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Education

From educating and caring for young children to teaching adults, the goals of education remain the same - to deliver both information and inspiration. Students will experience those goals first-hand from some of the most inspirational educators in the business, when they study one of our education programmes.

Wintec's education programmes have a high level of practicum, teaching students what they need to know to succeed as well as giving them plenty of opportunities to put theory into practice. 

Our programmes

Te Ara Pūtake: My Academic Pathway

One semester
Level 4
$3266 per semester
Hamilton City Campus, Sport health strand - Rotokauri Campus (semester 2)
Jul 2019
This programme is for those who want to begin study, but need to build confidence or brush up on skills. Students will choose from five pathways that align with their career goals, including: Health, Social Practice, Media Arts, Early Childhood, and the Open pathway for general subjects and skills. Students will gain essential academic knowledge, capabilities, and skills needed to succeed at higher levels of study.

Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4)

One year
Level 4
Fee free
Various locations around New Zealand (please enquire)
Apr 2019
This programme is designed for those engaged in adult and tertiary teaching or training. Students will learn the foundation knowledge, skills and attributes required for starting out in an adult and tertiary teaching or training career.

Adult and Tertiary Teaching in Practice (Level 5)

One semester
Level 5
$3266 per semester
Hamilton City Campus
Jul 2019
This programme is intended for people who already have a qualification or equivalent experience in their primary discipline eg a trade, and represents the base level qualification for a professional adult and tertiary teaching practitioner.

Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

Three years
Level 7
$6531 per year
Hamilton City Campus
Jul 2019
This degree is designed for those who would like to pursue a career as a qualified early childhood education teacher. In addition to class time, students will spend a minimum of 12 hours per week in a licensed early childhood education setting putting skills into practice.

Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

One year
Level 7
$6531 per year
Hamilton City Campus
Jul 2019
This programme is designed for those who want to work with people learning English as a second or additional language. These programmes are suitable for trained teachers as well as those with little or no teaching experience.

Graduate Diploma of Information Technology in Education

Two years part-time (or less if studied full-time)
Level 7
$6531 per year
Hamilton City Campus, Online delivery
Jul 2019
This programme provides practicing teachers with the skills and knowledge to integrate information communication technology into the classroom to enhance teaching and learning for students.

Professional programmes/short courses

Design Thinking Boot Camp

Hamilton City Campus
Become a master of innovation by understanding customer needs, reframing problems, and expanding your ability to try bold new ideas.

Design Thinking Taster

Hamilton City Campus
This fun, fast-paced and interactive workshop will change the way you think about problems and how to solve them. You will learn Design Thinking principles that are human centered and how they can be used to craft innovative, customer-focused solutions through doing. Lots of doing.

Pathways

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About the faculty

The Centre for Education and Foundation Pathways can provide you with:

Foundation

The platform to:

  • Go on to further study
  • Enhance your work skills, or
  • Simply pursue your interests

Education

World class education and training in teacher education, adult education, early childhood education and on-going professional  development of teachers.

Find out more about the Centre.

Course guide

Our course guides (prospectuses) will tell you everything you need to know about Wintec. They contain information about the Wintec campus, student life and the programmes we offer.

We offer the course guides (prospectuses) in both digital and physical form.

Undergraduate course guide (prospectus)

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Postgraduate health and social practice course guide (prospectus)

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Undergraduate course guide (prospectus)

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Postgraduate health course guide (prospectus)

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Want a link to the digital copy delivered fresh to your email inbox (or your friend's inbox)? No worries, leave your details below. Your email should arrive in the next few minutes!

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