Qualification Overview

Qualification Title Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)
Qualification Type Bachelor Degree
Level 7
Credits 360
Subject Area
  • Education » Teacher Education » Teacher Education: Primary (Pre-Service)
Strategic Purpose Statement
The aim of this programme of study is to prepare teaching professionals to meet the current and future demands of the Aotearoa New Zealand primary schooling context. Graduates will have achieved agency as responsive practitioners capable of using evidence to make decisions about the learning needs of individual learners. This will be achieved in a school-based model that emphasises partnership, participation, agency and excellence. They will demonstrate excellence in practice, focus on quality educational outcomes for learners and contribute to a wide range of current and future educational settings.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)are able to: understand and activate agency over their own practice; are inquiring practitioners who make evidence-based judgments to improve learner outcomes; practise high professional teaching standards; apply professional knowledge and expertise to diverse educational contexts; are socially responsible classroom practitioners.
Education pathways
Possible further studies in primary education.
Employment pathways
Primary teaching.To find out more about employment opportunities click on the CareersNZ logo, then the provider who offers this qualification.
Entry Requirements
Has attained a University Entrance (UE) qualification and is over the age of 17 years at the beginning of the programme's academic year or Can satisfactorily prove that they have the potential to succeed in tertiary study at degree level, including demonstrated literacy and numeracy competence equivalent to that required for UE and being over the age of 20 years at the beginning of the programme's academic year. English Language requirements All applicants must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. For applicants with English as an Additional Language, ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include the following: -IELTS Academic score of 7, with no band score lower than 7, achieved in a single test within the two years preceding enrolment Note that exemptions may apply to the above as per current Teaching Council Initial Teacher Education Requirements. International Applicant requirements -Those not schooled in New Zealand must have the equivalent of University Entrance if under 20 at the beginning of the programme's academic year.
Education Organisation Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Developed By Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Quality Assured By New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Number 2037
Status Current
Created 2012-12-17 10:57:04.0
Next Review 2023-12-20 00:00:00.0
Content
An integrated teacher education curriculum based on inquiry learning approaches will provide complex theory-practice learning opportunities.The duration of the programme is three years. Each year of the programme consists of 34 teaching weeks, divided into two semesters of 17 weeks each. Each Semester will be organised with 14 class weeks, one study week and 2 'exam' weeks. These latter 2 weeks will provide opportunity for the unhurried presentation of complex individual and group assessments

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