tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55999706697637482422024-03-12T18:03:37.484-07:00Reflections on RealitiesReflective thoughts about effective teaching and learning in a 21C Aotearoa.Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-81480149150101490902019-11-12T14:52:00.001-08:002019-11-12T17:23:36.693-08:00Mahi Atua: Using Pūrākau for connecting with our potential.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been on a voyage recently... one where I am exploring my personal and professional growth. One that has closed some doors and inevitably opened others. It's both exciting and unsettling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over the last 5 weeks I've been attending workshops that are the best PD I've experienced in years.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here in Turanganui a Kiwa we have a hauora based program called Mahi a Atua.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mahi a Atua has been developed by Diana Kopua (nee Rangihuna) and husband Mark Kopua. Together they introduced Mahi a Atua to the Tairāwhiti and together with the community, it has become a 'way of being' that can be interpreted in many ways. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">The common element to Mahi a Atua as an intervention is the deliberate effort to work as a collective to reinstate Mātauranga Maori into health and non-health services. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Through this program, our small group has begun to explore how we might live the 3 principles in our professional and personal lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The aim of this blog is to share a few insights that are reoccurring and how in my opinion this applies in a modern learning environment.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">3 Principles of Mahi Atua </span></u></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tēnei te Po nau mai te Ao (Indigenise your space)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Ka mā te Ariki, ka mā te Tauira (Active learning)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hongihongi te Wheiwheiõ (Welcome Feedback)</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tēnei te Po nau mai te Ao (Indigenise your space)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first principle is about connecting with our indigenous selves. As we spoke the indigenisation of space was initially about how we purposely design an environment that is inclusive and enabling identity for our learners. As we explored this idea it became apparent to the group how the environment can also indigenise us. Through time spent on traditional waka hourua I have experienced my self how this environment helped to indigenise me and how I see the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The source of wisdom and insight comes from all. Many educators will connect with this concept of learning through Ako. Learning is reciprocal and the position of the teacher and the learner is fluid and very much contextually based. The learner becomes the teacher in any instant under the right conditions/ environment. In this principle, all the participants involved in the korero have a valuable contribution towards the discussion and the development of our shared understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is another concept that is prominent within education because of how it relates to Carol Dweck's work on Growth Mindset. Embrace the feedback, use it to learn through reflection, put this new knowledge into action and grow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While within this group I am the only educator, I do know of other educators that have participated in these workshops. I am confident that educators that are drawn to this kaupapa already see the interwoven links between the education system and the health system. Especially in relation to its impact on Māori. Nothing of substance can be achieved when the hauora is not being maintained. No new learning program is going to change this without honouring the hauora of our Māori community. The more I learn the more I understand how this focus on Hauora must come from Te Ao Māori. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As an educator nothing here is new.. Even the principles shared are clearly linked to common research-based practices. However, what we also know that to implement these concepts as strategies in our schools is a complex challenge, that requires difficult questions to be asked and a heck of a lot of uncertainty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One clear message however that was clear to me throughout these wonderfully deep and broad discussions was the need to use Pūrākau for the learner to better communicate where they are at this point in time. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Pūrākau </span><span style="font-size: large;">(stories that are commonly seen as myths or legends) are sources of great knowledge and insights. The definition for a myth is, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.</i>" I am weary of the inclusion of supernatural beings or events in this definition because these concepts are so relative to culture and world view. I encourage others to not discount the taonga the pūrākau holds within it, just because it doesn't align with their world views. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pūrākau</span> enabled the people in this group to share experiences in a way that I have not experienced before. It enabled individuals to share personal insights while not being closely caught up in the emotion. It enabled to growth to occur through sharing it in a way that provides a bit of distance. It was personal yet not with the vulnerability that this personal sharing can be associated with. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large;">The </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">pūrākau</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> was facilitated through the use of art, paintings or carvings that lead into a story. From this story we were asked to explore what we took from the key points in the story.. How might the challenge Mataora faced relate back what you faced during this time? How did he transform during this process he had to follow? What was the taonga that you brought back with you that related to the humility Mataora attained?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From this series of workshops I am growing in my own understanding of be Māori. I am also excited about incorporating the use of P</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">ūrākau</span><span style="font-size: large;"> into my learning practices and environments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have attended a workshop relating to learning stories and have utelised them in my class but to in a way that I feel is utelising their full potential. I will begin exploring how these learning stories can become a tool to promote evidencing shifts in learning for our learners in a way that is similar to how we have used P</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">ūrākau</span><span style="font-size: large;"> through Mahi Atua.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">gain from these vital thoughts. I absolutely agree we need to stop asking if secondary schools </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">need to change? We need to delve into both the how and what questions... </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">AND ACT!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I wish to address something I noticed recently in this </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">blog and at a recent presentation </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">on Deep Learning. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">When we begin to consider </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">models of education/thinking from </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">overseas we connect with </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">these concepts and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;">see their value BUT fall short of connecting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;"> these concepts to an essential piece </span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre;">of our unique country without realising the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre;">potential that awaits… this being </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Te Tiriti o Waitangi </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">(The Treaty of Waitangi.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">essential to consider in any school that is serious about thriving in a future Aotearoa.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thrive as a planet:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This needs to be at the centre of our curriculum.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Explicitly focusing on Te Tiriti o Waitangi is essential for us as citizens of Aotearoa</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to come together in a way that is truly sustainable for both the hauora of our environment </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(therefore our economy) and our cultures. This could potentially provide a much needed</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> (intercultural) model for other countries to use as well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thrive at a societal level:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> How can democratic values and values of equity be </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">explored in our schools? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sharing a vision and relentlessly pursuing a society that is based on authentic </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Partnership, Protection and Participation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a responsibility </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">as well as a privilege. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;">New Zealand educators need to focus more on the current </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;">imbalance of power </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;">and how this can be corrected through equity and empathy AND action. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;">This links </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;">to something I read recently…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a unique, culturally authentic context that can lead towards </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">deep learning outcomes for our rangatahi and others that have a significant </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">where young people can develop respectful and caring relationships.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thrive at intrapersonal level: Students must be able to explore their identity, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">find personal meaning and be valued for whom they are.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the basis for our countries future success and I see it as </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Let's begin to reframe this important document so that our identity is one to be </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and courage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Right now I'm thinking we could start with a vision similar to: </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Learn to thrive in a </span><br />
