Programme summary

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Courses & timetables

Admission requirements

[BTchg(ECE)]

7, 360 3.0
Full-time for three years
Starts February or July
55 places (February intake), 55 places (July intake) 
CA2335
Mt Albert campus

NZ$ 4868

International fees

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Programme summary

Become a competent, knowledgeable and reflective early childhood teacher who is committed to young children and their learning and development. Gain the skills to help young children develop a love of learning and make a difference to their lives.

Want to help young children develop a love of learning and make a difference to their lives? In this field-based programme you develop the skills to teach in licensed and chartered early childhood education centres. Gain a thorough grounding in theories of teaching and learning, child development, and working with children and their familes in Aotearoa New Zealand (including knowledge of te reo and tikanga Maori).

Highlights

• Teacher registration: once you've completed this degree, you can apply for teacher registration with the New Zealand Teachers Council.
• This programme helps you become a competent, knowledgeable and reflective early childhood teacher who is committed to young children’s children.
• Emphasis on teaching practice: you’ll be working (paid or voluntary) in a licensed and chartered early childhood centre for at least 15 hours per week during the programme.
• Each year, you also take part in practicum blocks. During this time you’ll be a full-time student working in an early education centre for 37.5 hours per week.
• A strong emphasis on the New Zealand early childhood curriculum document, Te Whāriki, and a socio-cultural approach to learning.
• Acknowledges Te Tiriti o Waitangi and prepares you to implement te reo Maori me ona tikanga in your teaching practice.
• A focus on research: you develop an understanding of research methodologies with a particular emphasis on action research (self-study) in an early childhood setting.

You’ll be given guidelines for learning and are expected to carry out independent study, both of course-related theory and the practice of early childhood education. All courses are internally assessed and include theoretical and practical components. There are no exams.