Category: Approaches
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Mana Ao Tūroa: Exploring The World Through Learning
Mana ao tūroa means exploring the world around you. In education, it points to learning through curiosity, observation, problem-solving, trial and error, and engagement with the natural, social, physical, and material environment. For adult educators, mana ao tūroa is a reminder that learning is not confined to content delivery. It grows through active exploration of…
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Mana Atua: Wellbeing, Spirituality And Learner Support
Mana atua helps educators understand wellbeing, spirituality, wairua, and holistic learner support in learner-centred teaching.
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Whanaungatanga: What Is It? How can you use it to create learner success? 3 Things You Need to Know
Whanaungatanga refers to a sense of family connection. It’s a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging.
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What Is Whakapapa? 4 Powerful Reasons You Need To Embrace It In Your Classroom
What is whakapapa in education? Whakapapa refers to genealogy, lineage, connection, and the relationships that link people to ancestors, land, stories, identity, and each other. In education, whakapapa helps teachers recognise that learners bring histories, relationships, identities, and contexts into the learning space. It supports learner-centred teaching by making connection and story part of how…
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Motivation: What is it? 2 Cool Things You Need To Know
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What is motivation? Intrinsic… extrinsic… Find out more with Dr Damon Whitten
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Teach better: What are some other ideas you need to know about teaching and learning?
Concepts we use to talk about teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand Like we said at the start of this section, concepts are just ideas. What follows next are a range of ideas from both mainstream education and Te Ao Māori that we use to talk about teaching and learning. Stand by for a…
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Approaches: Thinking deeper
Some of the content in these last few modules might be new to you, but hopefully, some of it is not. Often, people are familiar with the ideas, but the terminology might be new. An example of this might be teaching approaches like tuakana-teina and ako. These are things that good tutors have always done.…
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Approaches: What is prior knowledge?
Using prior knowledge What is it? In a nutshell, it’s the knowledge, experiences, beliefs, and attitudes you bring to any new learning or teaching. Can we dig a little deeper? Prior knowledge, also sometimes called prior learning, is the knowledge that someone has before they meet new information. Every one of your adult learners comes…
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What Is Ako? Reciprocal Teaching And Learning Explained
Ako means both teach and learn. It’s a reciprocal relationship where the educator is also learning from the student.
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Tuakana-teina: What is it? 4 Different Ways You Can Use It Positively In Education in New Zealand
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in Education, Adult, Adult Learning, Aotearoa, Approaches, Collaboration, Concepts, Cultural Competency, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, edupreneur, Embed literacy and numeracy, embedded, embedding, Foundation, Foundation Learning, Framework, Frameworks, Good ideas, How do I, How do I get started, How do I improve, How do you, How to, Improve, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Instructional, Instructional Strategies, Intensive, International education, kaiako, Knowing the demands, Knowing the learner, Knowing what to do, learner, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Learning Strategies, Maori, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, Professional Standards Framework, Should we teach, Success, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, This Is Graeme, THISISGRAEME, Tikanga, tuakana-teina, Tutor, Tutor Profile, Tutors, Uncategorized, Wananga, Whare Tapawha, You can teach betterTuakana-teina refers to the relationship between an older person (tuakana) and a younger person (teina). It is specific to teaching and learning in the context of Māori. In a more traditional Māori setting, the meaning is literally “older sibling-younger sibling”.