Teach102 Assignment 1

Informed Response to the Intended Curriculum for Young Citizens of Aotearoa

Weighting: 30% Due: Week 5

Purpose

This assignment draws on the paper’s first four weeks of pedagogy (including engagement with readings) that focuses on curriculum intentions and visions and the structures and frameworks of curriculum making for students in Aotearoa.

Description

Research and write an informed response to a selected curriculum’s vision, intentions and structure for young citizens of Aotearoa. (Select one of these curriculum policies to undertake the assignment: Te Whāriki, The New Zealand Curriculum, Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, or Te Aho Matua).

The informed response will clearly detail the selected curriculum and show analysis of/and understandings of the curriculum policy’s intentions (E.g. vision, purpose, principles, values, structure, competencies, learning areas/focus). It must demonstrate reading and understanding about curriculum, and of the citizenship aims, purpose, and socialisation intent of curriculum making for young citizens of Aotearoa.

The informed response is to be communicated as a word document formatted with a title, introduction, a sequence of descriptive headings that guide the reader, a concluding statement, and a list of references. The response is to follow accurately APA conventions within the text, and in the reference list. It is also to be of the required academic standard.

Word count: 1500 words

Criteria

Students are assessed on their ability to:

• identify and introduce a selected curriculum for the informed response
• describe the selected curriculum’s intentions for young citizens’ socialisation, wellbeing, and participation in Aotearoa New Zealand society
• discuss the vision, purpose, principles and values (policy intentions) of the selected curriculum for young citizens of Aotearoa
• reflect on one aspect of the selected curriculum in relation to your personal experience in an educational setting.
• demonstrate understandings of the selected curriculum’s structure and learning areas/focus
• use APA referencing conventions for a suggested listing of five relevant curriculum texts.

Teach102 Assignment 2

An Influential Curriculum Thinker: Digital poster

Weighting:30%, Due: Week 9

Purpose

This assignment draws on the paper’s weeks five-eight of pedagogy (including engagement with readings) that focus on the influence of key thinkers and educators in relation to E.g. curriculum design and models, pedagogy; curriculum implementation in a range of settings; curriculum as lived experience for students in Aotearoa.

Description

Select a curriculum thinker or key educator who interests you and has influenced curriculum decision making in relation to at least one of the following aspects: design, framing, outcomes, pedagogy, assessment, competencies, cultural knowledge, literacies, strong theories and reflection. Research this person in light of their influence on, or direct contributions to Aotearoa curriculum intent, implementation and/or outcomes. Ensure inclusion of a rationale for selecting and researching the curriculum thinker or key educator.

Present this research as a web page using Google Sites and provide visual, graphical (1/3) and textual (2/3) information, with links to a range of relevant sources. It also needs to consider the person’s identity, background and timeframe; societal influences; motivations and roles; key works; images; reviews etc. Critically reflect on ways this curriculum thinker/educator has influenced curriculum decision-making in Aotearoa New Zealand. All sources of information need to be referenced accurately using APA conventions including a reference list on the final web page.

Criteria

Students are assessed on their ability to:

• identify and clearly introduce a curriculum thinker or key educator who has influenced an aspect of Aotearoa curriculum decision-making
• communicate interest and rationale for selecting the curriculum thinker/educator
• demonstrate access to and understandings of relevant visual, graphical and textual sources of information (where applicable) about the curriculum thinker/educator
• apply understandings of the nature and purpose of Aotearoa curriculum intentions and implementation
• critically reflect on ways the curriculum thinker/educator has influenced Aotearoa curriculum intent and/or implementation and/or outcomes
• communicate the poster in a visually interesting way that applies accurate use of APA referencing conventions.

Teach102 Assignment 3

Learning Stories: Planning, Analysis and Assessment

Weighting: Part A = 10%, Part B = 30%, Due: Weeks 12 &13

Purpose

This assignment draws on all weeks of the paper’s pedagogy, but particularly focuses on curriculum as implementation and pedagogy through covered during Weeks 6-11. Learning stories are a focus for the coursework in Week 7. The assignment offers the opportunity to observe and work with young people as individuals or in groups to develop learning stories. This assignment is in two parts: the first written documentation of the research, the story with subsequent discussion and the second, a presentation of findings to peers.

Part A: In class sharing of the learning story (10%).

Part B: Word document of learning story (30%)

Learning Stories

Learning stories integrate learners’ dispositions into a narrative (storying) framework and include an analysis of the learning. A learning story is a documented account of a child’s learning event in the present. Learning stories are generally structured around five key behaviours: taking an interest, being involved, persisting with difficulty, expressing a feeling/point of view and taking responsibility. Learning stories can take account of prior learning and include possible pathways or ‘what next’?

Description

Write learning story. Use a teaching experience placement from either an ECE, primary or secondary setting for observation of a child or group of children’s learning whereby their learning can be observed and documented. Research of learning stories, and think about ways these stories reflect the implemented curriculum. View your learning story within the aims and purpose of an identified New Zealand curriculum. Clearly identify the curriculum context and learning focus, aligned with either Te Whāriki strand or focus, a Te Marautanga o Aotearoa or Te Aho Matua focus, or NZC key competency.

The learning or teaching storying will:

1. an introduction to the ECE setting or Kura or School’s values, curriculum intentions, and shaping, introduce the child/children observed
2. a description of the learning event
3. analysis of the learning and discussion about the child or children’s learning dispositions and competencies
4. identify curriculum alignments
5. evaluate where to next in terms of learning.

A reference list of curriculum documentation and information sources needs to be included using APA conventions. Present Part A face-to-face in the final workshop, with a written reflection added to Part B, (MMP students this will be in the on-line space). Submit Part B, (with Part A evaluation) as a Word document and submit into the Moodle Assignment 3 drop- box.

Word count: 1500 words

Criteria

Students are assessed on their ability to:

Part A (10%)

• share with peers insight into learning through narrative
• receive and respond to feedback from peers (Added to Part B).

Part B (30%)

• identify and examine an educational setting’s (ECE, Kura, School) values and curriculum intentions for its learners
• demonstrate understandings of the aims and purpose of an Aotearoa curriculum policy and ways this shapes implemented curriculum in an educational setting;
• describe Aotearoa curriculum elements that link to learning contexts, and apply knowledge of objectives for learning in planning, and analysis of learning
• observe a child /group of children’s learning event and critically reflect on dispositions/competencies that are revealed for ‘where to next?’
• construct a well-informed story that brings the learning experience ‘alive’, connects with readers, and offers insightful reflection of learning and teaching
• accurately communicate APA referencing in the narrative and reference list.

This course will have one principal lecture and one tutorial each week of the course. Some online course work and tasks will also need to be completed on a weekly basis. Each week course readings will be assigned, which must be completed before the weekly principal lecturer.

Online forum and discussion posts may also be required from time-to-time.

This course is a 15 credit course. One credit equates to 10 hours of study, therefore the expected time commitment for this course is 150 hours of study. This is broken down into the following:

50 hours: face-to-face classes and related online activities or tasks

50 hours: course readings