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Level 6
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Course duration: 18 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 12 hours per week
This course will provide you with opportunities to develop your professional knowledge, skills and dispositions that will be required when working in a range of early childhood services and settings. The second practicum will further develop your pedagogical skills and professional knowledge to enable a full contribution to the early childhood setting. There will be a focus on supporting infants, toddlers and young children’s social competence through inclusive practice and pedagogies. You will be required to implement a range of teaching strategies including socio-cultural approaches to assessment and bi-cultural practice.
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to
Practice
- Contribute fully to the early childhood setting and to the teaching team, through being involved in activities, experiences, events, and relevant meetings
- Use socio-cultural assessment methods to gather information about children to support their learning and development
- Respond to the complexity and culture of each setting in curriculum decisions and use a range of teaching strategies and resources to support children’s learning and development
- Select and implement learning experiences that support infants, toddlers and children’s social competence in early childhood settings
- Incorporate bicultural understanding into pedagogical practices and professional behaviours during teaching practicum
Pedagogy
- Articulate what it means to be a teacher and a member of a profession and consistently behave in ways that engender the confidence, trust and respect of their community
- Critically evaluate an implementation of socio-cultural assessment and planning based on a sound understanding of Te Whāriki, the abilities and interests of the children, and the aspirations and values of their families, whanau and communities
- Evaluate the use of your teaching kete
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed
Textbooks
There is a textbook required for this course. Visit our textbook page for more information.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.