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-44844944804643190392019-06-26T18:42:00.002-07:002019-06-26T19:18:28.285-07:00Matariki: Te whetu o te tau,.A time for reflection, gratitude and aspirations.<span style="font-size: large;">I woke up this morning. The dawn of a new year on the Māori calender and moved from the comfort of my bed into the fresh air of a cloudless winters dawn. Both my wife and I have been waiting for this moment. This is a chance to connect with our tipuna, our ancestors. To connect with loved one that we have lost. To connect with our dreams for our whanau. It is a time for reflection, gratefulness and aspirations. It is a time for aroha (Love), whanaungatanga (Family connections) and kotahitanga (unity). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I acknowledge those who have past this past year. In particular a student of mine that went far too soon... Arohanui dear N xx and a leader whose legacy will live on in the rangatahi that I am fortunate enough to walk with now and in the future. Papa Hec you are a man I wish I knew better, a man that truly made the world a better place. You are both inspirations to me to become better and more courageous than I have been... </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This karakia is from my sister. It was one I felt was fitting for our Matariki dawn. It struck me because of how right it felt to include the whanau that were taken in the act of terror on March the 15th this year. This was important to do. Thank you, Tina. Your aroha is matched only by your wairua. x</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />E rere ngā roimata mamae aroha,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Te tangi a te ngākau kua haehaetia e te aroha mōu,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Taku tūngāne, taku tuakana, taku taina.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Koutou e tū mai nei i te papa mākū i te marangai,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Koutou kua koroewetia i te pō<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Te Pō uriuri, Te Pō tango-tango<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />E rere ngā roimata, e rere, e rere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">E rere, e te whānau kua riro atu ki te pō.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tāne ma,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Wāhine ma,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Tamariki,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Koroua,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kuia.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Haere hoki atu ra ki o tini whanaunga ki tua o te arai, e tatari ana mō koutou.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ngā ringa kua tūwhera atu, ngā karanga pōhiri, ngā whatu piataata i te aroha.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />E rere ki te taha o tō koutou Kaihanga, a Allah, okioki ai i tōna aroha, i tōna korōria.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />As-salāmu ʿalaykum</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our tears flow,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Our hearts hewn by our anguish for you,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />My brother, my sister,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Standing on soil sodden with tears<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Folded over in grief, in this darkness<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />In the darkness that swirls<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />In the darkness that takes<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Let the tears flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Return as a family, the spirits that have been received into the night,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Men<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Women<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Children<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Elders<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Return to your loved multitudes who wait beyond the veil for you<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Arms outstretched,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />voices calling you,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />eyes ashine in love for you,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Return to the side of your creator Allah, to rest in his love and glory<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Peace be upon you.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">There is so much I am grateful for. My whanau and their wellbeing, the love from my wife and children. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Over this last year, I have been fortunate to meet many new people and this has been linked to my love for waka hourua. I have begun to explore nga whetu and the knowledge that our tipuna drew from them. The language</span><span style="font-size: large;"> that has been within me for as long as I have existed is beginning to emerge more and in this happening my eyes are being opened. Something is stirring and I don't know where it will take me but I am willing look to the heavens, to set the sails and navigate my way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what this coming year will reveal. I have many dreams and many aspirations to work towards both personally and professionally. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">One is to use Maramataka in my life to align my actions with our tipuna and nga atua. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Another is to strengthen my use of te reo. Make it more prevalent in my daily life. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These goals are my focus. At home, at school, in the forest, on the waka, in front of students or in front of staff. The racism and bias (including unconscious bias) that happens in our current society needs to become something of the past. White privilege definitely has no place in our education system. I am a māori that has been successful in a white privileged society... I've managed this and I am proud of being able to provide for my whanau the way I have. But I am not complete. My ability to assimilate to a western monocultural society came at a significant cost. This, in all honesty, makes me cry. Not knowing my identity for so long has caused much confusion and hurt. I am committed to healing that hurt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I learn with our rangatahi I want them to know that they are holders of great knowledge and skills, they are powerful people that are capable of fighting against unjust people and systems. We are capable of making this community and world something worth passing on to our future generations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know if anyone will read this.. It's more for myself than anyone else. But it is important to share these insights at times and that what Matariki is about. Nga mihi whanau. </span><br />
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<br />Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-87058147869024816942019-06-23T22:57:00.000-07:002019-06-23T22:57:20.771-07:00Our Whakapapa, Our Knowledge, Our Way... Mauri Ora! <span style="font-size: large;">Tribute to Haeata and any other school committing to and learning from a personalised learning curriculum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This past weekend I witnessed fear. This fear was in the form of professional educators using a poorly written article to challenge the need for our education system to provide anything more than doing the basics well. If you really want to read the article I'm sure you can find it on the net somewhere. What's not so easy to find is a blog in response by Robin Sutton, Tumuaki at Hornby High School... <a href="https://whakataukihewakaekenoa.blogspot.com/2019/06/experimental-school-what-rubbish-we.html">so here it is... </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am currently on a study break from teaching science and maths in a secondary school in Turanganui a kiwa (Gisborne.) My studies are focusing on contemporary education at a masters level. My teaching experience has included 3 years in a small area school in our region that was committed to rethinking & redesigning education in a way that better serves our rangatahi. It was during this stage in my professional life that I began learning how to design and implement personalised learning programs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That in itself exposes me as a believer that our current system needs to change. But if you aren't so easily convinced by that single statement, (hopefully you need more evidence...this is what critical thinking is after all...) here are some stats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">source: <a href="https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/topics/31351/nga-haeata-matauranga-annual-report-on-maori-education/focus-area-3">educationcounts.govt.nz</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To read comments about focusing on subject specialist knowledge and "doing the basics better" or "tinkering with the system" is concerning. This is not recognising the significance of this issue. To seriously think that a curriculum that is solely knowledge-based will address this critical issue is ignorant. It is from a position of privilege to assume that this tinkering would be enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's from a privileged perspective because it implies that incremental improvement is enough. It's from a privileged perspective because this disparity is not really warranting substantial changes. Let's not avoid the social statistics associated with education not meeting the needs of minority groups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Robin Sutton said; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="background-color: white;">Only those who have historically been successful could object to this. They have a vested interest to protect because their power rests in educational inequity.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> "</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How is "doing the basics but better" any different from the past? We've always tried to do better, but it's rarely shown any improvement for Māori in relation to Māori students attaining equity in terms of outcomes compared to Pākehā students. Why do you think this is? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Would it be shocking to know that Māori are descendants of masters in many areas of knowledge? Masters of environmental science and maths. Masters of philosophy and art. Masters in meteorology and astronomy? Master Voyager and Navigator Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr spoke about this truth <a href="https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/hoturoa-and-the-waka-legacy/?fbclid=IwAR3JKC69vWHecigtGhVMVDrHwS9NfMwleUx0-oW-QG7CKFsrKSvcjPG5gjI">in this interview</a>. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The education system in Aotearoa has never been a system that emphasises how good our traditional knowledge has been. And so, it’s been left in this realm of myth and legend. But to be able to get on a waka and do all this stuff — and to see that there’s a traditional science. Well, they understand. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’d be doing things like: “Let’s figure out how fast we’re going. Without using any instruments.” Then, I’d show them how to do that. Really, it’s all physics and maths. And they’d say: “But our tūpuna didn’t do any of that stuff.” And I’d say: “Yeah, they did. They just didn’t call it physics and maths. They called it living.”</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our rangatahi have a mastery embedded in our culture, our identity and in their whakapapa, yet the model we use is unable (or unwilling,) to allow it to be realised in its full capacity. Having a small percentage who are capable of learning in a western model is NOT ACCEPTABLE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We need to find a model that works for all students. This is the challenge and it's not going to happen with schools tinkering around the edges. But by courageous schools and communities experimenting with research-based strategies. Personalised learning programs that operate like they do in Haeata are designed to meet the individual needs of their learners. This may not always work... that's education. It's not a one size fits all system in spite of conventional practices. The industrial model is not fit for purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Personalised learning a step in the right direction. Although it is not specifically from te ao māori. At least it enables the learner to draw from mātauranga māori if they choose. This is the point of personalised learning. The potential of this is determined by the learner, not by the teacher or by the school. It takes amazing leaders and amazing learners and amazing support for this to occur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need heroes to act.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need visionaries to share.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need critical thinkers to evaluate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need courage to continue.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need collaboration to create and refine.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need time to master.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For change to happen we need reflection to learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is in my opinion Haeata. #KiaKahaHaeata</span><br />
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Over the last year I have been on a profound path of discovery both personally and professionally. This path relates to becoming a crew member (kaumoana) on a waka hourua and learning about wayfinding/voyaging.<br />
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Our region has recently acquired a waka hourua (double hulled waka,) with the purpose of using it as a classroom on the water…(I have a strong distaste for this description and I have clearly communicated this to the powers that be.)<br />
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This waka is based on the model that our tipuna designed and mastered over thousands of years and its name is Tairāwhiti. So I laughed along with you Claire at the voyaging/mariner metaphors being used throughout this first podcast. :-))<br />
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It got me thinking about what I have learnt in the last 12 months regarding voyaging and the learning.<br />
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To keep this brief because voyaging is full of STEM learning opportunities! I’ll get straight to an observation I’ve made and how this might be or is already being replicated in a kura.<br />
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I’ve learned that much of the success achieved through voyaging is due to the crew regularly completing maintenance on the waka. The phrase often used is;<br />
