriculum subjects that continue throughout the year.
| Paper title | Secondary Curriculum 1 |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC477 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (27 January 2020 - 19 June 2020) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $2,047.25 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $6,991.50 |
- Limited to
- MTchgLn
- Notes
- Secondary Education only.
- Contact
Professor David Bell (david.bell@otago.ac.nz)
Dr Naomi Ingram (naomi.ingram@otago.ac.nz)- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinators: Professor David Bell and Dr Naomi Ingram
Other staff: David and Naomi will be supported by a team of curriculum lecturers during the semester. These lecturers are specialists in their individual teaching subjects. Each of your subject lecturers will provide you with an outline of their subject.
- Paper Structure
- The nature and purpose of the New Zealand Curriculum, including principles, vision,
key competencies, values and attitudes, and the learning areas
- The nature and purpose of each curriculum area
- The progression of learning in each curriculum area
- Working as an adaptive expert
- Engaging with learning theories
- Theorising pedagogy
- Critiquing and applying research findings and initiatives
- Culturally responsive, effective pedagogies for a diverse range of learners
- Incorporating Te Reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori into planning in a range of ways (managerial language and classroom, specialist curriculum area vocabulary, contexts, ways of working)
- Planning for diversity, inclusion and challenge
- Resource selection, critique, development, use and evaluation
- Specialist vocabulary (including Te Reo) and concepts associated with curriculum areas
- Strategies and techniques for inquiry learning
- Lesson, unit and year planning
- Management of equipment and resources
- ICT as pedagogy
- Cooperative learning
- Curriculum integration focusing on numeracy and literacy
- Education outside the classroom
- Enhancing teacher-learner relationships and the engagement of adolescent through classroom practices
- Formative and summative assessment for better learning
- Understanding NCEA achievement standards
- Management and design of internal NCEA assessments
- Marking and moderation in NCEA
- Preparing students for external examinations
- Reporting on student achievement
- Scholarship, IB and Cambridge examinations
- Teaching Arrangements
- EDUC 477 has two components:
- Core Sessions
There are core curriculum sessions during which all secondary sector students are together. - Teaching Subjects
You will be doing three teaching subjects. The curriculum lecturer for each of these subjects will contact you with individual timetable information. These sessions will take place either at the university or a school, and will continue into the second semester.
- Core Sessions
- Textbooks
- A list of recommended readings for the core curriculum component is included in the
course outline for this paper.
Readings specific to each curriculum subject area will be distributed by the specialist curriculum lecturers. - Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics,
Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this paper, student teachers will be able to:
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the New Zealand Curriculum in the secondary school context;
- Apply the New Zealand Curriculum to the diverse learning needs of years 7-13 students in specific learning areas using evidence-based approaches;
- Critically engage with a range of theoretical approaches to teaching and learning;
- Plan effectively, identifying appropriate learning intentions, teaching and learning approaches, resources, and assessment strategies to engage diverse learners at years 7-13; and,
- Demonstrate the ability to incorporate te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori in their relevant curriculum areas.
Timetable
Engaging with specified curriculum learning areas and developing pedagogically appropriate teaching approaches.
Nau mai. Haere Mai. Welcome to EDUC 477 Secondary Curriculum 1 in the Master of Teaching and Learning. This paper focuses on the New Zealand curriculum and how it applies to secondary school students. In this paper you will do a core curriculum component, which moves into EDUC 577 Secondary Curriculum 2. Within these papers, you will also do three specialist curriculum subjects that continue throughout the year.
| Paper title | Secondary Curriculum 1 |
|---|---|
| Paper code | EDUC477 |
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (8 January 2021 - 19 June 2021) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2021 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- MTchgLn
- Notes
- Secondary Education only.
- Contact
Professor David Bell (david.bell@otago.ac.nz)
Dr Naomi Ingram (naomi.ingram@otago.ac.nz)- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinators: Professor David Bell and Dr Naomi Ingram
Other staff: David and Naomi will be supported by a team of curriculum lecturers during the semester. These lecturers are specialists in their individual teaching subjects. Each of your subject lecturers will provide you with an outline of their subject.
- Paper Structure
The nature and purpose of the New Zealand Curriculum, including principles, vision, key competencies, values and attitudes, and the learning areas
- The nature and purpose of each curriculum area
- The progression of learning in each curriculum area
Processes of planning, designing, assessing and evaluating pedagogically appropriate approaches to deliver the New Zealand Curriculum
- Working as an adaptive expert
- Engaging with learning theories
- Theorising pedagogy
- Critiquing and applying research findings and initiatives
Diversity and inclusion
- Culturally responsive, effective pedagogies for a diverse range of learners
- Incorporating Te Reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori into planning in a range of ways (managerial language and classroom, specialist curriculum area vocabulary, contexts, ways of working)
- Planning for diversity, inclusion and challenge
Pedagogies for effective learning as applied to specific learning areas at years 7-13
- Resource selection, critique, development, use and evaluation
- Specialist vocabulary (including Te Reo) and concepts associated with curriculum areas
- Strategies and techniques for inquiry learning
- Lesson, unit and year planning
- Management of equipment and resources
- ICT as pedagogy
- Cooperative learning
- Curriculum integration focusing on numeracy and literacy
- Education outside the classroom
- Enhancing teacher-learner relationships and the engagement of adolescent through classroom practices
Approaches to assessment
- Formative and summative assessment for better learning
- Understanding NCEA achievement standards
- Management and design of internal NCEA assessments
- Marking and moderation in NCEA
- Preparing students for external examinations
- Reporting on student achievement
- Scholarship, IB and Cambridge examinations
- Teaching Arrangements
- EDUC 477 has two components:
- Core Sessions
There are core curriculum sessions during which all secondary sector students are together. - Teaching Subjects
You will be doing three teaching subjects. The curriculum lecturer for each of these subjects will contact you with individual timetable information. These sessions will take place either at the university or a school, and will continue into the second semester.
- Core Sessions
- Textbooks
- A list of recommended readings for the core curriculum component is included in the
course outline for this paper.
Readings specific to each curriculum subject area will be distributed by the specialist curriculum lecturers. - Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics,
Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Student teachers who successfully complete this paper will be able to
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the New Zealand Curriculum in the secondary school context
- Apply the New Zealand Curriculum to the diverse learning needs of years 7-13 students in specific learning areas using evidence-based approaches
- Critically engage with a range of theoretical approaches to teaching and learning
- Plan effectively, identifying appropriate learning intentions, teaching and learning approaches, resources, and assessment strategies to engage diverse learners at years 7-13
- Demonstrate the ability to incorporate te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori in their relevant curriculum areas
