Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Ako | Effective teachers
The science online website presents resources to support scientific knowledge and Māori knowledge about mussel biology.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Ako | Effective teachers
Providing opportunities for student voice informed and encouraged changes in teacher practice.
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Ako | Effective teachers
At Hiruharama School, the process of learning is expressly communicated to all the students, and they are the primary communicators of their learning to whānau. (Extract from ‘Te ManaKōrero: Relationships for Learning’, 2007).
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Ako | Effective teachers
Culturally responsive learning contexts are those where the learner can bring their own experiences into the classroom context. (Extract from ‘Te ManaKōrero: Relationships for Learning’, 2007).
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The video clips for Te Mana Kōrero focus on the need to build, and sustain, strong and effective school-whānau partnerships, in order to raise Māori student achievement. Such partnerships are characterised by both parties respecting and valuing each other's perspectives and contributions.
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Lincoln High School's NCEA's data illustrated that Māori students were grossly underachieving. As a result, the professional development model of Te Kauhua was established, based on research that showed what works well for Māori.
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At Henderson Intermediate, we see the beginnings of a successful push by Te Kauhua facilitators to engage whānau, by organising whānau hui, where data on Māori students’ attendance and achievement was shared.
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The stakeholders in this clip are the principal, three teachers and two senior students. They compare the more traditional approach to teaching and learning with the new approach at Taihape Area School.