Visiting delegations

The Faculty of Education and Social Work values the close professional links we have with different countries. We host groups of educators who come to New Zealand for various periods of time to study with us, and to look at the way our education system operates, and how our schools are managed and led.

Without exception, we believe that all of our visiting groups have greatly benefited from their experiences in New Zealand. And we benefit from the experiences of having people studying with us from other countries, so we can learn from these groups as well.

Our hope is that we can establish and strengthen ongoing relationships with educational institutions of other countries. We look forward to developing those relationships and we feel that all the countries will have a great deal to benefit as a result.
 

Some study tours that we have hosted in the past three years:

• Beijing Shunyi Education Commission (Eight-week programme)
  32 primary and secondary teachers - English Language teaching/learning (2002)
• Beijing Fengtai Education Commission (Four-week programme)
  16 early childhood teachers - ECE Education System in NZ (2002)
  15 secondary teachers - Learning and teaching English (2002)
  24 primary teachers - Learning and teaching English (2003)

• Beijing Zhen Hua Tourism School (Four-week programme)
  13 vocational school teachers - Learning and teaching English (2002)
• Suzhou Education Bureau (Twelve-week and two-week programmes)
  32 secondary teachers - Teaching Physics & Mathematics in English (2002)
  23 Principals - NZ Education System & School Management (2003)
  33 primary and secondary teachers - Teaching Chemistry & Mathematics in English (2003)
• Nan Jing Normal University (Two-week programme)
  18 early childhood teachers - Early childhood curriculum in New Zealand (2002)

• Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Four-week programme)
  15 primary teachers - Learning and Teaching English (2002 & 2003)
• Guangzhou Education Bureau
  20 secondary teachers - Learning and Teaching English (2003)
• Edogawa University
  26 - 35 students Intensive English (1991 - 2003)

We also have hosted short visits by delegations from USA, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cook Islands and more.