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Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

GradDipMLP
09 October 2023

Study a Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu through Te Kaupeka Ako | Faculty of Education at the University of Canterbury.

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Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Degree Structure - Start In
January

POINTS

120

DURATION

Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Degree Structure - Duration
4 years part-time

Enrolments currently closed

This degree is currently not open to new enrolments. Contact Te Kura Whakangungu Kaiako Aumiri Pounamu | School of Teacher Education for updates.

Overview


Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Introduction

The Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu (GradDipMLP) provides provisionally certified and practising kaiako teachers with the confidence to be educators of te ao Māori.

Our programme will help guide you to embed Māori knowledge and culture into your teaching at early, primary, and secondary schools. This includes te reo, tikanga Māori traditional culture, Aotearoa New Zealand history, and mātauranga Māori worldviews, such as sustainability and our role as kaitiaki protectors of the land.

This is an ideal programme for you to help support Aotearoa New Zealand's commitment to teaching our tamariki the values, culture, and history of our nation.

Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Entry requirements

Note: The GradDipMLP is currently not open to new enrolments.

The GradDipMLP is open to those who are provisionally certified as teachers, those that hold a subject to confirmation practising certificate, and full practising teachers.

You will need to have completed an Aotearoa New Zealand teacher education degree (or other qualifications of an equivalent standard) to enrol in this programme.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu or use the admission requirements checker.

How to apply

You can apply online at myUC.

There will also be a hui with the Programme Coordinator as part of your application to assess your current level of te reo competency and ascertain the support you will need during study.

For information on the enrolment process, please see Te Kura Whakangungu Kaiako Aumiri Pounamu | School of Teacher Education website.

Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

How do I plan my diploma?

The GradDipMLP requires 120 points of compulsory courses, which can be completed within 4 years of part-time study, starting in January. These courses are delivered in collaboration with Mātauraka Mahaanui.

There are flexible options to suit working kaiako teachers, including noho marae experiences, day wānanga, and night classes.

Students who are unable to complete all of the requirements on the Diploma can apply to the Dean of Education and Health Sciences to transfer their completed courses to the Graduate Certificate in Māori and Language Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu.

See more information about our Aumiri Pounamu programmes.

For full requirements, see the Regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu.

Compulsory courses

Domestic students

2024 tuition fee estimate: $6,748 (120 points)
2025 tuition fee estimate: $7,153 (120 points)

International students

2024 tuition fee estimate: $31,600 (120 points)
2025 tuition fee estimate: $32,800 (120 points)

Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Further study

This Diploma is particularly suited as preparation for the Master of Hōaka Pounamu | Māori Bilingual and Immersion Teaching and Learning.

UC offers a number of postgraduate degrees for practising teachers to research and critique contemporary education practices, theories, and policies.

You may also consider further developing your te reo competency or Māori knowledge:

Graduate Diploma in Māori Language and Pedagogies: Aumiri Pounamu

Career opportunities

The Diploma will improve your teaching capabilities by strengthening your worldviews, language ability, and cultural awareness. You will be able to bring this sense of kotahitanga unity to your teaching style and create a whānau community atmosphere within your classroom.

Our government has announced initiatives to teach Aotearoa New Zealand history in schools by 2022, and to integrate te reo Māori studies by 2025. Graduates of this Certificate will be well prepared to meet this need, and will find themselves highly employable as a result.

An ability to teach both to and of indigenous cultures will also prepare you for careers internationally in countries looking to further embrace their own cultural histories.

Useful information:

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Postgraduate Prospectus 2024

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