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Pasifika Education recognizes its leadership role in Pacific education and development. Such leadership brings with it the responsibilities to advance educational knowledge; improve educational practice and enhance service and support systems in Pasifika education. Our approaches to meeting such responsibilities will be informed by the development and use of our own unique perspectives and paradigms - which are a product of our core values. Our core values will also guide the way we navigate professional and cultural networks in order to establish strategic collaborations that will enable us to meet our responsibilities.
Programmes and Courses
The Faculty of Education offers two qualifications with Pasifika specialisations:
These specialisations in Early Childhood Education Pasifika link directly with community demand and government initiatives to boost quality in Pasifika and general ECE. Graduates of these programmes are qualified to teach in diverse ECE settings in New Zealand, and have experience and skills in Pasifika approaches to teaching and learning.
The goals of the Pasifika specialisations are:
- To provide content and skill development in teaching which are relevant to Pasifika communities, and focused on quality ECE provision in Pasifika ECE and general ECE settings.
- To offer a quality ECE teacher education programme that integrates Pasifika languages, and cultures in ways that enables teachers to be responsive to the needs of diverse learners.
- To offer a quality ECE teacher education comprising pedagogy and curriculum that integrates and advances research, theory and practice in Pasifika ECE and general ECE.
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Pasifika Specialisation
This diploma specialisation was developed for those early childhood education students who wish to learn their professional skills through Pasifika approaches to teaching and learning combined with national and international best practice. In the final year courses there is an emphasis on applied studies.
- How many years until you graduate? - 3 years full-time, up to 6 years part-time of successful study.
- Location- Epsom Campus, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Pasifika Specialisation
This degree specialisation was developed for those early childhood education students who wish to learn their professional skills through Pasifika approaches to teaching and learning combined with national and international best practice. In the final year courses there is an emphasis on research and theory. Graduates are eligible for a higher salary band (Q3) than Diploma graduates. In addition they will be eligible to apply to undertake graduate studies.
- How many years until you graduate? - 3 years full-time, up to 6 years part-time of successful study.
- Location- Epsom Campus, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom
Why choose one of these Pasifika specialisations?
- you will have the opportunity to learn ECE teaching skills through Pasifika approaches to teaching and learning combined with national and international best practice
- Will qualify you to teach in any early childhood centre
- Open to everyone to apply (young, mature, non-Pasifika, men & women)
- Your individual learning is supported by Pasifika Academic Support Services (PASS)
- You learning will be supported by the largest Pasifika teacher education team specialising in ECE in New Zealand
Other Pasifika-Relevant Courses and Studies
Faculty has an exciting range of courses that cover aspects of Pasifika knowledge and experience. These courses are informed by the most recent research, community perspectives and are taught by staff who are leaders in the relevant fields.
Please note that some courses are delivered by experts from School of Social, Policy and Pasifika Education Studies, while others are taught with or by staff located in other Schools within the Faculty of Education.
The School of Social, Policy and Pasifika Education Studies is well-placed to provide supervision for postgraduate research at Masters and Doctoral level.
Opportunities to engage with Pacific education exist within different curriculum and professional practice courses across all the Faculty’s programmes.
For course description, please download
Course Prescriptions 2008 (442kB)
In the Foundation Programme:
There is one course that is offered each semester.
EDFOUND 17F Pasifika Academic Literacy
In the Liberal Arts Programme:
EDUC 309 Issues in Pacific Nations Education
This course is taught in collaboration with staff from the Centre of Pacific Studies. The venue is the Fale Pasifika, Wynard Street, on City campus.
In the Teacher Education Programme:
There are a number of teacher education qualifications that offer the chance for students to do courses that are Pacific-specific.
- Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching:
EDCURSEC 674B Teaching Samoan
This is a course to help prepare those who hold a relevant degree qualification to teach the Samoan language curriculum in New Zealand secondary schools.
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Bachelor of Education, Primary Teaching:
It is possible, in the third and final year of the BEd primary teaching degree to choose a suite of three courses with a specific focus on preparing teachers to teach Pasifika and other ethnic minority learners in urban schools within New Zealand.
This is an exciting and highly relevant initiative for the Faculty of Education. At the last census (2006) Pacific peoples in New Zealand made up 6.9% of the total population. 67% of Pacific peoples live in the Auckland Region - which is approximately 14.4% of Auckland’s total population.This proportion will increase, given current demographic trends. The Ministry of Education has projected that by 2051 one in five children in New Zealand will be a Pacific child. The proportion of children in schools in the Auckland region who are Pasifika will be much higher. Such projections, from a Ministry of Education perspective, "provides a sense of urgency to ensure the educational needs of Pasifika children are met….." (Ministry of Education website).
If enrolment numbers are sufficient, this suite of courses will be offered for the first time in 2008. -
Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Pasifika specialisations and Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood, Pasifika specialisations
Please refer to the first part of this page for more information about the Pasifika Early Childhood Education Programme. These courses make up of the core of this qualification.EDCURRPK 111 Ng_ue’aki e Tekinolosia
EDCURRPK 115 Apii taieni I nga mataiti mua
EDCURRPK 116 Lafilafiaga Tautufuga Pasifika
EDCURRPK 120 Na I vakarau ni vuli ka ena Pasifika
EDCURRPK 121 Moui olaola
EDCURRPK 122 Olaga fakate agaga ma aganuku
EDCURRPK 210 Aoaoga o fanau laititi
EDCURRPK 211 Gagana ma lana matafoi
EDCURRPK 212 Fika’I he Fanau liki
EDCURRPK 253 Aku akoga o gana o fenua katoa
EDCURRPK 313 Tuvatuva vakarautaki ena vuli me qito
EDCURRPK 320 Kimi oonu te apii tamariki ou
EDCURRPK 321 Taulotoga o tuu a te atufenua
EDPROFPK 102 Pe mafia vefea e ki tatou oi tamaiti aoga Pasifika
EDPRACPK 102 Faiakoga o akoga kamata 1
EDPROFPK 202 Puapii kite ote tamariki ou 2
EDPROFPK 213 Faatulagaina o aoga amata
EDPROFPK 302 Piapii kite ote tamariki ou 3
EDPROFPK 314 Na qito me sala ni vaaivakatavulici
In the Post Graduate Programme:
There are also a number of Pacific fore-grounded courses available for students that are studying for their Graduate Diploma in Education, as well as those who are up-grading their diplomas in order to earn a B Ed degree.
These are:
EDPROFST 220 Introduction to Samoan Language for Teaching
EDPROFST 338 Language Acquisition for Pasifika People
EDPROFST 340 Pasifika Research and Practice
EDPROFST 341 Pasifika Languages for Teaching
In the Social Work Programme:
SOCWORK 351 Working with Pasifika communities
SOCWORK 307 Maori and Pasifika Supervision
