School of Teacher Education

Te Kura Whakangungu Kaiako

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The School of Teacher Education provides a range of undergraduate, graduate and masters qualifications, teacher education programmes, and postgraduate endorsements in Specialist Teaching, Literacy, Teaching and Learning Languages, and Hoaka Pounamu.

We are committed to providing exemplary programmes for teachers, supervisors, curriculum specialists, and other professionals pursuing careers in education both in on-campus and distance deliveries. For more details, please review the course offering pages.

Planning a career in schools or education?

We have courses for students interested in careers in teaching at all levels. Find out more.

Learn from our students' experiences

Melissa Waite, who is now a secondary school teacher, shares her UC story.

Staff contact and research profiles

Contact our internationally recognised team, and view our full research and publications profiles.

Thinking about a career change?

It's easier than you might think

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News, events and seminars

Reimagining sexuality and relationships education

What more can sexuality and relationships education become in an era of consumption and digital technologies? That’s the ...

Prestige Lecture - Learning Supercharged: Lessons ...

Professor Lynne Schrum, 4.30pm Thursday 8 March
Research on the impact of ICT shows that one teacher can ...

State of the Art: New Directions in Sexuality ...

This two day symposium draws on the expertise of internationally respected academics in the field of sexuality education ...