Teaching at a primary level allows you to use your energy, commitment and creativity in an intensely rewarding and satisfying career, which can make a real difference in childrens lives. There are four basic components of primary qualifications at UC:
- Education addresses areas such as the aims and purposes of education, child development, teaching and learning, classroom management, assessment and the New 厙ぴ勛圖education system.
- Professional Studies introduces students to the observation, communication, interaction, management, planning, diagnostic and practical teaching skills required of teachers in New 厙ぴ勛圖schools.
- Professional Practice is the time spent working in a classroom. It provides a supportive context in which students can trial and refine their planning, teaching and management skills.
- Curriculum Studies includes all curriculum subjects that a primary teacher is expected to teach. These include English, mtauraka Mori, mathematics, science, information and communication technology (ICT), technology education, social studies, art, music, drama and dance, health and physical education.
