Early Childhood Teaching - Bachelor of Education
Want to work as an early childhood teacher in an early childhood centre? The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) prepares you for this rewarding career.
This specialty is designed for students who want to work as an early childhood teacher in an early childhood centre. You’ll develop your understanding of early childhood education and the early childhood teaching national curriculum, Te Whariki.
If you want to specialise in working with Pacific children, you can complete your practicum courses at a Pacific ECE centre, and study courses that develop your skills to be an effective early childhood teacher working with Pacific children.
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This is part of the Bachelor of Education ([Specialty] Teaching).
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Year 1
- ECET504 ECE Practicum I - Professional Relationships
- ECET505 ECE Practicum II - Teacher Identity
- EDUC513 Te Reo Māori and Tikanga I
- EDUC514 Te Reo Māori and Tikanga II
- EDUC550 People, Whānau and Communities of Aotearoa
- EDUC551 Development of the Child in Aotearoa
- EDUC554 Past and Present Perspectives of Aotearoa
- EDCR521 Te Whāriki
- EDCR522 Mana Atua | Wellbeing
- EDCR523 Mana Whenua | Belonging
Year 2
- ECET607 ECE Practicum III - Design for Learning
- ECET608 ECE Practicum IV - Te Tiriti o Waitangi Partnership
- EDUC515 Te Reo Māori and Tikanga III
- EDUC617 Ka Hāpaitia: Māori Success and Aspirations in Education
- EDUC624 Tapasā: Working with Pacific Learners*
- EDUC655 Ako: Learning and Teaching
- EDCR603 Mana Aotūroa | Exploration
- EDCR625 Mana Reo | Communication
- EDCR626 Mana Tangata | Contribution
Year 3
- ECET704 ECE Practicum V - Learning Focussed Culture*
- ECET706 ECE Practicum VI - Professional Learning*
- EDUC618 Te Reo Māori and Tikanga IV
- EDUC713 Inclusive Education
- EDUC720 Global Citizenship Education
- EDCR702 Justice, Diversity and Curriculum
- EDCR703 Infants and Toddlers
Option courses you can include in Year 3
- EDCR714 Language and Culture, or
- EDCR719 Pacific Gagana and Aganu'u*
And
- EDCR720 Integrated Curriculum Inquiry, or
- EDCR736 Pacific Talanoa*
*Students who complete EDUC624, EDCR719, EDCR736 courses along with their Professional Practice courses ECET704 & ECET706 at a Pacific early learning service can have their qualification endorsed with the Pacific specialty. These courses will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding to be a responsive early childhood teacher working with Pacific communities.
Practicum teaching placements
All students are enrolled into a practicum course each semester where they are placed alongside an associate teacher in an early learning service. These practicum placements are connected to the Teaching Council - Standards for the Teaching Profession and provide students with a coherent pathway of study which grows in complexity and length overtime. This ensures students become effective, responsive and reflective teachers.
As part of these placements students will work with children from 0-5 years. Centres include a diverse range of early childhood education and full daycare centres, kindergartens and community-based preschool facilities.
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Other specialties in the Bachelor of Education ([Specialty] Teaching)
- Prepares you for a career as an early childhood teacher, working with children from 0 to 5 years
- Develop key skills in teaching the curriculum
- 25 weeks of practicum teaching placements in a range of early learning services across Auckland
- Someone who enjoys interacting with children
- An effective communicator
- Kind and empathetic
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.