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“If you take care of the waka in the harbour, the waka will take care of you on the moana.”<br />
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Maintenance involves mostly minor jobs like checking lines, lubricating hinges, replacing worn equipment, cleaning and checking gear and many other jobs. The significant jobs can involve dismantling an entire waka, replacing worn lashing, sanding & varnishing masts, oiling decks, repainting the hulls. This process of maintenance is an essential part of being kaumoana and involves all hands on deck. What I’ve seen is that it allows the kaumoana to not just become familiar with our waka, but also towards each other (the kaumoana you are likely to be voyaging with.) Through this regular maintenance we develop a sense of ownership, belonging and care. In contrast, if maintenance is neglected, then the waka becomes a hazard to the kaumoana, other ocean craft and through extension everyone else invested in it, including whanau and community.<br />
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The wero I am beginning to formulate in my mind relates to how might schools implement a regular maintenance type practice into their school?<br />
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My initial thoughts was the dread that someone might reply with, “practicing the times table at the beginning of each maths lesson is all the maintenance they need…” :-)) I’m thinking this is not about academic learning but more about the deeper stuff. I’ve started to expand my thinking about what a class might focus on to maintain. Perhaps the classroom?... the school?...perhaps the community? Perhaps schools are already implementing this concept in other ways. If so, how are schools developing an authentic sense of ownership, belonging and care within the students?<br />
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After mulling it over for a while I’m interested in the idea that passion projects may be providing the benefit gained from maintenance for our learners. If passion projects are aimed towards developing a sense of identity perhaps belonging then there is a similarity. Getting to learn about the little things that make you up, as well as the big stuff. Like in maintenance the small tasks are as essential as the big tasks. It all matters! So this is not a new idea at all, but perhaps the waka hourua provides an authentic context for our rangatahi to experience this concept and draw from when needed. In a Passion project, what might be classified as a small task? I imagine the regular almost routine tasks like setting intentions, testing ideas iteratively, evaluating & reflecting on progress might fit in this category. Perhaps Im completely off the mark...<br />
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Our Kaihautu (skipper) Pererika Makiha regularly asks new crew;<br />
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“Every person brings something special to contribute to our waka… What do you bring?”<br />
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If only everyone who is asked could answer this question confidently. Many can't or don't. The wonderful truth is that the waka needs a little bit of everything and not too much of anything. Being able to cook is important as is having a sense of humour, knowing how to fish or how to keep a conversation. Playing an instrument or knowing how to use a hammer. It’s all important and valued. <br />
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Through passion projects are our learners carrying out maintenance in a way not unlike how our kaumoana do on a waka hourua?<br />
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Regularly examining our learning practices and applications of learning through our own passions. The learners passion is the key. If the student is passionate about their learning then no matter if the task is big or small, it all matters. The ownership, belonging and care are more likely to grow from this foundation.<br />
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I’m thinking reflection is essential for this to really work. What did I learn today? How does it apply in my everyday? Where to from here? We always have a poroporoaki at the end of a maintenance or a sail. This provides an opportunity for us to reflect and share our thoughts.<br />
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I think the real value of this idea is that it's a culturally authentic perspective on a practice that is already being introduced into learning programs around the motu. Through several waka hourua located throughout Aotearoa rangatahi are being introduced to voyaging.<a href="https://www.tetokiwakahourua.org/"> Haunui</a> in Tamaki Makaurau,<a href="http://www.wakavoyages.org/"> Hinemoana</a> and Ngahiraka mai tawhiti Tauranga, Te Matau a Maui in Ahuriri (Napier) and Tairāwhiti in Turanganui a kiwa (Gisborne). This means more of our rangatahi are beginning to connect with an culturally authentic and inspirational kaupapa that opens many opportunities on a global scale. I hope this perspective provides an opportunity for others to further explore the value of passion projects in relation to developing future student learning programs.<br />
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I’ve often said to visitors as part of our poroporoaki at the end of a sail, “If you leave this waka thinking that what you have learned only relates to being on a waka, then we have failed you… What you have learned as part of this experience (kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, rangatiratanga, whanaungatanga) applies in anything you do in all parts of your life.”<br />
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As I mentioned earlier Our region has recently acquired a waka hourua with the purpose of using it as a classroom on the water… I’ve never felt right about describing this taonga of ours as something that fails so many of our rangatahi. I’m only now beginning to realise that it needs to be flipped… The waka enabled our tipuna to become the<a href="https://aeon.co/videos/why-ancient-pacific-mariners-were-the-nasa-scientists-of-their-day?fbclid=IwAR1zMg2Lj0Enm01hWvf1ZKatOp6O87p1k_9MRnoSvF1Dpg_u0wvPDOhVh9Q"> astronauts of their time</a>. We must make our classrooms be like a waka.<br />
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This is something I have wondered all my life. Its caused many emotions, both pride, and fear, happiness, and wonder, sadness, and frustration.</div>
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Over the<a href="http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2687786-135/haunui-waka-shows-local-sailors-the"> last 12 months</a>, I have been introduced to voyaging on Polynesian canoes based on the traditional design used by our ancestors (tipuna) for over a 1000 yrs ago. These canoes are called waka hourua (double-hulled). A local trust had secured funding for a waka to be built and situated permanently here on the East Cape of New Zealand. The purpose of this waka is to ensure our ancestral knowledge is keep alive and strong in our rohe and in our rangatahi (youth). The wakas name is <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tairāwhiti which is the name of our region in the M</span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">āori language. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> When I make the time and place energy into blogging it will always include an insight into my own values and aspirations. I'm fortunate to work in a profession that values these, therefore, my work and private life are often inseparable. This blog is an exploration of my deeper challenges and insights. I'll make sure I stay true to the educational focus.</span></div>
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I'm in Napier with a group of students. I shared this footage and the light in my student's eyes said it all. This was going to be epic for our region...for our rangatahi. That Friday I flew up to Auckland. </div>
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Funny side story... just happens that the person next to me on the plane was Dr Hinemoa Elder (we had never met previously but have been operating in similar circles of late...) and she is currently working on developing an AI program based on waka hourua for helping heal sufferers of mental health. MEAN!!!!! </div>
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I started this blog focusing on my identity. I guess its fair to say this has been an area of contention as I am maori and I am a Ngata ( a significant whanau in te ao maori..) this has resulted in high expectations being thrust upon me and at times I rebelled, (that's another story...) The reason I am connecting back to this personal insight is that I believe it's not uncommon. I see in many ways the feeling and experiences I've had as being similar for many of our rangatahi. Perhaps my voyaging experience will also carry a similar experience for many others once they join us on a voyage.</div>
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Skills and Knowledge from seemingly different areas of my life all have a place on our waka. Learning to tie fishing knots with my dad when I was a boy helped me to learn the knots commonly used in sailing. Reading meteorological charts to chase the best waves from my years of surfing provided me with essential information when planning the voyage. Even my passion for cooking has an essential role to play in voyaging and kaumoana (crew) welfare. I simply found a context that allowed me to draw upon my own interests and passions. Voyaging is a context that can help to draw out skills and knowledge from anyone willing to give it a go.</div>
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Identity, Timeless Values, Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga, Kaitiakitanga, Karakia Matauranga Maori, every single compentency there is!!</div>
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Schools must be ready to commit towards drawing upon these experiences their learners will have. the Tairawhiti educators will be capable in delivering a context and experience that will capture the learner's imagination and curiosity, however it will need to be drawn upon by teachers and any other of the learner's supporters to ensure the we make the most of this opportunity. </div>
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<br />Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-2731667396668567892017-09-13T01:02:00.000-07:002017-09-13T01:05:27.206-07:00E Tipu E Rea: Growth mindset <br />
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-31021992302124910682016-11-19T20:45:00.002-08:002016-11-19T21:01:39.714-08:00SingularityU..Disruptions of Mind, Soul and Food. <br />
The following is my summary of SingularityU and what it means to me as an educator in NZ.<br />
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After SinglarityUNZ it became apparent that we as a society are on the precipice of disruptive transformations The definition for this type of disruption is the development of new technologies that make previous technologies/systems obsolete. <br />
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Peter Diamandis perhaps best explains the driver for this disruption in this simple message.<br />
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“It’s not about scarcity (lack of abundance) but about accessibility-..”<br />
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Accessibility is the key to a level of abundance beyond what many have never had. Abundance in energy, health care, prosperity and lifestyle. Moores law in relation to exponential growth is helping us to recognise patterns in the speed of tech advancements and make predictions in regards to price/performance and value.<br />
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How might we promote accessibility and value abundance within our learning programs?<br />
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An exciting and encouraging factor about disruptive technologies and the NZ education systems is the relevance our <a href="http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum#collapsible6">NZC</a> has in regards to an uncertain future.<br />
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"Preparing our students to secure a sustainable social,cultural,economic and environmental future for our country. "<br />
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Our curriculum document is the official policy relating to teaching and learning in english-medium schools in Aotearoa. Is principal function is to set the direction for student learning and to provide guidance for schools as they design and review their curriculum. With its vision, values and principles the NZC promotes the development of young people;<br />
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<li>who will be creative, energetic, and enterprising</li>
<li>who will seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to secure a sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental future for our country</li>
<li>who will work to create an Aotearoa New Zealand in which Māori and Pākehā recognise each other as full Treaty partners, and in which all cultures are valued for the contributions they bring</li>
