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The College of Education offers a number of programmes for those wishing to continue their studies in Education. These are the:
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Education)
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning with Honours
Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching
Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology
Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning
Master of Arts in Education
Master of Education
Master of Teaching and Learning
MEd and Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology
MEd with Certificate in Counselling
PhD Degree
The Honours programme is designed for students who want a further year of specialised study in Education and Human Development after they have completed their general BA degree. It allows students to develop their research skills in preparation for embarking on thesis work within the MA or PhD degrees.
The BTchLn(Hons) is a one-year full-time qualification for BTchLn (or equivalent) graduates with a B grade average in their 200 and 300-level courses. The BTchLn(Hons) develops knowledge and research skills to equip you for further study and improve your classroom/centre practice, provides you with the opportunity to focus on educational issues or curriculum areas in which you have special interests and makes you more competitive in the job market.
The PGCertCT is designed for health professionals who are involved in teaching or training. The qualification aims to develop the skills necessary to become competent educators within a wide range of healthcare settings and gain the skills and preparatory work toward a research project or educational project.
The PGDipChFamPsych is designed for students who wish to become registered psychologists and practise as child and family psychologists. It is offered as an internship year to students who already hold a (MEd) in Child and Family Psychology. It leads to registration as a psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists’ Board.
The PGDipEdLead is designed for educational leaders with significant senior or middle management experience. The Educational Leadership courses focus on the competencies required for effective leadership and efficient management. They are suitable for those already holding leadership and management positions in schools and centres and for those planning for future promotion, particularly aspiring principals and head teachers.
The PGDipTchLn is a one-year full-time qualification for teachers working in adult education, schools and early childhood centres. It comprises two compulsory courses: a research methodology course and a research project, and two further courses from the MTchLn schedule.
The MA in Education consists of four courses and a thesis. It is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and extend their research skills to address questions of interest in education.
The MEd degree is designed to give teachers, counsellors or other educational professionals the opportunity to improve their professional practice, examine critically significant issues in education and/or undertake research in their fields of interest.
The MTchLn degree develops research skills and investigates theories and practices of teaching and learning related to the delivery of curriculum in educational organisations within a context of pressure for change brought about by the impact of competing social, political and economic ideologies with the aim of improving the professional praxis of teachers and trainers.
The MEd(ChFamPsyc) together with the Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Family Psychology have been designed for students who wish to become registered psychologists and to practise as child and family psychologists.
This degree is designed for students with teacher or counsellor training or experience who wish to extend their theoretical grounding and professional skills to work as counsellors in a variety of settings.
A PhD candidate undertakes an advanced course of study and research and presents the results as a thesis. The thesis is a substantial and systematic piece of independent research that makes an original contribution to knowledge and understanding and meets recognised international standards for such work.
More information about these programmes and their courses is available in the PostGraduate Prospectus which can be obtained by emailing education@canterbury.ac.nz or phoning 0800 VARSITY (827 748)