Overview
Extending and broadening curriculum knowledge and pedagogically appropriate teaching approaches across curriculum learning areas.
This paper includes an introduction to integrated planning while expanding on teaching approaches from EDUC 472. This paper builds on the curriculum content of EDUC 472 so that all curriculum areas are covered across both papers.
About this paper
| Paper title | Primary Curriculum 2 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (7 July 2026 - 18 December 2026) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,498.25 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- EDUC 472
- Limited to
- MTchgLn
- Notes
- Primary Education students only.
- Contact
Dr Bilinda Offen (bilinda.offen@otago.ac.nz)
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Dr Bilinda Offen
Other staff to be confirmed- Paper Structure
- Programme planning based on the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Plan, design, assess and evaluate
- Current research in curriculum learning areas
- Assessment tools and strategies used in national assessment
- Pedagogical content knowledge across the New Zealand Curriculum
- Curriculum leadership
- Current issues and initiatives relevant to New Zealand teaching contexts
- Adaptive help seeking
- Programme planning based on the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Teaching Arrangements
- Programme is delivered face-to-face.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Student teachers who successfully complete this paper will be able to:
- Critically plan, design, assess and evaluate pedagogically appropriate classroom programmes to deliver the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Critically engage with and critique current research related to curriculum learning areas
- Design, use and critique a range of assessment tools and strategies used in national assessment
- Demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge across the New Zealand Curriculum
- Demonstrate a high level of pedagogical content knowledge and potential for leadership in a curriculum area other than English or Mathematics
- Respond critically to current issues and initiatives relevant to New Zealand teaching contexts
- Demonstrate adaptive help seeking
Overview
Extending and broadening curriculum knowledge and pedagogically appropriate teaching approaches across curriculum learning areas.
This paper includes an introduction to integrated planning while expanding on teaching approaches from EDUC 472. This paper builds on the curriculum content of EDUC 472 so that all curriculum areas are covered across both papers.
About this paper
| Paper title | Primary Curriculum 2 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Education |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (12 July 2027 - 10 December 2027) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- EDUC 472
- Limited to
- MTchgLn
- Notes
- Primary Education students only.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Dr Bilinda Offen
Other staff to be confirmed- Paper Structure
- Programme planning based on the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Plan, design, assess and evaluate
- Current research in curriculum learning areas
- Assessment tools and strategies used in national assessment
- Pedagogical content knowledge across the New Zealand Curriculum
- Curriculum leadership
- Current issues and initiatives relevant to New Zealand teaching contexts
- Adaptive help seeking
- Programme planning based on the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Teaching Arrangements
Programme is delivered face-to-face.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Student teachers who successfully complete this paper will be able to:
- Critically plan, design, assess and evaluate pedagogically appropriate classroom programmes to deliver the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
- Critically engage with and critique current research related to curriculum learning areas.
- Design, use and critique a range of assessment tools and strategies used in national assessment.
- Demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge across the New Zealand Curriculum.
- Demonstrate a high level of pedagogical content knowledge and potential for leadership in a curriculum area other than English or Mathematics.
- Respond critically to current issues and initiatives relevant to New Zealand teaching contexts.
- Demonstrate adaptive help seeking.