<li>who, in their school years, will continue to develop the values, knowledge, and competencies that will enable them to live full and satisfying lives</li>
<li>who will be confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learn</li>
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Sue Sucklings mic dropping statements about the age of qualifications and NZQA about said it all. As we've all recently seen in "Most likely to Succeed," Education as we have known it is under fire. Her and the singularityU presenters were emphasising the need for this powerful technology to be guided by<br />
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A goal of mine that I aimed for through attending this summit was to capture the urgency required for this shift in education to occur. Based on Kotter's work in change management, Urgency is the first step and provides an intrinsic origin for change to occur.<br />
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I think it is necessary to understand that the disruption that is expected to occur in the next 5 years is not a result of some new technology that is not yet on the market. This rarely effects a disruptive change., (often these innovative new technologies are slow in effecting change in society.) The technology that will disrupt our society is already available. It is technology that is experiencing the reduction is barriers in relation to price/performance and converging with other technologies that is resulting in the 6 D's identified in Kaila Colburns presentation. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://videos.singularityu.org/2015/05/peter-ds-6-ds-of-exponentials/">Digitalization, Deception, Disruption, Demonetization, Dematerialization, and Democratization.</a></span><br />
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When the qualifications authority claims that they themselves are outdated...we must act. When you see industries like Agriculture and Horticulture under serious threat from advancements in biotechnologies...we must get act. When opportunities like abundant energy and integrated technologies are easily accessible and blockchains are ensuring online security and verification of transactions...we must act.<br />
Automation is going to have a huge impact on our region. 885,000 (46% ) jobs in NZ are expected to become automated in the next two decades. We must act.<br />
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As research often states we need to better prepare our youth of today with a set of skills that will best prepare them for an uncertain future. Beyond the point of singularity we do not know what society will be like. Dan Roberts said..<br />
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"If you are trying to guess what things will be like in 7-10 yrs time..FORGET IT.! What we have done in the past will no longer prepare us for the future.."<br />
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that information is already ubiquitous and will likely to continue.<br />
Technology will be a powerful presence available to all.<br />
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With this is mind what skills will you want your child and grandchildren to have?<br />
(Somehow, the ability to memorise the periodic table doesn't seem to cut it....)<br />
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The great news is there is numerous research on pedagogies that show sound development in these key areas.. and we have a guiding policy that identifies the need for these factors to be valued and developed throughout the education system. It requires system wide changes that support such learning opportunities. Education is clearly a tangled web of systems and administration that will need to be rethought by us all. At a school level, we need to research, select and implement systems that effectively support 21c pedagogies into our school wide curriculum. Re-think Data guided decision making recognising effective assessments of more than just standard criteria, raise tolerance for failure, promote reflective learning practices and transparent & collaborative practices that include everyone involved in the students learning.<br />
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In the NZC under effective pedagogies several guidelines emphasises how learning is most effective when ;<br />
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<li>when students engage in shared activities and engage in conversations with other people including whanau and people from the wider community.</li>
<li>when students can build new knowledge upon what they already understand</li>
<li>Are provided with sufficient opportunities to learn. <span style="color: blue;">Especially involving practice and new contexts to transfer new learning. This also means when curriculum coverage and student understanding is in competition the teacher may decide to cover less but to cover it in greater depth.</span></li>
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SingularityU have identified 12 points that they describe as<a href="https://su.org/about/global-grand-challenges/"> Global Grand Challenges. </a>They believe that leveraging the convergence of exponential technologies will set us on the path to solve our global grand challenges and shift from an era of scarcity to abundance. In addressing each challenge, we solve for the following three perspectives:<br />
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I (both professionally and personally) am on board with this. I think these challenges are truly essential challenges and worthy of our time, technology and compassion. I also believe we often don't give our Ss enough credit in regards to their own awareness of these issues... and their sense of powerlessness. With optimism, abundance, vision and values I believe we can empower our learners to make amazing changes in tomorrows society. But we must act now.<br />
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-52314773588503069122016-10-08T22:10:00.000-07:002016-10-08T22:10:47.464-07:00Moving from Student centred to Ako centred learning.<div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6363em; margin-bottom: 1.6363em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In te </span><a class="link-sound" href="http://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/var/tki-trm/storage/original/audio/7d355d6b93880c241497e749e59d7321.mp3" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(43, 76, 90); border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2b4c5a; cursor: pointer; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="world">ao</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Māori, the concept of </span><a class="link-sound" href="http://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/var/tki-trm/storage/original/audio/17e435ed026c8c22a1afab2e434735a1.mp3" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(43, 76, 90); border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2b4c5a; cursor: pointer; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="learning together (the teacher is the learner: the learner is the teacher)">ako</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">means both to teach and to learn. It recognises the knowledge that both teachers and learners bring to learning interactions, and it acknowledges the way that new knowledge and understandings can grow out of shared learning experiences. This powerful concept has been supported by educational research showing that when teachers facilitate reciprocal teaching and learning roles in their classrooms, students’ achievement improves (Alton-Lee, 2003).</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Practicing 21st century learning is requiring paradigm shifts in every level of education. Recently I've found myself thinking more and more about the transformation of a school from 20th century learning systems to 21st century systems. I'm naturally curious about this because I've worked both in a kura that was purposely designed for modern learning practices and also currently work in a school that is committed towards transforming itself from the conventional model into a modern 21st century school. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What does it take for staff to embrace new pedagogies and commit towards not stepping back into the model that they have used for their entire professional career? How does the motivation move from being extrinsic into intrinsic?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't really know the answer to this but I was interested in an idea that has been floating around in my head for a while. When we talk about leadership strategies used by effective senior management towards teachers, these practices are similar to strategies used by effective teachers towards the learner. Initially it appears to be not really related to the above question, but bear with me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Micheal Fullan recently spoke at #Ulearn16, (this is an educational conference held in NZ annually.) He referred to a blog about <a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2016/08/deeper_learning_10_ways_you_can_die.html?print=1" target="_blank">10 surefire ways to fail when using deep learning. </a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Number one is pasted below; </span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-spacing: 1px;">1. If you haven't experienced deep or powerful learning yourself. </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #333333;">This seems obvious but is frequently ignored. I remember once showing a video in a class at HGSE of a constructivist math class in which students were having a fairly animated discussion about the relationship between area and perimeter. One of the students in my class said, "Oh--that's what they were trying to show us in my school last year when we were moving towards Common Core math." </span><span style="color: blue;">One of the things I've learned in my own journey in trying to teach people about deeper learning is that the most powerful things you can do is give adults models and experiences that mirror what you are hoping they will do for students. We also call this "symmetry" in our work--that if, as a system level leader, you want teachers to teach students in a particular way, you have to give teachers opportunities to have those same kinds of learning experiences.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This reading provided a real "Aha!" moment for me. Symmetry could be an important factor to encourage teachers to embrace new pedagogies and deliver them from an intrinsic origin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;">Providing an opportunity for teachers to experience deeper learning and connect again with the attributes associated with deep learning may enable teachers to use them more effectively in the classroom. Teachers reconnecting with their own passions through curiosity, courage and empathy may result in these dispositions becoming more prevalent in their own teaching practices. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">How could we do this best? Will it require taking time out of the regular timetable to support teachers deep learning programs? Is this what they mean by personalised PD? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Im interested to hear from any readers on this idea. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This thought pattern also lead towards some discussions Ive had recently with peers. Some have made comments that are really concerning. Many of these teachers were sharing the same feelings, of </span>feeling used in a system that no longer recognises their own needs. In my opinion they appear to feel subservient<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in a student-centred approach. I chose to explore this message further, (although in doing this I felt as if I was challenging a deeply valued stone in the foundation for my teaching philosophy.) Is student centred learning a barrier for teachers towards delivering 21st century learning experiences that fulfil the needs of our rangatahi? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In a conversation with my wife, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cleo (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">who is also a relatively new teacher,) we explored this idea. What is it that we mean when we say student centred? As you're reading this what are your thoughts?</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Education is based on student interests</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Authentic contexts for learning</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Localised curriculum relevant to the learner</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Potentially Passion based determined by student voice</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Meeting individualised learning needs</li>
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We started talking about what was it that resulted in teachers feeling like they had become subservient in our Ed system. If we look at this from a perspective of power then we may see a reason. In the industrial based educational model teachers had a significant portion of the power in a classroom. In the 21st century model students have a much stronger share (if not then the majority) of power. This is evident in the initial bulleted list above which in my opinion is the major difference between the two models.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">I begun to think perhaps the problem in itself is the term 'student-centred' learning. From a perspective of power this either accurately or inaccurately communicates where the power is and this in itself may be threatening to teachers. Perhaps its just semantics, but I'd be interested in noting peoples opinions about trying to reduce this power inferred term by replacing it with the terminology </span><span style="color: blue;">Ako centred learning. </span></div>
