Tag: Education
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Understanding Pacific Cultural Safety: A Guide for Educators – Part 1
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in Education, Adult Learning, cultural, Cultural Competency, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Agency, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Pacific, Pasifika, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterUnderstanding Pacific Cultural Safety: A Guide for Educators – Part 1
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Unlocking the Power of Fonofale: How Pacific Health & Education Can Benefit – Part 2
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in Education, Adult Learning, Fonofale, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner Agency, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Pacific, Pasifika, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterUnlocking the Power of Fonofale: How Pacific Health & Education Can Benefit – Part 2
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Unlocking the Power of Fonofale: How Pacific Health & Education Can Benefit – Part 1
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in Education, Adult Learning, Fonofale, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner Agency, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Pacific, Pasifika, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterUnlocking the Power of Fonofale: How Pacific Health & Education Can Benefit – Part 1
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Mathematics And Muscles: 2 Crazy Kiwis On The Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast
Mathematics and Muscles: Damon Whitten and @smith_graeme with @steeljanz on the Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast. Shooting the breeze on teaching, learning and how to get strong, fast.
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How to use ZOOM for larger groups so that it doesn’t suck: 3 Strategies for success
So you’ve made the switch to Zoom for online learning and meetings. But how can you use Zoom for LARGER groups so that it doesn’t suck? Find out here.
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What is the Way of the Apprentice?
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, craft, craftmanship, Education, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Leathercraft, Mastery, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterWhat is the Way of the Apprenticeship? Read on to find out more about craft and craftsmanship and the workshop.
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The Craftsman’s Journey
Sometimes it’s damn hard to find a good teacher. One reason for this is that information transfer is difficult when the kind of knowledge that needs to be passed on in a craft is informal and generally not written down.
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The Workshop Has Always Been the Craftsman’s Home
The other day, I was talking about the fact that you often need to have something like a workshop – or a studio or a laboratory – in place before you really get serious about that hobby, side-hustle or passion project you’ve been thinking about for so long. I said that a workshop can be…
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Why You Need A Workshop… Even a portable one
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Lean education, Learning, Learning Strategies, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterRecently, I spoke at #AionCon 2020 on the subject of craftsmanship. This is something that I’ve written about in the Aion newsletter and in my eBook subtitled “The Way of the Craftsman”. One of the things that I wanted to explore in more detail is the idea of the workshop. As a craftsman – and…
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Homeschooling won’t save your kids
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in Anxiety caused by learning, Children, Education, Education delivery model, educator, Educator’s Journey, Home, Homeschool, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Kids, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, school, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterThinking about homeschooling? You should read this first.