Doctor of Education EdD cohort confirmation seminars Event as iCalendar

Candidates enrolled in part one of the degree of Doctor of Education (EdD), 2010 cohort, will be presenting their confirmation seminars. The external examiner is Professor Gabriele Lakomski, Leader, Leadership and Organisational Learning, Centre for Organisational Learning and Leadership, Melbourne School of Graduate Education, the University of Melbourne.

For each seminar there will be a 25-30 minute presentation by the candidate, followed by 15-20 minutes for questions and discussion. The seminars are open to all.

Staff of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences are invited to attend the Doctor of Education (EdD) Confirmation Seminars for the 2010 Doctor of Education (EdD) cohort at the Faculty of Education. These will be held on Friday 11th November 2011.  The external examiner is Professor Gabriele Lakomski, Leader, Leadership and Organisational Learning, Centre for Organisational Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne.

The programme is outlined below. Please note that it is possible to attend just one or a selection of presentations. Each presentation lasts approximately 50 minutes, including questions. Your support of our students will be appreciated and very welcome.

Professor Gayle McIlraith

Overall Teacher Judgement (OTJ) of student achievement should be considered a demanding and complex process for teachers within the New Zealand (NZ) primary education sector. Demanding because of the current broader social and political conditions and the expectations of the school community, parent and whanau of teachers who are required to make an OTJ for their students.  Complex because teacher assessment practices, have shifted away from using a single source of evidence to multiple sources of evidence. Hence the reason and importance for exploring what influences teachers, to take notice of and use some forms of evidence and not others, when required to make a judgement. This seminar outlines the research inquiry and methodology that will be used to explore the influences on what teachers take notice of and what evidence is used to make an OTJ about students’ achievement in relation to the specified National Standards in reading.

Lyn McDonald

One of the key players in student teacher learning on practicum is the visiting lecturer. This research will investigate multiple perspectives of the visiting lecturer’s specific role and relevance to student teacher learning on practicum. The multiple perspectives will be from the viewpoints of visiting lecturers, student teachers, school coordinators, teacher education programme leaders and associate teachers. The study will also investigate alignments and links between the student teacher learning at a University and in four participating schools and how the visiting lecturer facilitates or otherwise this partnership.

Anne O’Callaghan

The nature of communication between doctors and patients has been shown to affect outcomes for both participants. This, and the finding that the skills needed by doctors for effective communication are not necessarily innate, has led to the introduction of communication skills teaching in undergraduate medical education. Despite this change, many complaints about hospital care still relate to poor communication. This research aims to develop a theoretical understanding of the influences on the ability of junior hospital doctors to address communication challenges in hospital, from the perspective of students, doctors and their teachers, using constructivist grounded theory methodology. It is hoped that the theory resulting from analysis will inform innovative postgraduate medical education within hospitals.

Venue: Kohia Teachers’ Centre, Gate 1, 78 Epsom Avenue

(Parking available at Student/Visitor Carpark at Gate 2, 76 Epsom Avenue or on-street parking)

For more information please contact:

Keitha Shalley

Email:

mailto: k.shalley@auckland.ac.nz

Phone: 09 623 8870