This professional experience placement provides ākonga with opportunities to develop the professional knowledge, skills and dispositions required to work in a school basing their practice on Our Code, Our Standards.
In this course ākonga synthesise and apply their knowledge and understandings of the New Zealand Curriculum in relation to the four curriculum areas: Mathematics and Statistics; Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. They investigate complementary research-based approaches, pedagogies and assessment, which deepen their understanding of the educative process.
This final professional experience placement allows ākonga to demonstrate that they meet the Teaching Standards (in a supported environment) and the expectations of the Teaching Council Code in Our Code Our Standards through an in-depth knowledge of, and critical engagement with these standards.
This online course examines the historical context in which te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed and how the effects of colonialism have impacted education and other outcomes for Māori. Ākonga will analyse why education inequalities for Māori learners and their whānau need to be urgently addressed and how they can bring about change in their professional roles.
In this online course ākonga are introduced to curriculum and assessment language and approaches in Aotearoa focusing on New Zealand Curriculum Levels 5-8 and NCEA. They explore common elements of the New Zealand Curriculum (the front end) and the synergies and differences between curriculum areas.
In this online course ākonga synthesise their knowledge and understandings of the New Zealand Curriculum and develop an holistic idea of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and their impact on learning. They investigate complementary research-based approaches, pedagogies and assessment, which deepen their understanding of the educative process. Drawing on their own subject specialisation ākonga critically analyse various research-based approaches to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting to improve the learning and teaching cycle
This online course supports ākonga to further develop their subject knowledge and skills by applying them to principles and practices of technology as it is conceptualised and taught in New Zealand secondary schools. Ākonga will reflect on the practice, knowledge, and nature of technology (the technology strands in the New Zealand Curriculum).
specialised provider of distance and online learning courses and qualifications, Open Polytechnic NZ
