BTchg endorsed in Early Childhood Education

The Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) degree is a three-year programme (360 points), registered at Level 7 on the New Zealand qualifications Framework, designed to enable graduates to meet the requirements for initial teacher registration in New Zealand. It provides the initial step for teachers on the road of lifelong professional learning.

The degree is underpinned by four themes and divided into central strands that are designed to promote student reflection on the interrelationship of knowledge and issues presented throughout the chosen programme and to make connections between theory and practice associated with the degree papers.

See Programme Content for more information.

Students will choose one of three endorsements, preparing them for teaching in a specific setting of the New Zealand education system.

Papers within this programme address professional teaching issues, Te Whāriki (the early childhood curriculum), educational theory, subject studies and practical teaching experience through placements in early childhood settings. Students also select to study a subject of their choice, either from the range of subject studies papers offered at the College of Education or from the wider University.

Offered at both the Dunedin and Invercargill campuses.

This programme prepares graduates to teach in the primary and intermediate sector, Years 1 to 8 (children ranging in age from 5-12 years). Papers within this programme address professional teaching issues, subject knowledge, education theory, practical teaching experience and the requirements of the New Zealand curriculum. Students also select to study a subject of their choice, either from the range of subject studies papers offered at the College of Education or from the wider University.

Offered at both the Dunedin and Invercargill campuses.

If you have a desire to develop your own knowledge in Te Ao Māori and are enthusiastic about teaching children you are encouraged to apply for this comprehensive Te Pōkai Mātauranga o te Ao Rua programme. It offers the unique opportunity to become qualified as a primary teacher with increased knowledge of Te Ao Māori. As a graduate of this programme you will have been prepared to deliver the curriculum from a Māori perspective, using both English and Māori and be qualified to teach in primary, intermediate and/or Māori immersion schools.

Offered at the Invercargill campus only.

See the following for information about applying for the Bachelor of Teaching: