Course details

Summary

The Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) degree is a three-year programme (360 points), registered at Level 7 on the New Zealand qualifications Framework, and designed to enable graduates to meet the requirements for initial teacher registration in New Zealand. It provides the initial step for teachers on the road of lifelong professional learning.

The degree is underpinned by four themes and divided into central strands that are designed to promote student reflection on the interrelationship of knowledge and issues presented throughout the chosen programme and to make connections between theory and practice associated with the degree papers.

Early Childhood Education

Papers within this programme address professional teaching issues, Te Whāriki (the early childhood curriculum), educational theory, subject studies and practical teaching experience through placements in early childhood settings. Students also select to study a subject of their choice, either from the range of subject studies papers offered at the College of Education or from the wider University.

Programme Requirements

1st year

Education Studies

• EDUC 101 Education and Society
• EDUC 102 Human Development

Curriculum Studies

• EDCR 101 Exploring Curriculum
• EDCR 102 The Languages of Children

Professional Studies and Practice

• EDPR 101 The Practice of Early Childhood Teaching
• EDPR 102 From Personal to Professional
• Subject Studies
• Subject Study

Competency Tests

• EICT 199 ICT Competency Test
• ELIT 199 Literacy Competency Test
• EMAT 197 Mathematics Competency Test (ECE/Secondary)

2nd year

Education Studies

• EDUC 211 The Institutions of Childhood

Curriculum Studies

• EDCR 201 Weaving Curriculum
• EDCR 202 People Under Three
• EDCR 203 Te Ohonga Ake o ngā Marautanga

Professional Studies and Practice

• EDPR 201 Relationships and the Practice of Teaching
• EDPR 202 Relationships in Inclusive Settings
• Subject Studies
• Subject Study

3rd year

• Education Studies
• EDUC 311 Contemporary Understandings of Young Children as Learners

Curriculum Studies

• EDCR 301 Living Curriculum
• EDCR 302 Debating Curriculum

Professional Studies and Practice

• EDPR 301 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 1
• EDPR 302 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 2
• EDPR 303 Politics, Policy, and the Profession

Programme must include Subject Studies papers worth a total of at least 36 points selected from EDUC and/or EDSU papers and/or papers from other approved disciplines and subjects.

Note: Any student who does not pass one or more of EICT 199, ELIT 199 and EMAT 197 at the first attempt is recommended to take EICT 198 Essential ICT for Teaching, ELIT 198 Essential Literacy for Teaching and/or support appropriate for EMAT 197 (or equivalent courses).

Entry criteria

The minimum requirement for students is the completion of a high school qualification plus satisfactory completion of one year's study at an approved tertiary institution or successful completion New Zealand Foundation Year programme.

We also accept the following International qualifications: International Baccalaureate: IB Diploma with a minimum of 26 points; GCE Advanced Levels: minimum grade of 8.

English Language Requirements:

Applicants whose first language is not English or Maori must provide certified copies of IELTS (International English Language Testing System) results, including a score of at least 7.0 in the academic version (with no individual component below 7.0), prior to admission.