Macroeconomics deals with the behaviour of the whole economy. This course is an introductory course in macroeconomics. It is designed primarily to familiarize students with the basic theory of income/output determination - what determines the level of national income and output in modern economies
In addition, this course expound on theories of aggregate economic activity in the national economy and its link with the rest of the world. Emphasis is placed on basic principles involved in the determination of the level of national output, the aggregate price level, money supply, interest rate, exchange rate, balance of payments, government deficit, national debt, fiscal and the monetary policies. It further provides a broad understanding of economic growth theory and its implications for the economy.
The main goal of the course is to provide students with basic understanding of the broad macroeconomic issues concerning the economy and to enable them to understand and analyze relationships among macroeconomic variables and markets/industry/sectors within the national economy and being part of the global economic system.
The course content has been organized in such a way that student gets a mixture of descriptive material, theoretical insights, and policy dialogues. As you can expect, the level of difficulty of the subject-matter will increase as we progress through the course - the later chapters containing more difficult materials than the earlier ones and requiring greater patience and perseverance with the course material.
One key thing about the organization of the course material is the fact that progression of the theme of macroeconomics is like a story telling or seeing a feature film. This means that all parts of the course material are linked - you cannot pick and choose the topics (chapters/lectures), do some and skip the others. Such a pick-and-choose approach will make the course material unnecessarily difficult and class presentation immensely confusing.
Macroeconomics deals with the behaviour of the whole economy. This course is an introductory course in macroeconomics. It is designed primarily to familiarize students with the basic theory of income/output determination - what determines the level of national income and output in modern economies
In addition, this course expound on theories of aggregate economic activity in the national economy and its link with the rest of the world. Emphasis is placed on basic principles involved in the determination of the level of national output, the aggregate price level, money supply, interest rate, exchange rate, balance of payments, government deficit, national debt, fiscal and the monetary policies. It further provides a broad understanding of economic growth theory and its implications for the economy.
The main goal of the course is to provide students with basic understanding of the broad macroeconomic issues concerning the economy and to enable them to understand and analyze relationships among macroeconomic variables and markets/industry/sectors within the national economy and being part of the global economic system.
The course content has been organized in such a way that student gets a mixture of descriptive material, theoretical insights, and policy dialogues. As you can expect, the level of difficulty of the subject-matter will increase as we progress through the course - the later chapters containing more difficult materials than the earlier ones and requiring greater patience and perseverance with the course material.
One key thing about the organization of the course material is the fact that progression of the theme of macroeconomics is like a story telling or seeing a feature film. This means that all parts of the course material are linked - you cannot pick and choose the topics (chapters/lectures), do some and skip the others. Such a pick-and-choose approach will make the course material unnecessarily difficult and class presentation immensely confusing.
This course gives students a systematic introduction to the characteristics and problems of developing countries. It also: surveys the main theories and models of growth and development; and examines a range of policy-related issues bearing on industrial and agricultural development, international trade, transport, technology, gender, the environment, structural `adjustment`, foreign aid, foreign investment, and demography. In all cases, the general significance of these issues is established first, and then possible relevance to the circumstances of the Pacific Islands is identified and discussed. In addition, certain topics of particular importance in the islands are examined in especial detail - notably environmental problems, population growth and migration, trade and aid issues in an era of deregulation, and the consequences of `smallness` for development in general and policy formulation in particular.
This course gives students a systematic introduction to the characteristics and problems of developing countries. It also: surveys the main theories and models of growth and development; and examines a range of policy-related issues bearing on industrial and agricultural development, international trade, transport, technology, gender, the environment, structural `adjustment`, foreign aid, foreign investment, and demography. In all cases, the general significance of these issues is established first, and then possible relevance to the circumstances of the Pacific Islands is identified and discussed. In addition, certain topics of particular importance in the islands are examined in especial detail - notably environmental problems, population growth and migration, trade and aid issues in an era of deregulation, and the consequences of `smallness` for development in general and policy formulation in particular.
This course gives students a systematic introduction to the characteristics and problems of developing countries. It also: surveys the main theories and models of growth and development; and examines a range of policy-related issues bearing on industrial and agricultural development, international trade, transport, technology, gender, the environment, structural `adjustment`, foreign aid, foreign investment, and demography. In all cases, the general significance of these issues is established first, and then possible relevance to the circumstances of the Pacific Islands is identified and discussed. In addition, certain topics of particular importance in the islands are examined in especial detail - notably environmental problems, population growth and migration, trade and aid issues in an era of deregulation, and the consequences of `smallness` for development in general and policy formulation in particular.
"Whatever we, as Pacific Islanders, may decide to do about our cultures and our school curricula it is clear that, to cite the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands: "We cannot know the village where we are going unless we know the village from whence we came.""
Thaman, 1993, p. 259
WELCOME to ED250 Curriculum and Pedagogy 1 and may the course outline developed for ED250 paves the pathway toward an engaging learning journey this semester in understanding where we came from for effective curriculum and pedagogy.
