EC731 Tiriti-Based Early Childhood Education Assessment 2026 | NZTC

EC731 Tiriti-Based Early Childhood Education Assessment

Learning Outcomes

LO1 – Explore practical ways to support key aspects of kaupapa Māori, tikanga  Māori, and te reo Māori in early childhood contexts

LO2 – Critically examine historical and contemporary perspectives in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and The Treaty of Waitangi

LO3 – Critically analyse and apply strategies for ongoing bicultural development and Tiriti-based early childhood education

Assessment

Part One: Discussion Forum

Select one of your own posts from the academic forum for this course and explain how it adds value to the discussion (no more than 200 words).

Part Two:

Pepeha In honouring you and your cultural identity, outline your pepeha in order to acknowledge the people and places that you are most connected to. Use the pepeha section of Te reo Māori: He taonga mō ā tātou mokopuna (Rokx, 2016) to guide you.

Part Three: Essay

Examine Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi and its importance to Aotearoa New Zealand both historically and in the present day. Then discuss why and how teachers in early childhood education honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi through prioritising Māori culture and language within Aotearoa early childhood settings.
LO 2,3 (800 words)

Part Four: Professional Development Plan

Critically reflect on your confidence, use and progression of te reo Māori and consider two specific Māori values, concepts, traditions, or practices that you are wanting to learn more about and implement more confidently and authentically into your teaching practice.

Respond to the following prompts for each:

• Importance to early childhood education: Define and discuss your knowledge of each, expanding on its importance to early childhood education and your professional commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership.
• Teaching goal and short-term plan: Outline one specific teaching goal and short-term plan e.g. 2-3 months, that identifies what you intend to learn and progress in, and explains how you will effectively implement your plan and achieve your goal within your ECE setting.
• Evaluation: Consider how you will evaluate the effectiveness and authenticity of your plan in terms of both your teaching and outcomes for tamariki and whānau and what further action you will take to enrich and extend this teaching and learning in the future. LO 1, 2, 3 (1000 words)