Community and Wananga education are also options for higher education. Community education helps adults with foundational skills like reading, math, and language. Wananga is a college that is dedicated to teaching the Maori customs and traditions. Both of these options offer diplomas, degrees, and even at Maori schools you can earn doctorates degrees. Lastly, New Zealand has eight funded universities that have specialized instructional topics that earn professional degrees: “All are well recognized internationally. They work with universities in other countries on research and teaching programs, and with the business community in New Zealand and overseas on research and development” (http://www.education.govt.nz). All three of these options
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Their system is not stagnant and encourages learning through experiences and practical/academic achievement. The public schools are some of the highest funding in the world and bottom line is that education is important and comes first. The system believes: “Instead of sticking to a regimen that no one really understands and doesn’t really tell us anything, the New Zealand public education system focuses on being open-minded and letting children explore, thus allowing them to learn in the best way that they can” (http://www.education-newzealand.org). All this information will be really useful to navigate the school system. Understanding the value that New Zealand puts on education is something any teacher should not take lightly. If you are teaching in New Zealand you have to be dedicated and bought in one hundred percent to the students and their ability to learn. As a teacher you have to believe that every student has the ability to do great things, no matter where you are, but New Zealand lives and breathes that idea every single day. Their system is rewarding and being an educator in one of the best schooling systems, diverse and open minded communities, and geared to the …show more content…
The country is divided up into the separate islands that hold unique biology. In northern island you can expect rolling hills and grand entertainment, shopping, and the city life. In the southern island you can wake up your inner adventure side. You will come in contact with the islands first settlers the Maori and their rich culture that lives within New Zealand every single minute of the day.
As an educator, you can expect the best for the students. Putting the emphasis on the experiences of life. Within primary schooling teachers are held to a high standard and are expected to carry themselves at that standard for their content, management, and student culture. The goal is to create life long learners that will be successful, productive, members of society that help the country thrive even
Their system is not stagnant and encourages learning through experiences and practical/academic achievement. The public schools are some of the highest funding in the world and bottom line is that education is important and comes first. The system believes: “Instead of sticking to a regimen that no one really understands and doesn’t really tell us anything, the New Zealand public education system focuses on being open-minded and letting children explore, thus allowing them to learn in the best way that they can” (http://www.education-newzealand.org). All this information will be really useful to navigate the school system. Understanding the value that New Zealand puts on education is something any teacher should not take lightly. If you are teaching in New Zealand you have to be dedicated and bought in one hundred percent to the students and their ability to learn. As a teacher you have to believe that every student has the ability to do great things, no matter where you are, but New Zealand lives and breathes that idea every single day. Their system is rewarding and being an educator in one of the best schooling systems, diverse and open minded communities, and geared to the …show more content…
The country is divided up into the separate islands that hold unique biology. In northern island you can expect rolling hills and grand entertainment, shopping, and the city life. In the southern island you can wake up your inner adventure side. You will come in contact with the islands first settlers the Maori and their rich culture that lives within New Zealand every single minute of the day.
As an educator, you can expect the best for the students. Putting the emphasis on the experiences of life. Within primary schooling teachers are held to a high standard and are expected to carry themselves at that standard for their content, management, and student culture. The goal is to create life long learners that will be successful, productive, members of society that help the country thrive even