Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary Technology Education

Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary Technology Education is a Masters program taught at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand. Intake: February. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Technology Education) at Open Polytechnic is an online qualification for people who want to become secondary school technology teachers and do not currently hold a degree. It focuses on secondary technology education in ways that support Māori learners, including applying knowledge of te Tiriti o Waitangi, te Reo Māori, and tikanga Māori. You also develop communication for teaching technology and use research and critical reflection to improve design for learning and teaching.

You study online at your own pace using course materials, with academic support from staff and contact with students through iQualify talk channels, noho marae, and practicums. The programme includes compulsory noho marae and partner school involvement, plus two full-time practicums of eight weeks each. Full-time students complete two full days in a partner school each week, while part-time students complete one full day each week (in addition to practicum). You are guided by mentor and associate teachers while completing school-based tasks.

The minimum requirements for admission in Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary Technology Education at Open Polytechnic for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Open Polytechnic.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Open Polytechnic as pre-requiste for admission in Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary Technology Education.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/qualifications-and-courses/op7037-graduate-diploma-in-teaching-secondary-technology-education

• Employment in secondary education and other teaching settings, and related professions
• Eligibility to apply for teacher registration and a practising certificate to begin teaching in New Zealand
• First practising certificate: A Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate

14 fully funded scholarships are listed for New Zealand. See New Zealand scholarships.