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    Overview

    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?

    About this paper

    Paper title Studies in Teacher Education, Development, and Learning
    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

    postgrad.education@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Associate Professor Alex Gunn

    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. Critically analyse the contribution of teacher education to education system development
    2. Analyse and report on issues in teacher education programme design, implementation, and evaluation
    3. Review and report on teacher education scholarship and practice in an area of professional interest

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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