Dunedin College of Education
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The University of Otago College of Education is a teacher-training facility in Dunedin
, New Zealand
, run as part of the University of Otago
since 2007. Formerly called Dunedin College of Education (Te Kura Akau Taitoka, also known as Dunedin Teachers' College), the college was founded in 1876, and has the longest continuous history of teacher education in New Zealand. The Dunedin College of Education's motto was maxima debetur pueris reverentia (the child deserves the greatest respect).
The college operates from its own campus close to, but not contiguous with, the main university campus, opposite Logan Park
in Dunedin North
. Between them, the University of Otago, Dunedin College of Education, Otago Polytechnic
, Otago School of Medicine, and Otago School of Dentistry form one large extended campus which covers some 80 hectares of Dunedin North. The college shares some facilities with the polytechnic, which lies immediately to its northwest.
The college's location in Dunedin is significant, as that city has long had a history of education pioneering in New Zealand, with the country's first university, first medical school, first kindergarten, and first single-sex high school for girls.
Initially, the college taught primary teachers, in close collaboration with the university. Teaching students made up a significant proportion of the university's early students, and it started providing its own courses in education from 1905.
Since the 1970s, the college expanded its programmes, inaugurating degree and diploma courses in early childhood, primary, and secondary education. A similar expansion of courses was undertaken by the university, which offered doctoral courses in education as part of its liberal arts courses. From 1976, the university and college offered a joint Bachelor of Education course. This co-operation continued until tertiary education reforms of the mid 1990s, after which the university offered its own B.Ed. degree course.
As a result of these changes, the Dunedin College of Education and University of Otago agreed to a merger, with the college becoming the University of Otago College of Education in early 2007 and the college has full access to The Bill Robertson Library
and its major collections.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, run as part of the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
since 2007. Formerly called Dunedin College of Education (Te Kura Akau Taitoka, also known as Dunedin Teachers' College), the college was founded in 1876, and has the longest continuous history of teacher education in New Zealand. The Dunedin College of Education's motto was maxima debetur pueris reverentia (the child deserves the greatest respect).
The college operates from its own campus close to, but not contiguous with, the main university campus, opposite Logan Park
Logan Park, Dunedin
Logan Park is a sporting venue in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies on land reclaimed from the former Lake Logan.- History :Lake Logan was reclaimed in the early 20th century...
in Dunedin North
Dunedin North
Dunedin North, also known as North Dunedin, is a major inner suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, located to the northeast of the city centre. It contains many of the city's major institutions, including the city's university, polytechnic, main hospital, and largest museum...
. Between them, the University of Otago, Dunedin College of Education, Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic
The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....
, Otago School of Medicine, and Otago School of Dentistry form one large extended campus which covers some 80 hectares of Dunedin North. The college shares some facilities with the polytechnic, which lies immediately to its northwest.
The college's location in Dunedin is significant, as that city has long had a history of education pioneering in New Zealand, with the country's first university, first medical school, first kindergarten, and first single-sex high school for girls.
Initially, the college taught primary teachers, in close collaboration with the university. Teaching students made up a significant proportion of the university's early students, and it started providing its own courses in education from 1905.
Since the 1970s, the college expanded its programmes, inaugurating degree and diploma courses in early childhood, primary, and secondary education. A similar expansion of courses was undertaken by the university, which offered doctoral courses in education as part of its liberal arts courses. From 1976, the university and college offered a joint Bachelor of Education course. This co-operation continued until tertiary education reforms of the mid 1990s, after which the university offered its own B.Ed. degree course.
As a result of these changes, the Dunedin College of Education and University of Otago agreed to a merger, with the college becoming the University of Otago College of Education in early 2007 and the college has full access to The Bill Robertson Library
The Bill Robertson Library
The Robertson Library is a library of the University of Otago in New Zealand. There is also a resource centre in Alexandra, Central Otago.- Union Street East :...
and its major collections.