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To me I immediately saw that this removed the emphasis on students and focused the practice on the reciprocity of learning. I saw that both the teacher and the learner shared responsibilities in this learning relationship. The learner brings their contexts (culture, community and or passion) and the teacher brings their expertise/experience (conceptual knowledge.) The power is shared in the reliance between both learner and teacher for learning to occur.</div>
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The second point is more focused on the school that I work in Lytton High. We are currently establishing new 3 school wide values. These are Aroha (Love), Ako and Aspire. Choosing to use the term Ako centred learning matches well with these values. Especially in relation to the symbol I have developed to represent these values. (Please note: this is my personal symbol and not necessarily the one that will be adopted by Lytton High to represent the values.)</div>
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So in wrapping this piece up, I would really appreciate some feedback from any readers regarding these thoughts. Has symmetry become evident in your school? Is using Ako centred to describe our program risking any of the positive gains made through the student centred approach? What are any other negative connotations that the term student centred may suggest?</div>
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As I said at the beginning I am very interested in learning more about schools that have taken on the journey of transforming from the traditional 20th century model towards the 21st century model. Have you got any information about this? I'd love to hear if you do. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Arohanui.</div>
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Last week Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou hosted an inaugural seminar called Inspiring Māori Leadership in Education. Never before in our region has a gathering occurred. Iwi representatives, education providers from all levels, health agencies, local industries and even a member of the council came together to share knowledge, insights and resources with the purpose of developing māori leadership in our regions education system.<br />
The first point I am will make is that this meeting was insightful and inspiring. Insightful for providing a glimpse towards the aspirations our iwi leaders have for our rangatahi. Inspiring because in my opinion most where not asking for more of the same. Mark Ngata from Ngati Porou Seafoods Ltd completed his presentation by saying..."We cannot solve the problems we face today with the same consciousness that we used to create the problem."<br />
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<i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;">(The old net is cast aside, while the new net goes a-catching.)</span></i></i></div>
<i></i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I entered this hui with the hope that the aspirations shared with provide us educators with a clearer understanding of the type of dispositions and knowledge our iwi wanted our graduates to have. Although no-one explicitly said these are the skills we want, as the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">hui progressed a common theme formed. This list was emphasised by Hayden Swann from Makaraka primary.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm putting it out to any readers to explore and share as a comment the dispositions that you feel capture these aspects best.</span></span><br />
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Each of these messages demand time, effort and reflection to develop them into our teaching practices effectively. I see them as essential criteria to ensure that the new pedagogies that i am attempting are as effective as they can be for the learners. These are in my opinion the best critical thinking prompts I have found so far. <span style="text-align: left;"><i>Talk from evidence and demonstrate impact</i> in particular is a succinct yet powerful message that I feel i must focus on in my teaching. Its the kind of statement that I could easily refer bak to in my reflections, when I'm planning and my personal favourite..even have it written on a t-shirt.</span></div>
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Additional messages shared in Tafa's presentation made me reflect on my own practices.</div>
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To find out more about whanaungatanga I found a blog by <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tahu Paki (Core Education). Both these statements appeared clearly relevant to the insights that I gained from the hui.</span><br />
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‘<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Me hui kanohi ki te kanohi kia rongo i te mauri o te tangata!’ </em><i>It is important to meet face to face, eye to eye, breath to breath to get a full understanding of the people we are working with.</i></div>
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Learning is a human experience... the dynamics that occur when people interact kanohi ki te kanohi is exciting Stories can be shared in a way that best captures the learners message and genuine connections are formed.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘He mauri tō te tangata, he whakapapa tōna, he mana motuhake.</em>’ <i>Everyone has mana. Everyone has a whakapapa, a genealogy, heritage and identity that makes that person no more and no less important than the next person. When we learn to treat everyone with care and respect, there are fewer barriers to establishing and maintaining relationships. Address the issues and not the tangata.</i></div>
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-84125013105820484292016-09-13T20:11:00.000-07:002016-09-13T20:28:07.802-07:00Who will be tomorrows misfits?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Alvin Toffler</span></i></span><br />
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Recently I read this article <i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.32px;">regarding education and meeting the needs of our rangatahi, </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.32px;">(</span><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sponsored-stories/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503708&objectid=11702480" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.32px;" target="_blank">Frances Valentine</a><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.32px;"> speaks to the Herald about bravery, business and education.) It got me thinking...</span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.32px;"><b>By neglecting to truly value competencies for learning over content in schools are we turning todays conformists into tomorrows misfits?</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">"In the past these people were likely to live a perfectly average life all the way to the perfectly average funeral...These assurances no longer exist."</span></span></span><br />
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-38454492936055147262016-09-11T17:13:00.001-07:002016-09-11T17:13:15.112-07:00Why TairāwitiED?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>A group of people passionate about education in Tairāwhiti have spoken about the need for a group like this being created. So here it is..at the very early st<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ages..Its really exciting to get <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tair%C4%81whitied?source=feed_text&story_id=875064092598992" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">tairāwhitiED</span></span></a> up and running and based on recent discussions there is plenty to look forward to.</span></i></div>
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<i>It is essential that our community knows that this is an open group for any people that are interested in our education system here in Tairāwhiti. So please share with others that are truly interested in our rangatahi and their education here in Tairāwhiti. The more diverse our members are (in terms of culture, experience and background) the more valuable our contribution towards improving our youths learning experience will be.</i></div>
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As part of our launch we were able to screen the educational documentary <a href="http://www.mltsfilm.org/" target="_blank">"Most Likely to Succeed."</a> <span style="line-height: 19.32px;">MLTS was a chance to initiate a discussion regarding the need to how challenge the status quo in our education system. Under this TairāwhitiED aims to invite dialogue across all our community, professionals, entrepreneurs, home makers, and learners both young and old.</span><br />
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-43755354655169103462016-06-09T18:22:00.001-07:002016-06-09T18:22:32.122-07:00Learning maps: capturing the essence of our learners<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Becoming an effective future focused educator is a deeply human experience. That's how i have grown to see education. Imagine a curriculum that is focused on students learning more about themselves than subjects. A curriculum that enables our schooling systems to nurture learner identity, thinkers, community. I see this as a very real possibility considering the first half or our current NZC. However how can we ensure that our teaching practices are focusing on our learners needs in a manner that effectively captures their learning progression?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am interested in how our education system is becoming more personalised. One area that is intriguing is assessment. In my experience to personalise assessment of learning we need to design assessments that capture more than the easy measurable quantitative data but also the more qualitative learning progressions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the last month I've been learning about <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-CxyvF2chg8WDFyMEhUcXA3dVU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">learning maps</a> with <span style="background-color: white; color: #454345; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Brian Annan and Mary Wootton from <a href="http://infinitylearn.org/" target="_blank">Infinity Learn</a>. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Enables educators and learners to explore learning experiences as a narrative </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Student advocacy is promoted</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Encourages Ss to talk about their own learning in relation to people,places,tools and interactions</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Promotes personalised learning, networking & constructivist concepts</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Provides a holistic view of learners</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Learners self identify areas that could be altered for increasing learning success</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">It promotes student centred decision making regarding their learning </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Learning maps are positive focused</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">I have chosen to implement learning maps into my learning advisory,(my LA is a vertical home room class with students from yr 9-13), as a result I feel that i have already developed a stronger sense of advocacy. This is really helpful considering this is still my first term here at Lytton High.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Im excited by the opportunities that this kind of assessment provides for our students. The discussions that I have already experienced in my LA are more focused on personalised learning, student ownership of learning and sharing experiences. Points of interest that i thought about during last night workshop relate to identifying when learning is seen as isolated occurrences, passive vs active learning and sustainability of learning. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><u>Isolated experiences:</u></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Many of my learners saw interactions between them and others,places,tools P,P orT as separate events. They drew themselves in several places around the map instead of having the P,P or T surrounding them in a mindmap style. I wonder if this reveals how the learner sees these interactions as separate events and not as a part of a network of learning?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><u>Passive vs Active:</u></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Arrows showing interactions were mostly pointing towards the learner therefore they saw themselves as passive in their learning. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><u>Sustainability</u></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">How embedded is the P,P or T in the learners network? If this is a node with several interactions then for me this might indicate that this aspect is significant for the learners experiences and more likely to remain so in the future. People,Places or Tools that are nodes with fewer connections might be more tentative in the learners current experience.. these may need to be analysed further to explore if this can be used more or worth reducing. In what I know about Mason Durie's Tapa Whā model, I see as opportunity to explore the information to gain an insight into our students hauora or essence. This is another aspect that relates to the sustainability of our learners learning practices.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">I wonder which digital technology will best capture these narratives and images? This will be something i will explore no doubt as i continue on with these maps. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #454345; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.75px;">Overall learning can be difficult to capture at anytime , but i feel that using Learning maps are a strong step in the right direction if we are to develop truly effective assessments for a more personalised education system.</span></span></div>
