In 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.
From time to time people ask me to post job advertisements for the adult tertiary…
This is a soapbox rant Click away now while you can. You have been warned……
Here’s something new from my He Taunga Waka Colleagues at Ako Aotearoa. They would love…
Kia ora ano and welcome back You’re up to the third assessment task in the new…
What is it? Whakapapa refers to genealogy, history, stages of development, or layers. Can we…
Tuakana-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”.
Introducing Approaches In these next modules, we look at some of the approaches and concepts…
There is a range of socio-economic factors associated with low levels of adult literacy and…
I’ve started writing new course content for the new NZCALNE (Voc) – the latest version…