Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 31, 2016 18:16:40 GMT 12
TEACHERS ENCOURAGED TO LIFT THEIR GAME WITH MĀORI STUDENTS
Students may all be created equal, but a new guide is encouraging teachers to be culturally engaged when dealing with Māori students. Te Mata o Te Tau, the Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship has released a good teaching practice guide aimed at increasing Māori student retention and success at Massey University.
You can miss-pronounce someone’s name once or twice and you’ll be forgiven, but after that people begin to feel you don’t actually care about who they are.” She says teachers also have to understand the Māori concept of holistic wellbeing and how this translates into teaching and learning for example developing an environment that allows students to support each other and learn from each other…..
livenews.co.nz/2016/03/31/teachers-encouraged-to-lift-their-game-with-maori-students/
Students may all be created equal, but a new guide is encouraging teachers to be culturally engaged when dealing with Māori students. Te Mata o Te Tau, the Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship has released a good teaching practice guide aimed at increasing Māori student retention and success at Massey University.
You can miss-pronounce someone’s name once or twice and you’ll be forgiven, but after that people begin to feel you don’t actually care about who they are.” She says teachers also have to understand the Māori concept of holistic wellbeing and how this translates into teaching and learning for example developing an environment that allows students to support each other and learn from each other…..
livenews.co.nz/2016/03/31/teachers-encouraged-to-lift-their-game-with-maori-students/