AUT - Bachelor of Pasifika Education — Early Childhood Teaching
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Bachelor of Pasifika Education — Early Childhood Teaching
Study early childhood education through a Pasifika worldview. The programme has been designed around TalanoaLālanga (weaving), a set of Pasifika concepts that draw from diverse Pasifika knowledges, that shaped the content of the papers in the programme.
Anyone who wants to teach Pasifika children, either in mainstream settings or in Pasifika early childhood centres, will be extremely well prepared through studying this degree.
Information for applicants 
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Programme code: AK1003
Level: 7
Points: 360
Duration: 3 years full-time/6 years part-time
Venue: Manukau Campus
Start date: 4 March 2013
Entry requirements
- University Entrance
- English language level if required: IELTS level 7.0 (academic) overall or higher in all bands. Exemptions apply to:
- Those with two years of secondary schooling in New Zealand, who have met the University Entrance literacy requirements
- Degree graduates from a New Zealand or Australian tertiary education organisation whose medium of instruction was fully in English.
- You also need to meet the New Zealand Teachers Council requirements of good character, which is assessed in the process below:
- Complete and submit your application, with two referee reports the disclosure form.
- You will then be invited to attend an interview, where you will also sit a basic numeracy and literacy assessment, and complete a police clearance authorisation form.
Structure and content
The programme has a strong themed approach to preparing teachers in 3 particular areas which are introduced in Year 1 and revisited in Years 2 and 3 in increasing depth and complexity.
These are the Poto: Professional Inquiry and Practice papers (which include a 3-5 week practicum teaching experience each semester), the Ako mo e 'ilo: Curriculum papers and the KoloaAotearoa: Indigenous and Migrant Education papers. In addition, papers specific to early childhood practice are included in the programme.
Papers
Year one
295401 Poto: Professional Inquiry and Practice I
295402 Poto: Professional Inquiry and Practice II
295403 Ako mo e 'Ilo I: ECE Curriculum I
295404 KoloaAotearoa: Indigenous and Migrant Education I
295405 Fonua I: Human Development
295406 Mo'uiMāfana: Health and Safety in Early Childhood Education
295407 Tupu'anga: Historical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
Year two
296401 Poto'i: Professional Practice, Teaching and Inquiry III
296402 Poto'i: Professional Inquiry and Practice IV
296403 Ako mo e 'Ilo: ECE Curriculum II
296404 FakakoloaAotearoa: Indigenous and Migrant Education II
296405 Fonua II: Human Development
296406 Kāinga: ECE, Families and Communities
296407 Tatala: Governance and Management in Early Childhood Education
Year three
297401 Fakapotopoto: Professional Inquiry and Practice V
297402 Fakapotopoto: Professional Inquiry and Practice VI
297403 Fakaako mo e faka'ilo III: Early Childhood Education Curriculum III
297404 Koloa'iaAotearoa: Indigenous and Migrant Education III
297405 'Etau Ngāahi Lea: Our Languages
297406 Toutai: Research Methodologies
Career opportunities
- Graduates are eligible to apply for provisional registration with the New Zealand Teachers Council
- Gain teaching positions in Pasifika early childhood centres
- Gain teaching positions in mainstream early childhood centres.
In support of the Treaty of Waitangi, AUT offers Nil Fee Te Reo Māori papers that can be taken as part of a Bachelor of Education at AUT.