"Whatever we, as Pacific Islanders, may decide to do about our cultures and our school curricula it is clear that, to cite the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands: "We cannot know the village where we are going unless we know the village from whence we came.""
Thaman, 1993, p. 259
WELCOME to ED250 Curriculum and Pedagogy 1 and may the course outline developed for ED250 paves the pathway toward an engaging learning journey this semester in understanding where we came from for effective curriculum and pedagogy.
"Whatever we, as Pacific Islanders, may decide to do about our cultures and our school curricula it is clear that, to cite the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands: "We cannot know the village where we are going unless we know the village from whence we came.""
Thaman, 1993, p. 259
WELCOME to ED250 Curriculum and Pedagogy 1 and may the course outline developed for ED250 paves the pathway toward an engaging learning journey this semester in understanding where we came from for effective curriculum and pedagogy.
Welcome to the first of three ED300 Modules that you will do to successfully complete the course. In this, your first Module, you will complete a three week placement in a school. Quite possibly for many of you this will be your first time back in a school and classroom since you were a student yourself. The Module is designed as an introductory experience where you are to observe and reflect on what you see going on around you in both the classroom and the wider school and its community. You are not required to do any teaching, although you may if required assist your Associate Teachers in the lessons they teach. In this case you shall be interacting with the students and generally helping out in the classroom. The specific mandatory requirements of this Module are mapped out below. They form 10% of your overall result in this course and are added to the assessment weighting of the other two Modules you will complete over the span of your degree.
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the contents of this Moodle page and the requirements of the Module.
Please pay particular attention to the assessment overview and how each of the tasks help you work toward important course outcomes. At a later stage you will combine all completed assessment tasks (from Modules 1, 2 and 3) into an e-portfolio based on the 8 ED300 course outcomes. You will find all eight course outcomes listed in the downloadable course outline below. Please familiarise yourself with them as they guide us all in the direction in which we need to be heading in this important capstone ED300 Practicum course.
Welcome to the first of three ED300 Modules that you will do to successfully complete the course. In this, your first Module, you will complete a three week placement in a school. Quite possibly for many of you this will be your first time back in a school and classroom since you were a student yourself. The Module is designed as an introductory experience where you are to observe and reflect on what you see going on around you in both the classroom and the wider school and its community. You are not required to do any teaching, although you may if required assist your Associate Teachers in the lessons they teach. In this case you shall be interacting with the students and generally helping out in the classroom. The specific mandatory requirements of this Module are mapped out below. They form 10% of your overall result in this course and are added to the assessment weighting of the other two Modules you will complete over the span of your degree.
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the contents of this Moodle page and the requirements of the Module.
Please pay particular attention to the assessment overview and how each of the tasks help you work toward important course outcomes. At a later stage you will combine all completed assessment tasks (from Modules 1, 2 and 3) into an e-portfolio based on the 8 ED300 course outcomes. You will find all eight course outcomes listed in the downloadable course outline below. Please familiarise yourself with them as they guide us all in the direction in which we need to be heading in this important capstone ED300 Practicum course.
Welcome to the first of three ED300 Modules that you will do to successfully complete the course. In this, your first Module, you will complete a three week placement in a school. Quite possibly for many of you this will be your first time back in a school and classroom since you were a student yourself. The Module is designed as an introductory experience where you are to observe and reflect on what you see going on around you in both the classroom and the wider school and its community. You are not required to do any teaching, although you may if required assist your Associate Teachers in the lessons they teach. In this case you shall be interacting with the students and generally helping out in the classroom. The specific mandatory requirements of this Module are mapped out below. They form 10% of your overall result in this course and are added to the assessment weighting of the other two Modules you will complete over the span of your degree.
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the contents of this Moodle page and the requirements of the Module.
Please pay particular attention to the assessment overview and how each of the tasks help you work toward important course outcomes. At a later stage you will combine all completed assessment tasks (from Modules 1, 2 and 3) into an e-portfolio based on the 8 ED300 course outcomes. You will find all eight course outcomes listed in the downloadable course outline below. Please familiarise yourself with them as they guide us all in the direction in which we need to be heading in this important capstone ED300 Practicum course.
Welcome to the first of three ED300 Modules that you will do to successfully complete the course. In this, your first Module, you will complete a three week placement in a school. Quite possibly for many of you this will be your first time back in a school and classroom since you were a student yourself. The Module is designed as an introductory experience where you are to observe and reflect on what you see going on around you in both the classroom and the wider school and its community. You are not required to do any teaching, although you may if required assist your Associate Teachers in the lessons they teach. In this case you shall be interacting with the students and generally helping out in the classroom. The specific mandatory requirements of this Module are mapped out below. They form 10% of your overall result in this course and are added to the assessment weighting of the other two Modules you will complete over the span of your degree.
Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the contents of this Moodle page and the requirements of the Module.
