Education and Society Papers at Tauranga (2023)

Education and Society is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Climate Change (BCC), and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc). Education and Society may also be taken as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.

To complete Education and Society as a single major for the BA, BCC or the BSocSc, students must gain 135 points from papers listed for Education and Society, including 105 points above 100 level, and 60 points above 200 level. Students must complete either EDSOC100 or EDSOC101; at least 30 points from EDSOC200, EDSOC201 and EDSOC202; and at least 30 points from EDSOC300, EDSOC301, EDSOC302 and EDSOC303.

To complete Education and Society as part of a double major for the BA, BCC, BSocSc or other undergraduate degrees, students must gain 120 points from papers listed for Education and Society including 90 points above 100 level, and 45 points above 200 level. Students must complete either EDSOC100 or EDSOC101; at least 30 points from EDSOC200, EDSOC201 and EDSOC202; and at least 30 points from EDSOC300, EDSOC301, EDSOC302 and EDSOC303.

To complete a minor in Education and Society, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the Education and Society major, including at least 30 points above 100 level.

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• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 500 Level

• 100 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  EDSOC101	The New Zealand Educational Context	15.0	23B (Hamilton), 23B (Online) & 23B (Tauranga)
  The paper addresses the educational policies, ideas and processes shaping the educational contexts within which New Zealanders learn and teach.
  PHILO150	The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga)
  An introduction to philosophy that investigates a range of big questions. The big questions may include: does God exist?, does my morality apply to you?, do we have free will?, what is the meaning of life?, and who am I?.
  SOCIO101	Introduction to Sociology	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga)
  This paper prepares students for further study in a range of social science subjects. It introduces the main sociological theories, concepts and practices that enable an understanding of contemporary societies.

• 200 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  EDSOC200	Education and New Zealand Society	15.0	23A (Hamilton)
  This paper critically examines educational ideas and practices by considering philosophical, historical, political, socio-cultural and economic aspects. It examines how the interrelationships between education and society change over time.
  EDSOC201	The Purpose of Education	15.0	23B (Online) & 23B (Tauranga)
  This paper is an introduction to the philosophy of education. It engages with a number of principles, including phenomenology, Romanticism, indigenous metaphysics, Western metaphysics, and poststructuralism.
  EDSOC202	Planning Learning Opportunities for Adults	15.0	23A (Online)
  This paper investigates fundamental concepts of adult learning and then studies some adult learning theorists whose work is relevant to programme development. Major bottom-up and top-down approaches are taken to understand the dynamics of programme development. Students develop and apply their own approach to development, implement...
  SOCPY200	Social Policy and Social Issues	15.0	23A (Online) & 23A (Tauranga)
  The paper continues the study of social policy at 200 level. The focus of this paper is on the welfare state, the policy cycle as well as social problems, such as poverty.

• 500 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  EDUCA557	Becoming a researcher: theory, ethics and methods	30.0	23A (Online), 23B (Online) & 23H (Block)
  This paper introduces students to the major educational research paradigms, methodologies appropriate to collecting data in schools (including interviews, observations, surveys, case studies), action research, literature reviews, critiquing research, and report writing. It includes consideration of ethical issues in research.
  EDUCA592	Dissertation	60.0	23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga)
  A report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical investigation.
  EDUCA593	Education Thesis	90.0	23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
  EDUCA594	Education Thesis	120.0	23X (Hamilton), 23X (Online) & 23X (Tauranga)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.