TEACH200-23D (NET)

Making Sense of and Exploring the World

15 Points

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Division of Education
Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education

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: trish.watson@waikato.ac.nz

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: alistair.lamb@waikato.ac.nz
: melanie.chivers@waikato.ac.nz
: yilan.chen@waikato.ac.nz

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What this paper is about

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This paper provides opportunities for students to build pedagogical practices in supporting children to develop critical insights into how they make sense of their worlds. Our focus is on the Te Whāriki principle of empowerment/whakamana and the Exploration and Communication strands. We explore how children make sense of their worlds using 'working theories', and how teachers can support sustained shared thinking. Ways of integrating science, technology, maths, engineering, environmental education and the arts in the early childhood education environment are considered with a view to providing infants, toddlers, and young children with appropriate and meaningful learning experiences that support their understandings of the world around them.
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How this paper will be taught

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This paper will be delivered through a blended learning approach. There will be four face-to-face workshop sessions throughout the year supported by regular online content delivery. Face-to-face workshops for this paper will take place during on campus blocks to be held the weeks beginning 20th February, 15th May, 10th July, and 25th September. Dates and times to be advised on Moodle.

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Required Readings

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Readings, some optional and some required, will be made available electronically via the Reading List for TEACH200. You can access these via the Reading List tab on Moodle or via the Reading Lists tab on the library homepage (https://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/ (https://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/)

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Consider issues of inclusion and diversity in relation to opportunities for children in relation to engaging with specific learning domains
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  • Critically reflect on the role of the teacher [when working with young children, toddlers and infants] in relation to specific learning domains, and their integration
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  • Develop content knowledge and practical skills for implementation
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  • Have a critical understanding of learning domains including science, technology, maths, engineering, environmental education and the arts (sometimes known as STEEAM) in the context of play
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Assessments

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How you will be assessed

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All assignments are submitted online through Moodle by the due dates. If you cannot meet the deadline for a significant reason you need to follow the procedures outlined below in requesting extensions. Submitted work will be marked and returned to you via Moodle.

In recognition of the status of the Māori language as a tāonga protected under the Treaty of Waitangi, and within the spirit of the Māori Language Act 1987, the University of Waikato endorses the right of its students to use the Māori language in written work for assessment within the University. If you intent to present all or part of an internally assessed work in Māori you are requested to give at least 14 days’ notice of this intention of doing so in writing to your lecturer. This helps ensure that we have the time and opportunity to make proper arrangements for marking including, when necessary, translation and external assessment. If less than 14 days' notice is given, the material presented in Māori will still be accepted. The processing of it may, however, be delayed and the opportunity to have the script marked in the original language may be reduced.

AssignmentWeightingLearning OutcomesStandardsTātaiako
Assignment 1:
Digital pūrakau: Supporting bicultural practice
25%1, 3, 43.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1M2, M3, A3, A4W1, W3, A1, A2, A3, A4
Assignment 2:
Portfolio: Arts experiences for adults and children
25%2, 3, 42.3, 2.4, 6.3, 6.4W1, W3, A1, A2, A3, A4
Assignment 3 :
STEEAM article for an ECE journal
25%1, 2, 41.1, 2.1, 2.4, 3.2, 5.1, 5.3, 6.3, 6.4W4, WH4, WH5, A1, A2
Assignment 4:
Kaitiaki and sustainability poster
25%1, 2, 43.1, 3.4, 5.3, 5.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4W1, W4, WH1, WH2
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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Assignment 1: Digital pūrakau: Supporting bicultural practice
3 Apr 2023
No set time
25
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
  • Presentation: In Class
2. Assignment 2: Arts experiences for adults and children
2 Jun 2023
11:30 PM
25
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
3. Assignment 3: STEEAM article for an ECE Journal
6 Aug 2023
11:30 PM
25
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
4. Assignment 4: Kaitiakitanga and Sustainability Poster
8 Oct 2023
No set time
25
  • Presentation: In Class
Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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