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The aim of this online course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes to communicate and solve problems in a business entity.
The aim of this online course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes to lead a team in an organisational context.
The purpose of this online course is to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes to investigate small business opportunities and establishment in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This online course will help you to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes to explore the resourcing and risks when establishing a feasible small business.
The aim of this online course is to teach you how to develop the knowledge, skills, and attributes relevant to stakeholder involvement and professional behaviour in a small business.
This course builds on the language learning principles. In this course ākonga are introduced to the Learning Languages curriculum area and second language learning principles. A communicative approach to second language acquisition is explored with a focus on sociolinguistic competence.
In this course ākonga develop knowledge, skills and understandings to teach the four conceptual strands of the Social Sciences curriculum area in the New Zealand Curriculum through inquiry-based learning.
This course introduces the performing and visual arts as curriculum. A focus will be on the variety of assessment types related to the different strands. The key competencies of the New Zealand Curriculum are addressed through a range of theoretical perspectives, teaching strategies, pedagogies and content knowledge.
The course prepares ākonga with the knowledge skills and dispositions to be culturally capable kaiako who meet the Teaching Standards (in a supported environment) and the expectations in Our Code Our Standards through in-depth knowledge of, and critical engagement with, these standards. Ākonga examine their identity as a learner and reflective practitioner and a kaiako and begin to develop a philosophy to guide their practice.
This online course introduces ākonga to ethical considerations and standards that govern the teaching profession. The course develops ākonga abilities to assess information from a range of sources, undertake research, and write formally as required by a teacher. There will be an emphasis on locating and using resources in the local community.