Great article, Bevan. I'd just been thinking about this while watching farmers talking about losing their land to the river and the tons of gravel. There is much food for thought here. Kia ora!
This hit the nail again Bevan. This speaks to me of Literacy. Re-centering ākonga and looking at their existing literacy (their knowledge, skills and identity) and measuring from that as a starting point. Much like ECE do everyday.
As Pakeha, te ao Māori / māori world view is out of my understanding and I'm beginning to realise much of an that world view is a taonga and not mine to know. When I'm given a glimpse, as has happened over Matariki, it feels like a complete honor to sit with that.
In my teaching, it's about how I responded and respect the existing 'literacy' that ākonga have already. That is what counts. To place value on that taonga, that lived understanding of the world - rather than fixing post-colonial concepts of what literacy is.
You've left me pondering - What is my role? How can I add value and expand on what is already there?
This hit the nail again Bevan. This speaks to me of Literacy. Re-centering ākonga and looking at their existing literacy (their knowledge, skills and identity) and measuring from that as a starting point. Much like ECE do everyday.
As Pakeha, te ao Māori / māori world view is out of my understanding and I'm beginning to realise much of an that world view is a taonga and not mine to know. When I'm given a glimpse, as has happened over Matariki, it feels like a complete honor to sit with that.
In my teaching, it's about how I responded and respect the existing 'literacy' that ākonga have already. That is what counts. To place value on that taonga, that lived understanding of the world - rather than fixing post-colonial concepts of what literacy is.
You've left me pondering - What is my role? How can I add value and expand on what is already there?
Great article, Bevan. I'd just been thinking about this while watching farmers talking about losing their land to the river and the tons of gravel. There is much food for thought here. Kia ora!
Ka rawe, Bevan!
This hit the nail again Bevan. This speaks to me of Literacy. Re-centering ākonga and looking at their existing literacy (their knowledge, skills and identity) and measuring from that as a starting point. Much like ECE do everyday.
As Pakeha, te ao Māori / māori world view is out of my understanding and I'm beginning to realise much of an that world view is a taonga and not mine to know. When I'm given a glimpse, as has happened over Matariki, it feels like a complete honor to sit with that.
In my teaching, it's about how I responded and respect the existing 'literacy' that ākonga have already. That is what counts. To place value on that taonga, that lived understanding of the world - rather than fixing post-colonial concepts of what literacy is.
You've left me pondering - What is my role? How can I add value and expand on what is already there?
This hit the nail again Bevan. This speaks to me of Literacy. Re-centering ākonga and looking at their existing literacy (their knowledge, skills and identity) and measuring from that as a starting point. Much like ECE do everyday.
As Pakeha, te ao Māori / māori world view is out of my understanding and I'm beginning to realise much of an that world view is a taonga and not mine to know. When I'm given a glimpse, as has happened over Matariki, it feels like a complete honor to sit with that.
In my teaching, it's about how I responded and respect the existing 'literacy' that ākonga have already. That is what counts. To place value on that taonga, that lived understanding of the world - rather than fixing post-colonial concepts of what literacy is.
You've left me pondering - What is my role? How can I add value and expand on what is already there?