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-38504318444949428502016-05-27T15:32:00.003-07:002016-05-27T23:35:03.143-07:00The why on why.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I took a leap this week...I participated in #ldrchatnz for the first time. I know i'm my own worst enemy at times choosing to exclude myself from groups that i feel are concerned about matters that i feel I know very little about. </span>This week I chose not to limit myself by listening to this habit. <br />
As a teacher I am seen as a leader, and as a teacher I encourage my students to explore, learn and practice leadership skills, therefore not to challenge myself as I challenge my learners is contradicting a deeply embedded value i have as a person.<br />
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Leading has been in the forefront of my mind for most of my 5 yrs of teaching. During my time at Te Karaka Area School, under the guidance of Karyn Gray, leadership became in my mind less about status and more about action. Here learning to lead was nurtured through a culture of inquiry, reflective practice and trust and as I result i feel excited about sharing and nurturing leadership in those around me. It is an amazing legacy I know many others in Karyn's new kura (Haeata) will have the opportunity to experience.<br />
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In my new and exciting role as educator at Lytton High School, I am surrounded and supported by a team of educators that are exciting, experienced and engaging in a substantial transformation in the education experience. Wiremu Elliot (our Principal) said that many people likened this transformation to trying to upgrade a plane while its flying.. I liked this following response.. "we're not upgrading... we're completely redesigning our plane into the USS Enterprise! We need a system that will meet our learners needs in more than just the environment we are familiar to... they are entering something that is unknown..we need to think multi-dimensionally."<br />
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A question came up during #ldrchatnz about resources and experiences. I saw this as an opportunity to think deeply about my initial weeks here at Lytton. I wanted to best articulate why I devoted almost 2 weeks towards talking about learning to learn, skills and thinking as opposed to content, achievement standards and credits. I felt our learners understood enough what I was attempting to communicate. I know this because of the positive response i have received and continue to see from our Lytton learners and fellow staff. But until this morning I believe I hadn't accurately captured the ability articulate the connection between the what, the how and the why. </div>
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Simon Sinek's ted talk about the golden circle has helped me to better understand the dynamics not just between the what and the why but also helped me to connect the apparent disconnect between the two halves or our New Zealand Curriculum document.<br />
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First and foremost I thought of my learners. We are currently developing sustainability projects based on the design thinking process. As an essential part of this process we use our empathy though connecting with our friends, whanau, and community members about what environmental issues are having an impact on our community? This is then followed by the ever important why do you feel this is? or why do you feel it is important? questions for the deeper sharing. I liked how Simon explained the what zone in our brain. To me i saw a link to this and learning at a superficial level while the why results in action/behaviour... and no wonder why we at times struggle with articulating why they do what they do!! haha... </div>
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As I learned about the golden circle I knew our learners would immediate see the value in this knowledge. In learning about our learners both in LHS and TKAS, I know many want to understand more about the why instead of the what. Perhaps is is a universal need for all learners. This is an example of the type of knowledge that is in my opinion transformative... perhaps even threshold concept quality of knowledge. This has been a profound insight for me.</div>
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There are teachers that see the document from the what zone first (in my opinion these are the teachers that open the NZC from the back..) and those who see the document from the why. I'll het back to this... I see how our NZC needs to be understood better by all of us involved in education. I feel that i am now better equipped as an educator and leader to connect with those around me in an authentic, genuine way and that's awesome... </div>
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Morgan Ngatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042181614118059009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-40549232660225302492016-03-28T20:04:00.001-07:002016-05-09T15:57:09.995-07:00To block or not ...<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">This in my
opinion is a practice not founded on the value of nurturing the capacities of
all learners to think and act with developing independence. Here’s why...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">Digital technology
(DT) in a relatively short period of time has deeply embedded itself into daily
life for most of society. Society has crossed a threshold in relation to DT and
once crossed there is no turning back as such. What this means is that modern
day life and society is now highly digitalised and its dependence on DT will
continue to grow. The digital world is quickly becoming as relevant to lives as
the physical world historically has been. For our learners to gain valued
skills they must learn to manage tasks within this digital environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">The New
Zealand curriculum key competencies are an identified set of skills and
capabilities that promote the development of individuals that are <a href="http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum">confident, connected,
actively involved lifelong learners. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">Clearly these
potential distractions will continue within our digitalised future society. The
practice of blocking these distractions is not going to best support our
learners to become self-managing, confident citizens. We are effectively
undermining valuable learning opportunities for our learners by creating disconnected
learning environments for the sake of student efficiency. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">Secondly
removing accessibility to digital devices as a punitive (band aid) approach
that isn’t addressing the cause of the problem. Questions need to be asked of
all members of the learning community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to devices or sites without consideration of these questions effectively undermines
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in 21st century. It is comparative to removing the learner from a stimulating
classroom because they aren’t paying a full attention to the teacher. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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address the issues? Promote improved time management skills through a series of
closely monitored goal setting and reflective practices. Teaching must include not
just subject oriented content but a mix of explicit teaching and modelling of <a href="http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Key-competencies">key competencies </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that promote self management, relating to
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team has constructed a poutama for leadership that includes how our Ss manage
their time and devices. This poutama emphasises how our learners all
demonstrate the attributes we value at times however the consistency of these
values being demonstrated is the difference between the status of Guided
learner and Self directed Leader. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">Our Ss are
placed into the levels according to conferences we have which include student
self evaluation and teacher discussions. These status are updated every few
weeks and students are moved along the poutama based on the criteria being met.
Therefore learners are encouraged to actively manage their learning and as a
result gain a status of leadership that is recognised as valued by our learning
community and whanau.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">This is an
often messy process and needs to be monitored effectively for its relevance
towards learning to be maintained but after a few terms in use it appears to be
making a positive difference towards the development of Ss that are confident,
connected, actively involves lifelong learners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="mi-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: #0481;">Note: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-24411040331691193042016-03-28T14:59:00.000-07:002016-03-28T17:49:50.892-07:00Social Media in teaching and professional developmentThe use ofd social media has been an uplifting and supportive network for me professionally for over a year. I have experienced a range of discussions through this forum that always leaves me energised and inspired to challenge my own practices and thinking. Based on these experiences, social media has become embedded into my practices as a key tool for my ongoing professional development. My intention for this blog is to elaborate on how social helps me to become the best teacher I can be.
In Aotearoa (New Zealand), teachers are required to practice and evidence a set of teaching criteria over a set period of time. These criteria are called <a href="https://educationcouncil.org.nz/content/practising-teacher-criteria-0">practicing teacher criteria</a> or PTC’s.<br />
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In my opinion social media supports teachers in meeting our PTC’s through many varying ways. For the sake of brevity I will only focus on two.<br />
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The attributes I see as being linked to social media are Connectivity and Collaboration.
I have used a Facebook page for sharing professional readings between TKAS staff over the last year. The purpose of this page was for staff to have a forum for reading, sharing and storing researched articles relating to education, to connect with each other online in a professional capacity and to generate a pool of resources that could be used for learning in our MYSY community. The most rewarding moments occurred while team teaching when we were able to refer back to these readings and potential applications within our day to day practices. What I have learnt is that through sharing our professional readings we as a team keep focused on a shared vision.<br />
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<li>PTC# 1. Establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of ākonga </li>
<li> PTC#4. Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional learning and development of personal professional practice </li>
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Over the last 12 months Twitter has become a key tool for my own professional development. What I have experienced through Twitter (#edchatnz in particular,) is continued exposure to a wide range of current practices and professional opinions. These aspects have helped me to keep track of relevant discussions regarding current practices and professional readings. The discussions that occurred here were less directly related towards specific day to day practices (which facebook was helping with,) but instead more towards modern pedagogical concepts and general applications.
In a way I feel that Twitter is providing me with a sounding board for my own growth that I would otherwise not have.
