AKOE272-26YC2 (C) Year C Second Half 2026

Curriculum: Becoming an intentional teacher

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 July 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 19 July 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 September 2026

Description

This course introduces pre-service teachers to contemporary thinking related to intentional teaching in early childhood settings in bicultural Aotearoa New Zealand. Pre-service teachers will engage with theoretical and practical frameworks for responsive teaching that take account of the diverse backgrounds of tamariki and whanau and draw on local contexts. As a part of a wider progression in curriculum design, there will be a focus on the application of the processes of noticing and recognising children’s interests and learning.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Begin to critically reflect on the significance of intentional teaching
2. Understand and reflect on the early childhood curriculum as negotiated and co-constructed in  bicultural Aotearoa.
3. Analyse the central role of identities and knowledges in fostering interests and learning of tamariki.
4. Apply the process of noticing and recognising as an element of a larger cycle of curriculum design.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 14:00 - 17:00 Rehua 529
13 Jul - 19 Jul
27 Jul - 20 Sep
Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 13:00 - 16:00 Rehua 529
20 Jul - 26 Jul

Course Coordinator

Andrea Delaune

Lecturer

Nicola Surtees

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Reflection on Practice 50%
Curriculum Design 2: Noticing and Recognising 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $948.00

International fee $4,263.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Social and Cultural Studies .

All AKOE272 Occurrences

  • AKOE272-26YC2 (C) Year C Second Half 2026
  • AKOE272-26YC2 (D) Year C Second Half 2026 (Distance)