Overview
An introduction to education and children's learning in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
This paper explores how different socio-cultural contexts influence children's learning.
About this paper
| Paper title | Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $955.05 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Corequisite
- EDPR 240
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- Limited to Study Abroad and Exchange students enrolled in initial teacher education programmes at approved partner institutions in their home countries.
- Eligibility
- Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission. View more information about departmental permission.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Melissa Bell
Lecturer: Dr Kim Brown- Paper Structure
Introduction to culture and schooling
- A focus on how social inequalities are reproduced in education based on assumptions about students' ethnicity, culture, social class and linguistic diversity
- Introduction to differing conceptions of culture and links to education
- Kaupapa Māori developments in education
- Treaty principles
- The power of teacher beliefs to shape student achievement, particularly with regard to culture
Education systems
- Political theories and education
The learning process
- Information processing and cognitive and social learning
- Socio-constructivism and the role of culture in learning
Implementing learning
- Teacher beliefs and effects
- Textbooks
Readings available through eReserve.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Appreciate differences in learning arising from individual and cultural contexts (in particular comparing their own context with that of New Zealand)
- Develop a critical awareness of the relationship between education, culture and society
- Describe and critique several theoretical frameworks for understanding the learning process
- Understand how knowledge about learning can be implemented in educational settings