EDUC592 Professional Inquiry

Development of professional skills as a teacher and engagement in critical reflection on professional practice by documenting goals, growth, achievement, and professional attributes developed throughout the course of study. Requires students to identify a need in their profession.

Students will critically reflect on their professional practice and identify a need. They will then be work with a supervisor to design, conduct, analyse, and write up a professional inquiry project.

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Pre or Corequisite

EDUC 412

Limited to

Limited to: MEdLn

Notes

The duration of this paper is 12 months (50 weeks).

Contact

postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

To be confirmed

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.
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Learning Outcomes

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

1. Identify evidence and arguments for and against practices which they already use, practices they could adopt, and consider implications for their teaching.
2. Reflect critically upon their approaches to teaching within the context of contemporary research literature and practice.
3. Use the outcomes of reflection and research to improve their own practices as teachers.
4. Articulate the personal theories, beliefs and thinking that guide their teaching practices.
5. Show evidence that they have a willingness and ability to learn and engage in ongoing learning and to appreciate that learning to teach is a lifelong endeavour.

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