We also accept the following International qualifications:
The Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) degree is a three-year programme (360 points), registered at Level 7 on the New Zealand qualifications Framework, 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.
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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
Total, , 360
Overseas Student Health Cover: 700 NZD per year