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<li>PTC# 1. Establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of ākonga </li>
<li> PTC# 5. show leadership that contributes to effective teaching and learning </li>
<li>PTC#12. use critical inquiry and problem-solving effectively in their professional practice
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What has become apparent is while I’ve have used both these forms of social media in similar ways there are some key differences in the audience. Through Twitter I was able to connect with colleagues that were from a wider audience. While on Facebook the connection was mainly focused on staff/colleagues. In both instances I feel that critical thinking of my own practices and researched informed practices have increased because of the connections and collaboration achieved through social media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-3635762499634337712016-03-28T14:57:00.000-07:002016-03-28T14:57:05.309-07:00Raising Teacher Collaboration both within and beyond our school walls.
Along with its well researched benefits for students collaboration is promoted as a key tool for effective <a href="https://educationcouncil.org.nz/content/practising-teacher-criteria-0">Professional Development in NZ education</a>. There are increasingly new ways to develop effective professional collaboration. Two methods that have grown in popularity over the last 24 months are in my opinion are #edchatnz and Educamps.
Firstly for over a year I have been participating in professional discussions through #edchatnz on twitter. My perspective on this is that professional teams need at least one person to be connecting with professional forums from beyond their own learning community to keep updating and refining their practices and ideas. What I have experienced through #edchatnz is precisely that, continued exposure to a wide range of current practices and opinions. These aspects have helped me to keep track of relevant discussions regarding current practices and professional readings.
Secondly I’ve attended 2 educamps. My first was #educampalmy in which i attended in person and the second #educampwelly, I watched through streaming. In both instances I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I experienced in #educampalmy was passionate discussions about modern practices, connections made through social media being re-inforced through kanohi kei te kanohi, sharing of ideas and co-constructions of new strategies. Educamp Welly was a more limited version yet still worth the time joining in through stream. While streaming is not really comparable to being at an educamp in person, streaming allowed me to contimue connecting with like minded teachers and leaders in real time from a distance.
Upon reflection I feel these methods for promoting collaboration have been remarkably effective in developing a sense of professional camardery and ongoing inspiration. However I see this practice as potentially resulting in a satisfying sense of collaboration with colleagues from afar, which has clear benefits, but this distance can limit the opportunities for growth that can be gained through collaboration. What can I do better to raise the effectiveness of the collaboration currently used within our immediate learning community?
What I would like to do is focus upon one teacher in our learning community and encourage them to join me on any of the social media based forums I plan on using this year.
Recently I read a blog by <a href="http://rosmaceachern.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/critical-friendships.html">Rose Maceachern</a> about critical friendships (this blog was recommended to me by an #edchatnz tweeter). I see this professional practice as a real opportunity to develop in a more personal and professional way. Developing a partnership based on common goals and values is exciting and scary. As stated in the blog, the ultimate aim is to develop these critical friendships both within and beyond the school we are working in. I see this as a relevant goal for our own learning community. Promoting practices that are based on mutual respect,trust, critical thinking and partnership is a powerful and growth enhancing practice that will ensure that we develop effective collaboration both within and beyond our learning community.
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-15547488394389851902016-02-01T01:04:00.000-08:002016-02-01T01:05:48.067-08:00One word for 2016
Connections:
I am more than what you see...I am who I help and who I ask help from, I am what I create and what I destroy, I am who I love..
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This year I am challenging myself to move out of my comfort zone again. I am focusing on making connections throughout both my professional and personal life aiming for that seemingly illusive state of lifestyle balance. The links with food is my commitment towards my foodie passion. I feel that my passion for food is only expressed when we have special occasions and for me that's not enough. I feel like thats not allowing me enough opportunities to master the skills. I'm committing myself to developing skills in charcuterie, pickling & preserving. I am passionate and somewhat skilled in cooking on an open fire. This is very likely to be included into learning programs at some stage this year. I'm calling this Kaiology. The study of Kai (Māori for food).
The ecology/sustainability references relate to my passion for nature and the layers of connections that establish complex and yet balanced/harmonious systems. So much disharmony has caused a disregard to this balance. How does this relate to teaching? For me its about Ako. Ako (reciprocity) is about recognising the valuable learning opportunities that exist when we interact with others. The truth is the learners make me the teacher I am and my learning practices make those around me my teachers (whether they are aware of this or not)
E-learning represents the new opportunities that have developed in this amazing age we live in. I am passionate about education and the potential we can achieve through the effective utilisation of technology to enhance our local and global connections. This is something that excites me and drives me to explore new ideas and critically reflect on common conventions.
Finally and perhaps most importantly I am challenging myself to make new connections with my learners whanau (family) beyond what I have achieved so far. This is scary and exciting.. I need to not listen to my self doubts and lack of confidence and make the move..Thankfully we have a focused and likeminded team of teachers who feel the same as me. In his research paper Macfarlane, (2015) writes about how student success = whanau success. This is an amazing connection for me. For some illogical reason I was limiting the opportunities for learning by not fully utilising the value our surrounding whanau hold. This year we are inviting our learners whanau to create a list of contexts we can draw from for our learners inquiries. I feel confident enough in our practices to deliver an integrated curriculum within a set of contexts that are determined through co-construction with whanau and students. I don't really know what to expect but I am hoping an increase in these connections will be beneficial for our learning community..I am genuinely looking forward to making these connections.
References.
Macfarlane, A. H., & Macfarlane, A. (2015). Ngā tapuwae o mua mō muri : Footprints of the past
to motivate today ’ s diverse learners, 20 (2), 27–38.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-78299995940736370842015-12-04T00:08:00.001-08:002015-12-04T00:12:49.445-08:00One word GoalAt the beginning of this year we were asked to identify one word that we will use for inspiration. I had just recently watched Sir Ken Robinsons ted talk titled "How to escape educations death valley." We were given a range of materials to create an artefact based on our one word. This was the presentation I gave at a staff presentation.
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Friday Reflection with MYSY learning community.<br />
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In Te Karaka Area School we complete each day with reflections on learning. We often have a prompt statement linking to our TKAS Learning muscles or concepts based on Dwecks Growth Mindset. This practice has resulted in many wonderful and revealing sharings between all our learner community members. I feel its necessary to point out that our MYSY learning community is made up of learners from Yr6 to Yr13. Therefore the sharing is an amazing array of insights that often transcend age barriers.<br />
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The reflections are recorded individually on devices and after that our sharing begins. The statements shared included these learner responses;</div>
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<li>Walkway to success</li>
<li>Freedom</li>
<li>Path to growth</li>
<li>Arotahi</li>
<li>Pathway through the distractions</li>
<li>The right path may be bumpy</li>
<li>Appreciate the now</li>
<li>Pathway towards my dream</li>
<li>Achievement </li>
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This was an inspiring reflection for me because if this is how our learners are thinking when they see a picture like this, then I feel that together we are enabling our community to experience a life where learning is in everything we do and all that is around us. This to me is connecting very closely with the purpose of education.</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-74362664172810725722015-10-07T01:18:00.001-07:002015-10-07T01:18:19.989-07:00Gamers..Gaming and Gamification..its all GamEd to me.<div class="MsoNormal">
Its late… 1am…and I’ve still not succeeded in the task Id
set myself to have completed by midnight. I know this situation isn’t unusual
for us teachers…however this time was unique for me because the task was to
complete a mission as a titan guardian/warrior on my sons PS4 Destiny game. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Destiny <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is
a </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">first-person shooter</span><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">video game</span><span style="background: white;"> set in a </span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">"mythic science fiction"</span><span style="background: white;"> world, the game features a </span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">massively-multiplayer</span><span style="background: white;"> "shared-world" environment with
elements of </span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">role-playing</span><span style="background: white;"> games.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ive intentionally devoted time towards exploring gaming with
the purpose of learning how these games educate gamers (like both my 12 &
14 yr old sons) to develop key skill sets and strategies to succeed in their
games…(No really..Honestly, this is not just what I’m telling my wife.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have recently begun focusing on gaming for education
because of the interest our learners at Te Karaka Area School have with games.