Please pay particular attention to the assessment overview and how each of the tasks help you work toward important course outcomes. At a later stage you will combine all completed assessment tasks (from Modules 1, 2 and 3) into an e-portfolio based on the 8 ED300 course outcomes. You will find all eight course outcomes listed in the downloadable course outline below. Please familiarise yourself with them as they guide us all in the direction in which we need to be heading in this important capstone ED300 Practicum course.
The educational enterprise is much more complex than ever before and is increasingly becoming a matter of public interest and debate. Therefore an appreciation and understanding of the educational policy process is useful to the planners themselves, as well as educators generally. These matters are of relevance and importance not only to the educational administrators, who are called upon to make policy decisions and are required to give policy advice at various levels within the educational systems, but also teachers and other members of the stakeholders. ED453 is intended for educators and for both practicing and prospective educational administrators and planners. It will deal with relevant theoretical perspectives, research bases and practical experiences in various aspects of educational policy process. In particular, the policy making process in this course is conceptualized in three contexts: the context of influence; the context of text production; and context of practice.
The educational enterprise is much more complex than ever before and is increasingly becoming a matter of public interest and debate. Therefore an appreciation and understanding of the educational policy process is useful to the planners themselves, as well as educators generally. These matters are of relevance and importance not only to the educational administrators, who are called upon to make policy decisions and are required to give policy advice at various levels within the educational systems, but also teachers and other members of the stakeholders. ED453 is intended for educators and for both practicing and prospective educational administrators and planners. It will deal with relevant theoretical perspectives, research bases and practical experiences in various aspects of educational policy process. In particular, the policy making process in this course is conceptualized in three contexts: the context of influence; the context of text production; and context of practice.
The educational enterprise is much more complex than ever before and is increasingly becoming a matter of public interest and debate. Therefore an appreciation and understanding of the educational policy process is useful to the planners themselves, as well as educators generally. These matters are of relevance and importance not only to the educational administrators, who are called upon to make policy decisions and are required to give policy advice at various levels within the educational systems, but also teachers and other members of the stakeholders. ED453 is intended for educators and for both practicing and prospective educational administrators and planners. It will deal with relevant theoretical perspectives, research bases and practical experiences in various aspects of educational policy process. In particular, the policy making process in this course is conceptualized in three contexts: the context of influence; the context of text production; and context of practice.
There is NO LECTURE today Thursday 29/2 (4-5pm). Please do your Tutorial 1 reading during this time.
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the importance of
agricultural and food systems and nutrition in the `developing` world. Particular emphasis is
placed on the analysis of increasing malnutrition and food system change as major obstacles to meaningful national development, especially in the Pacific Islands. The course is of particular relevance for students interested in careers in national planning, environmental or resource management and food and nutrition development or home economics
There is NO LECTURE today Thursday 29/2 (4-5pm). Please do your Tutorial 1 reading during this time.
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the importance of
agricultural and food systems and nutrition in the `developing` world. Particular emphasis is
placed on the analysis of increasing malnutrition and food system change as major obstacles to meaningful national development, especially in the Pacific Islands. The course is of particular relevance for students interested in careers in national planning, environmental or resource management and food and nutrition development or home economics
This course focuses on aspects of the Geography of the Pacific Islands of interest to individual students. It is a course tailored to a particular student`s interests and/or requirements given their planned thesis topic or interests. This course will provide students with a detailed knowledge of a particular aspect of Pacific Islands geography, for example, land-population relationship in Kiribati, the home gardening potential in urban Vanuatu, or the evidence for recent coastline changes in the Southern Cook Islands, Pacific industrialisation, produce marketing in Fiji. Identifying relevant sources of information, knowledge of appropriate methods of data analysis and interpretation.
This course particularly focuses on individual research that will lead to a literature review and discussion paper as the start point of your own research project.
The class will be conducted as a face-to-face seminar format and the main purpose is to provide an opportunity for individual research and discussion rather than for lectures. This year we will discuss a variety of topics to cover your diverse background and interest.
In the first part of the course, students will work up their own ideas on their own project, which is a literature review and discussion paper of a topic of interest. Your research paper should be a theoretical review your research interest. In consultation with your supervisor and/or the course coordinator, your research paper may form a significant component of the literature review of your thesis. Assigned readings will be provided, while you are also required to identify journal articles relevant to your topic.
Given the diverse nature of course participants, later in the course we will widen discussions based on the different perspectives each of us brings to the classroom. By doing this, students are trained to read academic journal articles and book chapter intensively, and will expand their perspectives on a particular concept of their interest.
Journal articles you will identify should be:
- published recently (ideally over the past decade);
- published in a leading journals in your discipline
- must be a research article, i.e. should not be such articles as book reviews, editorials, obituariesGEP02 focuses on the human environment, its characteristics, distribution patterns, formative processes and interactions with the physical environment. This course does not make students experts in human geography. It only helps give you an overview of the concepts and components in the study of human geography.