Version and resources

• v2.2: Updated 'At-a-glance'
• v2.1: Corrections made while checking Secondary page
• v2: Updated with all UG insights and a rereading of the Calendar.
• v1: Initial draft
• http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/study/graduate-programmes/mtchlrnprimary and http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/study/graduate-programmes/grad-dip-prim

• Associate Dean: Robin Averill

• Faculty Manager: Noeleen Williamson

• Calendar pages: 230-231 and 226-227

Qualifications covered

• Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary)
• Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary)

Enrolments are accepted in to either of the two qualifications.

Both are valid alternative pathways to met the academic requirements to be a primary school teacher.

At-a-glance

Name: Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) 

Abbreviation: MTchLrn(

Primary)

Duration: 3 trimesters

Duration details: 3 trimesters of full-time study or normally 5 if studied part-time

Can be studied part-time

Starting trimesters: January

Applications due: 10 December

Composition: Coursework and teaching experience

Research component: None

Required contact: During working hours

LocationSchedule: Daytime Lectures 

Intensity: Part time and full time

Type: Coursework and teaching experience

Study at: On-campus (Pipitea) and in schoolsPoints and courses, Wellington) and online

Complete: 180 points (10 courses)

Entry: An appropriate Bachelor's degree or postgraduate qualification, proven academic and intellectual ability for teaching all subjects in the primary schools curriculum, and demonstrated through assessment the qualities necessary to be a satisfactory teacher

Start: Trimesters January

Apply by: 10 December

Costs: From database for international only at this stage

Impact of previous university study in same subject: Requires

Questions

1. How does internship differ from teaching experience? Can I use the later, for consistency? Or are they very different?

Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

• A Bachelor's degree at an academic level appropriate for postgraduate study, or an appropriate postgraduate qualification
• A suitable academic foundation and intellectual ability for teaching all subjects in the curriculum for primary schools
• To have demonstrated through the assessment exercise the qualities necessary for a satisfactory teacher and
• Acceptance by the relevant Associate Dean (Students) as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Important information

• "Admission to teacher education . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "The assessment exercise includes a . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "If English is not your first . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "TeachNZ offers a range of scholarships for . . ." (GUS, p.78)

Questions

1. All my supplementary information comes from the BEd(Tchg)EC. Are they also applicable here?
2. Where do we handle the courses that are suggested to include during the UG degree? Here or in the next section?

Programme requirements

Complete at least 180 points.

Complete ten courses:

• TCHG 501
• TCHG 502
• TCHG 503
• TCHG 504
• TCHG 520
• TCHG 521
• TCHG 522
• TCHG 523
• TCHG 544
• TCHG 525.

At-a-glance

Name: Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary)

Abbreviation: GDipTchg(

Primary)

Duration: 3 trimesters

Duration details: 3 trimesters of full-time study or normally 5 if studied part-time

Can be studied part-time

Starting trimesters: January

Applications due: 10 December

Composition: Coursework Schedule: Daytime Lectures 

Intensity: Part time and full time

Type: Coursework and teaching experience

Research component: None

Required contact: During working hours

Location: Study at: On-campus (Pipitea) and in schools, or online and in schoolsPoints and courses, Wellington) and online

Complete: 155 points (8 courses)

Entry: Bachelor's degree and demonstrated through assessment the qualities necessary to be a satisfactory teacher

Start: Trimesters January

Apply by: 10 December

Costs: From database for international only at this stage

Impact of previous university study in same subject: Requires

Questions

1. When are the required contact hours? Is it the same for each mode? 

Entry requirements

To be accepted into this programme you'll need:

• A Bachelor's degree
• To have demonstrated through the assessment exercise the qualities necessary for a satisfactory teacher and
• Acceptance by the relevant Associate Dean (Students) as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Important information

• "Admission to teacher education . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "The assessment exercise includes a . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "If English is not your first . . ." (GUS, p.78)
• "TeachNZ offers a range of scholarships for . . ." (GUS, p.78)

Questions

1. How come that there isn't an entry criteria "A suitable academic foundation and intellectual ability for teaching all subjects in the curriculum for primary schools"?
2. All my supplementary information comes from the BEd(Tchg)EC. Are they also applicable here?
3. Where do we handle the courses that are suggested to include during the UG degree? Here or in the next section?

Programme requirements

Complete at least 155 points.

Complete eight courses:

• TCHG 301
• TCHG 302
• TCHG 303
• TCHG 304
• TCHG 320
• TCHG 321
• TCHG 322
• TCHG 323