During a course I was shown a short clip about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=350&v=LNfPdaKYOPI">gaming and its
role in education</a> by James Gee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
a thought provoking insight into the culture of gaming and the divide between
traditional education and gaming based education developed by businesses like
Bungie (the creators of Halo and Destiny). I initially focused on his
comparison between assessments of learning between conventional systems and
gaming. Its well worth watching and only 5 minutes long.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I begun to write this blog, my 14 year old son sat down
with me and asked what I was working on. I replied Im writing a blog about what
Im learning about through playing Destiny. I explained how Im thinking about
how valuable games like Destiny can be for teachers. I immediately saw a
flicker of interest in my sons eyes…”What will you be saying?” “Well I’ve seen
how much time and effort you devote towards developing the skills and
strategies you need to succeed in your game… and that’s an amazing blog in
itself, but this blog is focusing on the obvious value you and your brother
place on even the small and (in my mind less important) details like appearance
and affiliations. You spend hard earned credits on making your guardian look
colourful or upgrading armour based on style or clan instead of function or
purpose. My son laughed at this..” Yeah its real fun..and they (the creators)
are about to put a person on Tower whose whole purpose is to teach your
guardian new dance moves….” Yep your Destiny guardian can save the universe and
bust out the meanest dance moves at the same time… go figure. I said to K.. “
It must be annoying when teachers or adults talk about games as being
irrelevant and of no real value when they are clearly so important to you..” My
sons reply…“Yep..” I could see I got him thinking… “Hey Dad I read on line
recently of a study that showed that people who played Portal 2 did better on
spacial awareness tests that luminosity users.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We checked it out..There is and its true. (Man am I setting his learning
advisor up for a fun time next term.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gee describes games as a combination of learning and problem
solving experiences. I am beginning to think that this is a simplification of
the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>deeper learning & problem
solving experiences games like Destiny provide. My children have committed a
reasonable amount of effort into their on line characters. This is clearly
their online identity..not just in appearance but also in status, affiliations,
reputation and style (as in dancing..) Why discredit this identity as nonsense
or of no real worth? Who are we even to say such a thing? Perhaps most
importantly how can we use this concept effectively when designing learning
programs within our education systems? In asking these questions I have a short
list of suggestions that have been had shared with me recently that may be a
good starting point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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An online site called <a href="http://www.classcraft.com/">Classcraft</a>
appears to be successfully helping teachers to bring status and identity into
the classroom. I haven’t yet tried it out but the more I learn about gaming and
gamification of learning the more I return back to this as an option.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Digital badges are being used more frequently now for
recognition of specified achievements. One site recommended to me is <a href="https://credly.com/">credly.com</a> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This again may be used as an indicator of progression (another key
gaming concept according to <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seth Priebatsch in his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=-n3buCOXiY8">Tedtalk</a> on
building a game layer on top of the world.)</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This last suggestion is referring to a suggestion that both Gee
and<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Priebatsch</span> make in their video about "leveling up". At TKAS we use
SOLO Taxonomy for guiding learning within our programs. Levelling up can be
used to incentivise our learners to progress towards extended abstract. I often
explain to our learners that gaining extended abstract is not much more work than
what they have already have completed for achieved. Its not about quantity but
quality. Developing a rubric system that shows that achieved is <75%, merit
76% < 89% and Extended Abstract 90% + may better express this concept while
helping with the level up idea.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally I would whole heartedly encourage teachers to take
some time to explore digital gaming from a pedagogical view point. Ive had some
amazing discussions with TKAS learners and clearly see their appreciation when
I take time to listen to their stories and share my own gaming experiences with
them. I know that I am only just beginning to experience the amazing learning
oriented concepts being applied in modern online gaming. I know this is well
worth staying up for.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-38834460394465091032015-09-01T03:19:00.001-07:002015-09-01T03:20:27.543-07:00Creative blogging On the weekend I was invited to contribute to a Google Doc that was titled:<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ARKUVkKE_936Ta5ujjb2g28iwa_1Df6OrWzZuy4HS9w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Senior students choosing their own NCEA standards in a course that is not pre-prescribed.</a></span><br />
<br />
As a result I was reminded how using the KISS method is always a good way to begin something new. Sharing a G doc on twitter to share ideas and experiences is both simple & valuable. So here's my contribution<br />
<br />
Being new to the blogging world I've been struggling to see how I can make this a regular part of my routine. I realised today that this was probably a result of seeing blogging more as an essay rather than journalling. Recently I've decided to begin exploring different ways to journal my professional ideas and reflections. I'd love to hear from anybody that has tried blogging using a range of different methods.<br />
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Yesterday myself and a friend & colleague called AC introduced magnetism as part of our Invisible World inquiry. We initially thought about teaching how to make electro-magentic nails. While we both really liked this idea, it became apparent to both of us that the obvious question that could be rightfully asked by our learners was, "ok... so what?..."<br />
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If we were going to establish learner engagement throughout both the active learning tasks and written exercises it had to have a clear value to our learners. The task had to become authentic.<br />
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What does this mean? #edchatnz recently discussed this very topic. Many of us edchatters agreed that when referring to learning authenticity means that the learning is seen by the learner as of real value. So I assumed the learning would be clearly valuable for the learner by either or all of the following;<br />
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Initially I couldn't think about how to make this context authentic for our learners. Then we decided to set authenticity through creating the purpose ourselves. We decided to set the purpose for learning about magnetism towards designing magnetically powered drag racing cars.<br />
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I wasn't sure if this purpose was going to result in the authenticity we required. The aim of this workshop was for learners to practice using observations and researched information to direct their investigations. The lesson plan was a mix of collaborative exploration (or play), note taking, researching terms and hypothesis development. Both AC and I realised this was a complex plan that required our learners to transition through several different tasks. The value of learner engagement towards behaviour management was going to be tested today.<br />
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What we found was a high level of participation in all stages of our lesson. The learning was explorative and intentional, it was fun and perhaps most importantly it was purposeful. In my opinion authenticity is essential. Students shouldn't need to ask why? What I learned through this lesson was how authenticity can be established through something as simple as purposeful play.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599970669763748242.post-62876791903226111682015-08-10T19:47:00.003-07:002015-08-10T23:41:14.247-07:00<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Our school: </span><a href="http://www.tkas.school.nz/" style="background-color: white; color: #551a8b; cursor: text; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;" target="_blank">Te Karaka Area School</a><br />
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Kia ora all. This blog is one of my many attempts to begin journalling this amazing pathway of learning that I have been on for more years than I have been in this profession. My name is Morgan Ngata, Im a father of 3 beautiful kids, a very lucky husband, son, brother and a passionate teacher. <br />
I am a Maori with a dash of Bohemian, English and apparently much more. Home is the Tairawhiti region on the Nth Island of New Zealand.</div>
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I know what this must be reading like...I kind of feel like Im beginning the first day at a new school...But the formality is over.</div>
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<u>Honouring that "sense" of Discovery</u></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">Im a teacher that is fascinated by the act of learning. I recently came across this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHQcXVp4F4" style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; cursor: text; font-size: 10pt;">amazing video clip</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"> featuring Noam Chomsky talking about, "what it means to be truly educated?" This insight has struck a resounding chord with me. It simply expresses what I feel my responsibility is, not just as a teacher but in every role I have in this life. I see being educated as having the knowledge and ability to construct new understanding from a range of information & experiences. Clearly this isn't about reciting periodic tables or pi. It is about knowing how to investigate, experiment, analyse, reason and evaluate. In his response Chomsky refers to an MIT teacher that says to his class, "Its not what we cover in class that is important, but what you discover in class that truly matters." In my words Its not the act of acquiring knowledge but the attainment and application of a deep understanding in real life. The sense of Discovery is vital to this philosophy. As a teacher I often remind myself about </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"><i>not stealing the "sense" of discovery from our learners.</i></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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I have seen in my own practices and in others a tendency to teach to a very structured predetermined timeframe. As a result questions can be asked and often answered by the teacher. This is "stealing" the opportunity for our learners to gain that discovery. Clearly this may not be the teachers initial intention for asking the question, "...but time is a limited resource therefore i'll answer it and move on....." Obviously effectively denying the learners an opportunity to gain experience & confidence in developing their ideas. Another practice is when Teachers interfere with learning opportunities when the student appears to be stuck on a problem. Students are discouraged to explore their ideas to a deeper level on their own when teachers are over enthusiastic in jumping in to "fix" the problem. Is struggling not vital in learning? Are we too keen to resolve these struggles because of the time struggles take up? How long do I allow them to struggle?? </div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">If we don’t step back at these points in learning then how else can we learn essential attributes like resilience? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"> What other learning opportunities are undermined because of time management? It’s not difficult to see the connection between Discovery and student centred ownership, curiosity and intrinsically motivated learning. This <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-pathways-cultivate-student-resilience-marilyn-price-mitchell" style="color: #551a8b; cursor: text;" target="_blank">article</a> helped me to think about my own practices, the link between cultivating a "struggle friendly" learning environment culture and positive mindsets. I am really excited about exploring Dwecks Growth mindset for this reason as well. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">When we teach to a predetermined timeframe we need to consider what is the cost? Are we cutting off our noses in spite of our face? I think we are. I wonder do we teach to help our learners gain a deeper understanding or do we teach to meet our timeframe requirements as teachers? </span></div>
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