Master of Teaching and Learning

This programme will develop your critical understanding of research-based pedagogical approaches, learning theory, inquiry skills and content knowledge to ensure you can effectively teach diverse learners in New Zealand schools.

You will also gain valuable practical experience with the professional support of Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education lecturers and Mentor Teachers. This programme will provide you with a total of 80 days in the classroom, in two different schools.

Papers examine teaching in the New Zealand context, evidence-based inquiry, teaching diverse learners, and curriculum design and implementation. Students complete eleven 500 level postgraduate papers (180 points). The Master of Teaching and Learning is an intensive course aimed at high achievers and requires a higher entry criteria than the Graduate Diploma in Teaching.

This is an approved Initial Teacher Education Programme that leads to registration and provisional certification as a teacher in New Zealand.

• Individual and small group mentoring
• Identifies your personal strengths
• Designed to equip you with the expertise to meet the needs of all learners
• Graduates achieve high-level skills and a stronger capacity for leadership roles in the future
• The reward for completing this more intensive programme is a higher entry point salary on entering the teaching profession