The Faculty of Education consists of seven schools, delivering a wide range of courses:
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Arts, Languages and Literacies
The School of Arts, Languages, and Literacies is committed to achieving high quality research, and excellent teaching and learning, from early childhood education to the education of adults. Our School’s vision is to develop further as a "centre of excellence", for languages, creative arts and literacies education, both nationally and internationally. Through our teaching and research we are committed to acknowledging and responding to the cultural and linguistic diversity of all our communities.
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Counselling, Human Services and Social Work
Our focus is on teaching, research and scholarship in the many diverse fields of practice in counselling, human services (Youth Work and Disability Studies) and social work (Health Social Work, Child and Family Practice and Youth Services). We teach undergraduate programmes in Social Work and Human Services and postgraduate programmes in Counselling and Professional Supervision. -
Critical Studies in Education (Incorporating Education Studies, Health & Physical Education, Pasifika, & Social Sciences)
Today’s New Zealand is complex and changing, and so are its educational ideas, policies and practices. The School of Social and Policy Studies is where these issues are addressed directly in the Faculty of Education. - Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
Our focus is on teaching, research and scholarship in the areas of science, mathematics and technology teacher education. The staff offer quality education to assist early childhood, primary and secondary teachers who are preparing themselves to help children and young adults develop understanding, knowledge and skills.
- Te Puna Wānanga
Tënä rä tätou i runga i ngä ahuatanga o te wä. Rätou te hunga mate ki a rätou, tätou te hunga ora ki a tätou, tënä tätou katoa.Te Kura o Te Puna Wānanga is the School of Māori Education within the Faculty of Education that is committed to excellence in teacher education that is underpinned by Tikanga, Te Reo and Mātauranga Māori.
- Teaching, Learning and Development
Tena koutou katoa. Nau mai haere mai ki Te Kura Whakawhanake Akoranga
Welcome to the School of Teaching, Learning and Development
Our focus is on education and advancing scholarship in this field. We are interconnected as faculty in our engagement with such questions as: What is learning? How do we learn? How do we create, enhance, and provoke learning? How do we teach? How do we know learning has occurred? What do we do with this learning? How does the social context influence our teaching? How do we question our learning and actions?
Our engagement also includes key developmental questions that examine child, adolescent, adult and professional development, for example: How does developmental change occur? How does the social context shape development? How can we use research to optimise children’s and teachers’ development? - Teacher Education Practice
The focus of the School of Teacher Education Practice is on examining and developing teachers’ professional practice in context. Effective teacher education practice is not only dependent on programme cohesion and coherence, but also on collaboration with early childhood and school communities.
