Mainstream Primary Teaching - Bachelor of Education
Passionate about working with children between 5 and 12 years? Develop the skills to become a teacher in mainstream primary or intermediate schools.
If you want to become a mainstream primary or intermediate school teacher, the Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) provides you with the skills to teach in mainstream primary teaching settings.
This is part of the Bachelor of Education ([Specialty] Teaching).
Start date: 2022
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Year 1
- EDCR512 Science
- EDCR513 Mathematics I
- EDCR514 English
- EDPT501 Primary Professional Inquiry into Practice I
- EDUC550 Whanau Family and Society
- EDUC551 Human Development and Learning I
- EDUC552 Introduction to Te Reo Māori
- EDUC554 Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Year 2
- EDCR613 Reading
- EDCR616 Social Studies and Technology in Flexible Learning Environments
- EDCR617 Mathematics II
- EDPT601 Primary Professional Inquiry into Practice II
- EDPT602 Primary Professional Inquiry into Practice III
- EDUC651 Principles of Learning and Teaching
- EDUC653 Educational Philosophies
- EDUC654 Culturally Responsive Pedagogies
Year 3
- EDCR618 Integrating the Arts in Flexible Learning Environments
- EDPT701 Primary Professional Inquiry into Practice IV
- EDPT703 Primary Professional Inquiry into Practice V
- EDUC713 Inclusive Education
- EDUC706 Childhood Studies
Option courses you can include in Year 3*
- EDCR620 Children's Literature
- EDCR621 Health and Wellbeing in the Curriculum
- EDCR622 Assessment Practices in Action
- EDCR624 Pasifika Philosophy and Pedagogy in Practice
- ECET703 Infants and Toddlers
- ECET705 Life Reflected in Theory and Teaching Practice
- EDCR713 Music and the Visual Arts
- EDCR714 Language Learning and Teaching
- EDCR716 Critical Reflection on Mathematics Education
- EDCR718 Enriching the Curriculum for Pasifika Children
- EDCR721 Biculturalism and Centres/Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand
- EDCR730 Steiner Pedagogy and Practice
- EDUC751 Teaching Children from Diverse Ethnicities
- EDUC754 Social Justice and Social Action in Education
*Not all option courses will be offered each semester/year. Students must take at least two level 7 option courses.
Teaching placements
All students need to complete a number of teaching placements in a diverse range of practicum settings (as prescribed by the Teaching Council). During your placements you work with children between 5 and 12 years in a variety of primary and intermediate schools.
This workplace experience helps you become an effective, responsive and reflective teacher and achieve the Teaching Council Graduating Teacher Standards.
- Graduates are eligible to apply for provisional teacher registration
- Teaching in a primary or intermediate school
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Other specialties in the Bachelor of Education ([Specialty] Teaching)
- Mainstream Early Childhood Teaching
- Mainstream Primary Teaching
- Pacific Early Childhood Teaching*
- Pacific Primary Teaching*
*Name change subject to CUAP approval.
- Prepares you for a career as a primary or intermediate teacher
- Develop the skills to work with children between 5 and 12 years
- 22 weeks of teaching placements as part of your degree
- Focus on reflection to enhance your teaching
- Someone who enjoys interacting with children
- Making difficult topics easy to understand
- Nurturing and attentive
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.