Category: International education
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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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#1 New release in Study & Teaching and now Literacy
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in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, Indigenous education, inform teaching, International education, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, professional, Professional Development, Professional standards, Professional Standards Framework, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach bettermy short new eBook is currently the #1 new release in Literacy. Yesterday it was #1 new release in Study and Teaching.
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Why haven’t I self-published a book on how to embed literacy and numeracy into vocational training yet?
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in eBook, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Executive Education, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, Indigenous education, inform teaching, International education, Lean education, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Numeracy, self-publishing, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterNo good reason really… But today I spent about 12 hours learning how to use Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing suite of tools and resources. It was most interesting. I especially like that you can generate these previews above that show you what the final publication will look like. The actual editor tool is a bit…
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How can vocational teachers from Vietnam improve their teaching practice?
One of the ways is to come to New Zealand…! Yesterday I was very lucky to spend some time with a group of vocational teachers from Hanoi in Vietnam. They are in New Zealand for a three-month study tour with Massey University in Auckland learning how to improve their teaching practice. We spent the afternoon…
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I work in education… Why do I have to use tools from Service Design, UX and Agile?
Thank you, I understand. Welcome to the Brave New World. Your job and mine now require new kinds of tools and approaches. These tools and approaches aren’t part of the regular toolbox of tools most of us are familiar with in academic work. I’m talking about education but the same could equally apply to other…
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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”.
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Do you mind if I chop off your legs?
This is one of the problems working in education. We keep trying to cut off people’s legs. Or their heads. What do I mean? Here’s a quick story: A long time ago, in Greek mythology, there was rogue smith and bandit who lived along the way to Athens named Procrustes. He’d lure in guests with the promise…