Category: NZ Context

Navigating a Pathway for Educational Development: Te Whakawhanake Ara Mātauranga

Mar 28, 2024

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Graeme Smith

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Explore the journey of ‘Te Whakawhanake Ara Mātauranga,’ a transformative pathway for Māori educational development. This post delves into the cyclical process of learning innovation, rooted in Māori philosophies, through stages of potential, maturation, integration, and fulfillment. Discover how these stages intertwine to forge a dynamic, culturally enriched educational framework.
NZCALNE (Voc) Adult Literacy And Numeracy Professional Development Resources – 3 Seriously Great Resources

Sep 22, 2020

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Graeme Smith

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NZCALNE (Voc) Adult Literacy And Numeracy Professional Development Resources – 3 Seriously Great Resources by Graeme Smith
New Fiction: Te Kererū, Book 2 – Shaking the Nest is out…!

Jul 2, 2020

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Graeme Smith

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Are you looking for some new fiction to read? Wanna read some new New Zealand Literature? Check out Te Kererū by SG Smith After much editing, Book 2 in SG Smith’s Te Kererū series is finally out…! This is the second instalment and it’s about another 100 pages with more of Kate’s adventures. If you…
NZ And Taiwan – What Is The Economic Relationship Between Our 2 Countries?

Nov 18, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Aotearoa, Economy, NZ, NZ Context, Taiwan

NZ and Taiwan – What is the economic relationship?
Strategies: What are your opportunities & constraints?

Mar 24, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Context, Contextualised, Instructional Strategies, Learning Strategies, New Zealand Context, NZ Context, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Strategies, Uncategorized

In order to develop some working strategies for embedding literacy and numeracy, you need to do an analysis of opportunities and constraints. This means looking at the opportunities that might be in front of you for embedding, but also what the potential roadblocks or barriers are as well. As part of this, we need you…
Strategies: What’s your context for embedding literacy and numeracy?

Mar 24, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Context, Contextualised, Instructional Strategies, Learning Strategies, New Zealand Context, NZ Context, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Strategies, Strategy, Uncategorized

This is the first section in your assessment. You need to summarise your particular teaching or training context. And you do this by answering three questions. What kind of training or teaching do you do? What kind of learners do you have? What are the objectives of your programme? We don’t need a long essay…
CONTEXT – New Content for the new NZCALNE Assessment 1 with ALEC

Mar 1, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now with ALEC in 2017 We’re in the middle of a transition from the existing NCALNE (Voc) to the newer version of this qualification – the NZCALNE (Voc). Most qualifications are now in the process of shifting from the old “National” qualifications to the current “New Zealand” quals. It’s a bit of a…
The context for adult literacy and numeracy: Some things to think about before we move on…

Feb 21, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Context, Contextualised, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, New Zealand Context, NZ Context, Uncategorized

From here you can move on to the second section. Next up we’re going to look at some of the approaches we use in adult teaching. Before that, though, you should have a think about your answers to the questions below. The questions aren’t assessed, so you don’t have to hand in your answers. But…
Teach Better – Understand Your Context

Jan 31, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Last time I said that we had simplified the structure of the new qualification and assessment tasks. It now looks like this: Context Approaches Demands Strategies Before Teaching After Here’s how the first part breaks down. These are also stripped back from the previous version of the course: 1. Understanding Your Context 1.1 What do…
You really should read the Productivity Commission report on the future of tertiary education…

Nov 8, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, NZ, NZ Context, NZQA, Productivity, Productivity Commission, TEC, tech, Technology, Tertiary, Uncategorized

I know that it’s a terrible title for a blog post. But you really should read the Productivity Commission report on new models of tertiary education. The report is 402 pages long, so here are your options: just read the overview chapter here. Or down load the 10 page pdf version here. And here’s why…