AKOE372-26YC1 (D) Year C First Half 2026 (Distance)

ECE as a contested profession: Ethics, politics and teaching

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 February 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2026

Description

This course critically examines some of the broader social, ethical and political contexts in which early childhood education is situated. Pre-service teachers will engage with a range of contemporary ethical dilemmas facing the early childhood profession. Drawing on selected critical frameworks, pre-service teachers will analyse and critique social, political and pedagogical conditions affecting practice. The course will complement learning in other courses in the Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood), including Professional Practice.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of AKOE372, students will be able to:
1. Critique early childhood education as a contested profession

2. Demonstrate the effective use of critical frameworks for engaging with complex ethical dilemmas

3. Critically analyse the ways social, ethical and political and pedagogical conditions shape early childhood education in Aotearoa

Prerequisites

45 points from 200 level AKOE or AKOT

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 529
9 Feb - 15 Feb

Course Administrator

Andrea Delaune

Lecturer

Rikke Betts

Textbooks / Resources

Required Programme Texts:

Education Council (2017). Our Code Our Standards: Code of Professional Responsibility  and Standards for the Teaching Profession. Wellington, NZ: Education Council  [Electronic resource, available at https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/our-code-our standards]

Education Council (2011). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners.  Wellington, NZ: Education Council; Ministry of Education. [Electronic resource,  available at https://teachingcouncil.nz/content/tataiako]

Ministry of Education. (2004). Kei Tua o te Pae Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars.

Ministry of Education. (2009).  Te whatu pōkeka kaupapa Māori assessment for learning early childhood exemplars.

Ministry of Education (2017). Te Whāriki: He Whāriki mātaurnaga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa. Learning  Media. [Electronic resource, available at https://tewhariki.tki.org.nz/en/te-whariki-foundations/early-childhood-curriculum-document/

Ministry of Education (2018). Tapasā: Cultural Competencies Framework for Teachers of  Pasific Learners. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Education. [Electronic resource,  available at https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/Tapasa%CC%84.pdf]

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 AKOE372 Occurrences

  • AKOE372-26YC1 (C) Year C First Half 2026
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