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Master of Teaching and Learning

Masters Degree MTchgLn
master of teaching and learning qual page

Earn your Master of Teaching and Learning to become a certified primary or secondary teacher. Explore modern education trends, guided by the latest research. Challenge traditional teaching methods to empower all your students' voices.

This is a teaching qualification and will lead to becoming a registered teacher.

The Master of Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education is expected to begin in H Trimester 2025, subject to approval from CUAP. 

180 points, 1 year

Hamilton, Tauranga, Online

Papers offered differ by location. Find a Paper for full location info.

January (H Trimester), July (B Trimester)

Why study the Master of Teaching and Learning?

This programme will develop your critical understanding of research-based pedagogical approaches, learning theory, inquiry skills and content knowledge to ensure you can effectively teach diverse learners in New Zealand schools.

You will also gain valuable practical experience with the professional support of Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education lecturers and Mentor Teachers. This programme will provide you with a total of 80 days in the classroom, in two different schools.

Papers examine teaching in the New Zealand context, evidence-based inquiry, teaching diverse learners, and curriculum design and implementation. Students complete eleven 500 level postgraduate papers (180 points). The Master of Teaching and Learning is an intensive course aimed at high achievers and requires a higher entry criteria than the Graduate Diploma in Teaching.

Please Note: This programme builds on the Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching with one extra 30 point paper.

Programme highlights

  • Individual and small group mentoring
  • Identifies your personal strengths
  • Designed to equip you with the expertise to meet the needs of all learners
  • Graduates achieve high-level skills and a stronger capacity for leadership roles in the future
  • The reward for completing this more intensive programme is a higher entry point salary on entering the teaching profession

Career Opportunities

  • Corporate Trainer
  • Education Policy Analyst
  • Learning Consultant
  • Primary, Intermediate or Secondary School Teacher
  • Recruitment Adviser
  • Social Services
  • School Counsellor

180 points, 1 year

Hamilton, Tauranga, Online

Papers offered differ by location. Find a Paper for full location info.

January (H Trimester), July (B Trimester)

Degree information

Plan your study Subjects Entry Requirements Fees and scholarships

Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary)

Your previous tertiary study

Candidates for the secondary endorsement must have sufficient depth and breadth of relevant subject or curriculum knowledge at Levels 5-7. When you apply for the programme you will need to submit your degree transcript(s). The programme leader/coordinator will discuss and advise the appropriate programme once you reach the interview stage.

Learning/Subject Areas

Learning Areas:

  1. English
  2. The Arts
  3. Health and Physical Education
  4. Learning and Languages
  5. Mathematics and Statistics
  6. Science
  7. Social Sciences
  8. Technology

Subject Areas:

  1. English
  2. The Arts (Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts)
  3. Health and Physical Education
  4. Learning Languages
  5. Mathematics and Statistics
  6. Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
  7. Social Sciences (Business Studies, Economics, Geography, History)
  8. Technology (includes areas of computational thinking, designing and developing digital outcomes, designing and developing processed outcomes, designing and developing material outcomes, and design and visual communications – all taught together)

Study in Tauranga

You can study at our Tauranga campus, subject to sufficient numbers.

Scholarships and prizes

TeachNZ have a wide range of scholarships available throughout the year – learn more about TeachNZ scholarships

Visit our Scholarship Finder for information about possible scholarships.

Entry Requirements

The Teaching Council is currently consulting on a proposal to introduce a requirement that student teachers enrolling in an initial teacher education (ITE) programme for primary teaching would have to demonstrate competence in mathematics, using either of the following measures:

  1. Holding a minimum of 14 credits at Achieved, Merit or Excellence in the NCEA subjects 'Mathematics and Statistics' and/or 'Pāngarau' at NCEA Level 2 or above (or a recognised equivalent), or
  2. Passing a mathematics assessment as specified by the Teaching Council

 
We are continuing to recruit students to begin study in 2025 based on the existing ITE entry requirements. The Teaching Council has advised us that they are comfortable for enrolment to continue as no decision has yet been made.
 
However, student teachers commencing study in 2025 should be aware that, if the Teaching Council were to approve the current proposal after consultation, should they not meet measure (1) above, they would be required to pass the mathematics assessment specified by the Teaching Council with at least the specified minimum score before they were able to graduate from the programme. (This reflects that the Teaching Council’s consultation proposes, as a transitional arrangement for 2025 and 2026, that measure (b) can be able to be met prior to graduation, rather than prior to entry to the programme.)
 
Note: this message reflects advice received from the Teaching Council.

Contact us

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School of Education

Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education, The University of Waikato, Gate 5, Hillcrest Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand