1. Specialist Teaching Professional Inquiry 29 February 2016 M.Spec Tchg Contact Course

2. PAPER COORDINATORS: Alison Kearney Tracy Riley

3. Introduce yourself Name Where you are from Your professional background Any other information that you would like to share

4. Paper Outline The paper is organised into six domains Domain One:What is Professional/Practitioner Inquiry? Domain Two: The Literature Review Domain Three: Professional/Practitioner Inquiry Design Domain Four: Ethics for Professional/Practitioner Inquiry Domain Five: Conducting a Professional/Practitioner Inquiry Domain Six: Writing a Professional/Practitioner Inquiry report

5. The paper is made up of two components – a taught component comprising six domains and a component where you will be carrying out your inquiry with the support of your advisor. Like all postgraduate full-year papers, it is designed on the basis of 12.5 hours of work per week. The taught component of the paper runs from February 29 th to June 14th and a set timetable is allocated to each of the domains and chapters within the domains

7. Community of Learners Throughout the teaching modules With your advisor and others who are being advised by the same staff member

8. Professional Inquiry Advisors Alison and Tracy will be providing support for the taught component. In addition to this, each student will be appointed an advisor. The advisor’s role will be to support the student in the early stages of their professional inquiry project and to offer them specialised advice and guidance specific to the area of their focus as they progress through their inquiry. Students will be expected to ‘take charge’ of their professional inquiry which will include keeping in regular contact with their advisor and their inquiry community of practice Students may request an adviser, but must choose an area for their inquiry that fits into the research interests of inquiry staff.

9. Julia Budd I am interested in any research undertaken with those who are blind or have low vision and how equitable education services can be provided for this population. In particular, I have an interest in helping learners who are blind or have low vision understand and move within their world. Vijaya Dharan I have two areas of interest for inquiry. 1. Assessment, Intervention and Collaboration around children and young persons with autism including those with twice/ multi exceptionalities 2. Practices around student disengagement. Wendy Holley-Boen I am interested in appreciative and ecological research, especially around professional identity, authentic practice and wellbeing. My work focuses on positive psychology and education as they relate to supporting the personal and the professional for young people, families/whanau and educators. Alison Kearney My inquiry interests lie in two areas. The first is related to ‘teacher learning' and particularly how professionals collaborate with teachers to improve educational outcomes for learners. I am also interested in issues of educational equity – that is ensuring that personal circumstances (gender, ethnicity, disability etc) are not obstacles to achieving success in education - and ways that this can be achieved.

10. Jude MacArthur I am interested in how schools can develop as equitable and inclusive communities for all students and their families/whanau. The experiences and rights of children and young people with disabilities in their local school are a particular interest and I would be happy to support students inquiring into aspects of policy development, school culture and teaching practice that contribute to quality learning experiences and positive identities for these students. Mandia Mentis My inquiry interests focus on "anytime, anywhere learning for all" - and the implications of this for teachers and learners. For teachers this involves supporting life-long learning and my wonderings include teaching in a digital age and exploring the affordances of different technologies and tools for teaching in a complex and changing world. For learners this involves personalising the learning experience and my particular interest is in the cognitive approaches of thinking-to-learn and dynamic assessment for change. Tracy Riley I am interested in inquiries related to teaching practices, specifically those that respond to individual strengths, abilities and needs through differentiation. I am also keen to support students inquiring into identifying and providing for learners who may be gifted and talented, including with sensory, learning, physical or behavioural differences.

11. Assignment One Assignment One: Outline of Inquiry Topic and Question _________________________________________________________ Value: 10% of paper Due Date: March 25 th 2016 Format:Completion of Inquiry Outline Template Using the template provided online, provide the following information about your proposed professional/practitioner inquiry: An explanation of your professional role (up to 150 words) An explanation of the context of your research. Provide information about where your inquiry will take place and any other relevant information about the context of your inquiry (up to 500 words). A description of the aspect of your practice that wish to inquire into (up to 100 words) An explanation of the issue or challenge that has led to you choosing this topic (up to 150 words) The aim or purpose of your inquiry (two to three sentences) One or two research questions Preferred advisor and an explanation of how your proposed inquiry aligns with her research interest (two- three sentences)

12. Assignment Two Assignment Two: Literature Review and Professional Inquiry Outline _____________________________________________ Value: 30% of paper Due Date: June 15 th 2016 Format:Report Length:Part One: up to 3000 words Part Two: up to 2000 words Weighting:Part One: 17% Part Two: 13% Part One: Literature Review Part one of this assignment requires you to prepare a literature review that will provide a foundation for your professional/practitioner inquiry.

13. Assignment Two (Part two) Part Two: Inquiry Outline In section two include: the inquiry challenge/issue the inquiry question/s (no more than two) the data gathering tools that you will use and a rationale for their use a description of the context of your inquiry - where will it take place? a description of who will be involved in your inquiry ethical considerations - screening questionnaire (you will need to work your way through domain four before you can complete this aspect of the plan - the screening questionnaire can be found in Domain Four, Chapter Four) Domain Four, Chapter Four timeline for your inquiry

14. Assignment Three Professional Inquiry Report (in the form of a journal article) _________________________________________________________ Value: 30% of paper Due Date: October 24 th 2016 Format :Journal Article Length: Up to 6,000 words Weighting: 60% Your professional inquiry is to be written up in the form of a journal article using APA style. It should be approximately 6,000 words in length and it is recommended you include the following sections: Title page Abstract (100 - 150 words) A rationale for the inquiry Literature review Description of the methodology Results Discussion Conclusion with recommendations for future action

15. Set Text Menter, I., Elliot, D., Hulme, M., Lewin, J., & Lowden, K (2011). A guide to practitioner research in educatio.n London UK: Sage Publications. Available from Bennetts online at: https://www.bennetts.co.nz/contact_us.htm https://www.bennetts.co.nz/contact_us.htm Highly Recommended Dana, N.F., & Yendol-Hoppey, D (2014). The reflective educator's guide to classroom research. Learning to teach and teaching to learn through practitioner inquiry (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Mutch, C. (2013). Doing educational research. A practitioner's guide to getting started (2nd ed.). Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press.

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