Category: Indigenous education
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How do you become the best kaiako (teacher) you can be?
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in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Executive Education, Export Education, Indigenous education, International education, Job Profiles, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Profession, professional, Professional Development, Professional standards, Professional Standards Framework, Tapatoru, Tutor ProfileIn my work in tertiary education in Aotearoa New Zealand, I spend a lot of time thinking about this question and what the possible answers are. One of my jobs is to help develop professional standards for kaiako (teachers and tutors) and others, including support staff, working with foundation level learners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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I want to learn more about Taiwan
Last year I travelled to Taiwan with a group of Māori businesses. I had a fantastic time and learned a lot about the connection between indigenous Taiwanese tribal groups and NZ Māori. Check out some of the photos.
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What will education look like in the next 10 years?
Today, I found some notes about the future of education that I had scribbled down a few years back. They were just random thoughts. And there was no date on them, but they must be from at least 5 or so years ago. Reading them now, they already feel old. Internet time is a weird…
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10 Disruptive Ideas on How to Dominate Medical Cannabis Education
How would you go about dominating the medical cannabis education industry? Here are 10, actually 11, disruptive ideas from a NZ perspective.
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Tapatoru – The Foundation Learning Professional Standards Framework
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in Education, Adult Learning, Foundation, Foundation Learning, Framework, Frameworks, Improve learning, Indigenous education, indigenous pedagogy, Learning, Learning Outcomes, learning plans, Learning Strategies, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, professional, Professional Development, Professional standards, Professional Standards Framework, TapatoruTapatoru framework for Foundation Learning This has been a long time coming… However, I’m very pleased to share the new Tapatoru framework with you. I’ve been working on this for the Tertiary Education Commission and Ako Aotearoa since August 2018. This framework is for you if you work with learners, workers or clients who need…
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Did you know that the World Indigenous Business Forum was in Rotorua NZ recently?
That was the WORLD Indigenous Business Forum… As in the whole world. And it just happened to be in Rotorua, New Zealand last month. I heard about it by accident. By word of mouth. And I got to hang out there for an afternoon and meet a delegation from the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP)…
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Indigenous Taiwanese and Māori in Aotearoa NZ – You might be happily surprised at the relationship
What is the relationship of Māori in Aotearoa NZ to indigenous Taiwanese?
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How do you integrate indigenous cultural values and worldview with business and education?
In Aotearoa New Zealand, we have been working hard to strengthen vocational training, especially for our indigenous Māori groups as well as Pacific Peoples. This includes a focus on both young people and adults. And by “we” I mean the collective we. This “we” includes government agencies involved in funding and quality assurance, independent research…
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What is Ako? A Māori View on this Powerful Teaching and Learning Kaupapa
What is Ako? Teaching and Learning – a Māori View. Ako is a transaction between the akonga and kaiako, teacher and learner.