Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) | |||
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Qualification Type | Graduate Diploma | |||
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Level | 7 | |||
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Credits | 160 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The qualification aims to prepare teachers who teach and lead with excellence in early childhood education and incorporates key characteristics which ensure that graduates receive a balanced, integrated program of study. The program aims relate to the following areas of learning: Communities of Learning (He iwi whanui o te matauranga) Knowledge (Matauranga) Skills (Pukenga) Values and Beliefs (Whakapono) Critical Inquiry and Research (Maramatanga) Scholarship (Mohiotanga) Digital information literacy (Matakopae matauranga)
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Graduate profile |
The Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) aims to produce graduates who demonstrate the ability to analyse and critique theoretical concepts and current issues in early childhood education, and use them to inform their own practice; engage in self directed learning and advance study around and demonstrate intellectual independence, analytic rigour, and the ability to understand and evaluate new knowledge and ideas; and demonstrate the practice expected of an early childhood teacher.
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Education pathways |
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) are able to pathway into postgraduate study including the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood Education), the Master of Early Childhood Education or the Master of Education (Early Childhood Education).
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants must have: a New Zealand Diploma of Teaching (Primary) Level 7 or a Bachelor's degree at Level 7 or higher qualification. The College selection panel assesses the ability of all applicants for the Graduate Diploma in Teaching (ECE) Level 7 to meet the good character, 'Graduating Teacher Standards' and 'Fit to be a Teacher' guidelines of the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. An offer of a place is made subject to a satisfactory police check. 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 7.0 in each component of the test . IELTS scores may be combined from two or more tests as long as on one test a minimum of 6.0 overall and 5.5 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 | Quality Assurance Division, NZQA | |||
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Number | PC8619 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2009-10-13 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Next Review | 2022-08-15 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Content |
The Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) has been developed in recognition of the Education Council 'Graduating Teacher Standards'.
The program consists of four key strands of learning and field practice: Professional Studies; Curriculum and Teaching Studies; Development and Learning Studies; and Family and Community Studies. The program emphasises the skills required to be successful in an academic learning environment such as study skills, language and writing skills and research skills. Each of the four core strands includes essential knowledge, skills and dispositions covered in the program to culminate in a well prepared early childhood professional. The program's core strands also show direct linkage to the four principles of the New Zealand early childhood curriculum document, Te Whariki, and to the Graduating Teacher Standards of the Education Council. |
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