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Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Master of Early Childhood Education (Level 9) | |||
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Qualification Type | Masters Degree | |||
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Level | 9 | |||
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Credits | 180 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The aim of the Master of Early Childhood Education is to grow professionals into exemplary practitioners in early childhood education. The qualification provides a context in which students advance and extend their professional knowledge and skills through:
Critical engagement, research and scholarship in a range of contemporary early childhood education topics and discourse; Independent thinking and critical consciousness'; Self-reflexivity of teaching and learning pedagogies; Research and critical reflection on practice as it relates to the field of early childhood education. |
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Graduate profile |
The graduate profile is based on the Postgraduate Conceptual Framework. On completion of this qualification, graduates will demonstrate:
Advanced theoretical knowledge fundamental to the early childhood sector; Academic scholarship in a range of specialised early childhood topics; Higher order skills in critical thinking and independent thought; In-depth critical reflection and research skills. |
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Education pathways |
Graduates of the Master of Early Childhood Education are able to pathway into a Master's programme such as the Master of Education (ECE) at NZTC to complete a thesis and be eligible to apply for a doctoral programme in education at a university.
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants for the Master of Early Childhood Education must have a Bachelor degree at Level 7 (360 credits) or higher qualification. Applicants for whom English is a second language and Te Reo Maori is not their first language must provide evidence of an Academic IELTS score issued within the last two years of at least 6.5 overall, 6.5 in writing with no band score lower than 6 or equivalent. IELTS scores may be combined from two tests as long as on one test a minimum of 6.5 overall and 6.0 in each component is achieved.
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Education Organisation | New Zealand Tertiary College Limited | |||
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Developed By | New Zealand Tertiary College Limited | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 3122 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | November 2015 | |||
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Next Review | August 2022 | |||
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Content |
The Young Child: Childhood in the Early Years;
Hearing Children's Voices: Advocacy in ECE Children and Families in ECE The Ethical Self in ECE Communities of Learning: Making Connections in ECE The Authentic Leader Research Methods in ECE The Arts in ECE Managers as Leaders in Early Childhood Organisations Special Topic Directed Study The Inquiring Adult and Higher Education Teacher (under development) Curriculum Philosophies in Early Childhood Education (under development) |
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