Auckland,
New Zealand
Pat Kerr, Education - Fall '01
For
the first time in the Fall term of 1999 the Colleges offered a program
in New Zealand in cooperation with the Centre for Continuing Education
of the University of Auckland. Students will have the opportunity
to live with host families in the large multicultural city of 1.2
million inhabitants. Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is the
country's main economic and industrial center. It is cosmopolitan
in nature with superb facilities for cultural and recreational endeavors,
a fine harbor and magnificent beaches. Participants will take courses
at the university in Maori society (the indigenous inhabitants of
the country) and in the history, politics, culture and society of
New Zealand. A third course will be a comparative course in multicultural
education taught by the resident director. A field placement in a
local school for those students needing a practice teaching assignment
as part of their education studies will be available.
PROGRAM
DATES
August 24 to December 8, 2001
ACCOMMODATIONS
Students will be placed with local families arranged by the Center
for Continuing Education. On excursions they will be housed in student
hostels, motels or cabins. Full board will be provided by the host
families, through group meal arrangements and through a meal stipend.
EXCURSIONS
All excursions will be linked to academic course work. North Island:
Bay of Islands, Rangito Island, Rotorua and Wellington. South Island:
paparoa National Park, Mount Cook National Park, Queenstown, Christchurch
and Dunedin.
ELIGIBILITY
The program is open to all non-first year students
in good standing, but will be of particular interest to education
students, especially those wish to take advantage of the school placement
as noted above. Students should have taken an education course or
have participated in the Education Certification Program.
APPROXIMATE
COSTS
Students will be charged a program fee that includes one semester
of tuition, $500 fee, and the normal on-campus room and board fee.
The total program cost is $16,841. Additional costs include airfare,
some books and personal expenses and independent travel. These additional
costs vary according to individual needs and tastes, but we estimate
a total of at least $3115.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
AUCK-200-99 New Zealand: An Interdisciplinary Study This course will explore the education, history, literature, geology, sociology, politics, and natural features of New Zealand as an island nation. It will be team taught by specialists from the University of Auckland. The course will integrate excursions to the Bay of Islands, Wellington (capital), thermal regions, glacial areas, and visits to urban and rural schools.
AUCK-220-99 Maori Culture The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. This course will look closely at the Maori people's history and culture and how their presence and influence established this country as a bicultural nation. The course will be parallel to course A above, New Zealand: An Interdisciplinary Study, expanding the discussion of history, politics, culture, literature and education. Students will visit a marae with Maori University students, travel to Rotorua (the Maori cultural capital), and may visit several Kura Kaupapa Maori (Maori immersion schools). Taught by: Maori academics in the School of Education of the University of Auckland.
EDUC-346-99 Gender, Nature and Science This course combines features of two courses I teach on the HWS campus, Educ 345: Women, Nature and Science, and FYS 120: Popular Science. A selection of natural habitats, natural history museums and zoos will be incorporated into this course as representative of popular culture in New Zealand. The course will extend the experiences of Course A and B (above) by focusing on the interrelationship of gender, nature and science in a bicultural island nation. A brief history of women in science, and feminist critiques of science will form a background for readings in popular science literature, Maori conceptions of the natural world and the natural history of New Zealand. Using this framework, we will examine at least two cases of "real" science policy in New Zealand, notably the decision to become a nuclear free nation, and/or environmental conservation issues - limited natural resources and ecological balance in an island community. Taught by: Patricia Kerr, HWS
Internship/Course Equivalency Students will take an internship as a Course Equivalency fourth course. Education students will have placements in area public schools. Other students will have placements in local human services agencies. All internship students will meet two days in their placements and will meet for a weekly two hour reflection and discussion seminar. A structured journal of experiences must be kept and a final paper is required. This course will be graded CR/NCR.