My Wiki for ECE 2010

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Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Course 2010

EDCURRIC 630 Early Years Curriculum
EDCURRIC 631 Languages and Culture
EDCURRIC 632 The Arts
EDCURRIC 633 Te Ao Māori Early Childhood Education
EDCURRIC 634 Hauora
EDCURRIC 635 Exploration
EDPRAC 621 Conceptualising Practice: Practicum
EDPRAC 622 Pedagogy in Practice: Practicum
EDPROFST 622 Learning Theories
And one course from:
EDPROFST 621 Personal Pedagogy
EDPROFST 624 Professional Knowledge in Early Childhood Education
2010 Programme Details PDF

TeachNZ Funding
NDeva

Te Whariki

There are four foundation principles for the early childhood curriculum:

•Empowerment – Whakamana
•Holistic development – Kotahitanga
•Family and community – Whānau tangata
•Relationships – Ngā hononga

There are five strands:

•Well-being – Mana Atua
•Belonging – Mana Whenua
•Contribution – Mana Tangata
•Communication – Mana Reo
•Exploration – Mana Aotūroa

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) 2010 Flexi Dates

On Campus 26 Jan to 29 Jan (4 Days)
Practicum 1st March to 19th March (3 Weeks)
On Campus 19 April to 22 April (4 Days)
Practicum 3rd May to 28th May (4 Weeks)
On Campus 13 July to 16 July (4 Days)
On Campus 23 August to 26th August (4 Days)
Practicum 18 Oct to 3 December (7 Weeks)
The mid semester breaks and semester break are the same dates as school holidays.

Links of potential use

Ministry of Education
Educate ECE
Links from Victoria Uni
Auckland Kindergarten Association
nzei
NZEI Collective Agreement

Links that might be good classroom resources

Kaboose - has adds though
Sesame Street
Maori Resources
ELC

Pages I like from ECE

Te Reo Maori
Resources

Practicum Places to Concider

Bear Park
Acorn
Kindy
I am looking for:
- a reasonable sized operation - more teachers to learn from
- a leader in education that has a decent website
- both Kindy and Daycare experience