Tag: Literacy
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The church and Māori culture – Leave your shoes at the door, not your culture
The church and Māori culture – Leave your shoes at the door, not your culture
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What is tikanga? Don’t cut harakeke when it’s raining
Don’t cut harakeke when it’s raining – What is tikanga? by Aroha Puketapu
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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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Buy My Book: Teach better Now
This is an act of shameless self-promotion for my new book which I’ve self-published on Amazon. The cost is less than what you pay for your trim soy-raspberry-mocha-latte-cappuccino. So click here and buy it now. You can download it to your phone, tablet or Kindle. I’m going to run a free book promotion shortly, so…
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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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What is cultural competency? What does cultural competency mean in education?
Here’s one definition adapted from what others have said: Culturally competent means possessing the knowledge, skills, and values required to achieve a better understanding of, and enhance relationships with learners of different cultures. I wanted to share this for a couple of reasons. One is that it’s more topical than ever. Another is that it’s potentially…
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12 Reasons Education Is A Wicked Problem (AKA What’s Broken In Education And How Do We Fix It?)
Education is a wicked problem (AKA What’s broken in education and how do we fix it?)