Study Early Childhood Education at Otago
Study under the guidance of internationally-recognised early childhood academics, researchers and teachers.
We offer qualifications especially for those who want to teach in early childhood centres or kindergartens in New Zealand and overseas.
If you have an interest in, and enthusiasm for, children and their learning, this is a good option.
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Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg), Dunedin, 2025
Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg), Invercargill, 2025
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Early Childhood Education at Otago
Early Childhood Education is an endorsement (specialisation) option for the qualifications listed below.
For more information see College of Education - Study Early Childhood Education
Requirements
Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) endorsed in Early Childhood Education
Year Papers Points
1st year
Education Studies EDUC 101 Education and Society
18
EDUC 102 Human Development
18
Curriculum Studies EDCR 101 Exploring Curriculum
18
EDCR 102 The Languages of Children
18
Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 101 The Practice of Early Childhood Teaching 1
18
EDPR 102 From Personal to Professional
18
Māori Studies MAOR 110 Introduction to Conversational Māori
18
Total points 126
2nd year
Education Studies EDUC 211 The Institutions of Childhood
18
Curriculum Studies EDCR 201 Weaving Curriculum
18
EDCR 202 People Under Three
18
EDCR 203 Te Ohonga Ake o ngā Marautanga
18
Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 201 Relationships and the Practice of Teaching 2
18
EDPR 202 Relationships in Inclusive Settings
18
Elective paper
Elective paper*
18
Total points 126
3rd year
Education Studies EDUC 311 Contemporary Understandings of Young Children as Learners
18
Curriculum Studies EDCR 301 Living Curriculum
18
EDCR 302 Debating Curriculum
18
Professional Studies and Practice EDPR 301 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 3
18
EDPR 302 Professional Inquiry in(to) Practice 4
18
EDPR 303 Politics, Policy, and the Profession
18
Total points 108 Total 360
* Programme must include an elective paper worth at least 18 points from other approved disciplines and subjects. Students may select which semester in which to complete the elective paper (subject to availability).
Note: With approval, students with evidence of equivalent prior knowledge may substitute an approved Māori language paper (worth at least 18 points) for MAOR 110.
Students who first enrolled in 2022 or earlier will normally complete the programme under the regulations in force when they first enrolled.
Master of Teaching and Learning (MTchgLn) endorsed in Early Childhood Education
Subject Area Papers Points Education and Pedagogy EDUC 471 Teaching in a New Zealand Context
EDUC 476 Diversity and Inclusion
30
30
Curriculum EDUC 474 Early Childhood Curriculum 1
EDUC 574 Early Childhood Curriculum 2
30
30
Professional Experience EDUC 475 Professional Experience (Early Childhood)
EDUC 579 Evidence-based Inquiry
30
30
Total 180
ECED papers Papers for "ECED" not found.
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