TECP426-26YA2 (D) Year A Second Half 2026 (Distance)

Curriculum 4: Learning Languages and Social Sciences in Diverse School and Community Settings

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 Learning Languages and Social Sciences education in primary schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Students will critically engage with theoretical and practical frameworks for responsive teaching in Social Sciences and Learning Languages (including English as an additional language, New Zealand Sign Language, te reo Maori and other languages) that take account of learners' diverse backgrounds and draw on local contexts. Students will evaluate pedagogical strategies, assessment activities and resources to deepen their development of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to facilitate effective learning opportunities in these two learning areas. The course will complement learning in other courses in the Postgraduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning (Primary), including Professional Practice.

*Please note this course is only available to initial teacher education students. To enrol in this course you need to be accepted and enrolled in one of our Initial Teacher Education programmes.

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the conceptual and theoretical foundations, structure and language of the Learning Languages and Social Sciences learning areas.
2. Articulate a deep understanding of how the vision, principles, values and key competencies underpinning The New Zealand Curriculum are enacted through Learning Languages and Social Sciences, and the interrelationships of these with other learning areas and with the provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi.
3. Select and justify modifications of resources, learning and assessment activities for Learning Languages that reflect and draw on the cultural and linguistic diversity of ākonga and their local communities.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the nature, content and guidelines of Social Sciences in The New Zealand Curriculum to design, modify, deliver, assess and evaluate effective Social Studies programmes with emphasis on Critical and Indigenous pedagogies of place.
5. Appraise the effectiveness of a range of digital tools to augment instructed and independent language learning, and to support kānohi-ki-tekānohi (face-to-face) community engagement approaches i

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

Jocelyn Howard

Lecturer

Laurel Fitzgerald

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Learning Languages 5% Portfolio Tasks completed during lectures (weekly)
Learning Languages 45% Application of theories of Language Learning
Social Sciences 25 Oct 2026 50% Context Analysis and Recommendations

Textbooks / Resources

Textbooks / Resources
There are no required textbooks for this course. Readings to support specific kaupapa/modules will be provided for each lecture on Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,150.00

* 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 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment .

All TECP426 Occurrences

  • TECP426-26YA2 (C) Year A Second Half 2026
  • TECP426-26YA2 (D) Year A Second Half 2026 (Distance)