Week
18 - Reflecting
on changes in my future oriented teaching practice
Ko
te kaupapa (theme) kua whiriwhiria e au, kua whiriwhiri hoki i te hāngai ki
taku whakaako, ko;
Theme
1 – Personalising Learning
Description:
He kōrero tāpiri ēnei ki taku rangitaki tuatahi. Ko te āhuatanga i huritaongia
i roto i taku whakaako, ko te ngana kia tuku i tētahi akoranga, i ētahi mahi
rānei ki te katoa me te whakaaro nui, he orite te taumata ako o tēnā, o tēnā.
Nā, he mārama te kite, he āhuatanga tēnei o te kore āta whakarite i ahau anō. Me
te mea hoki, kāore au i te rongo i roto i ahau anō te hiahia kia ‘tino’ kaiako
ahau.
Feelings:
Ki ōku whakaaro, ko ngā kare-ā-roto, ko te whakaaro nui rānei i roto i ahau i
taua wā tonu, ko te hiahia kia māmā noa taku mahi. Ko tāku e mea nei, kia māmā
– he tuku noa i te akoranga orite, ka pai noa iho. E hiahia ana te pae tata,
kāore e whakaaro ana ki te pae tawhiti. Kāore e kite ana i te aroha ki te ako, ki te whanaketanga rānei ā tēnā tamaiti, ā tēnā tamaiti. Ko te hua o tērā momo whakaaro, tērā
momo kawe i ahau anō, i rongo au i te pōkaikaha, i te riri, i te rangirua anō
hoki – he nui ngā kare-ā-roto.
Evaluation/Analysis:
I hoki aku mahara ki tētahi kauwhau nā Dr. Shannon Kincaid, ko tana kauwhau ‘Good vs Great Teacher’ e mea ana;
“Very
few people can be great teachers. Being a great teacher demands a set of
talents, a set of skills and a set of commitments a lot of people aren’t
willing or able to cultivate in their lives.”
Kāore
au i te takahi i toku ake mana, heoi, nā te koi o ēnei korero ā Dr, Kincaid, i rongo ahau
i roto i ahau anō, kāore he painga tō tēnei tēnei kawe i ahau. He māngere. E
āhua whakamā ana ahau te whakatakoto i ēnei kōrero, heoi, i te mutunga iho,
mehemea ko te hiahia kia pai ake te whakaako, kia pai ake te whakarite e kite ai te whanaketanga ako ā ngā tamariki, kia pai ake taku ruku ki roto i
taku kawe i ahau anō i roto i te akomanga, me pēnei. Ko ahau toku ake kaiwhakawā!
Māro rawa atu nei!
E
rongo ana au i te pai o tēnei āhuatanga, te tuku i ōku whakaaro mā tētahi
rangitaki, hei wānanga, hei tohe, hei akiaki, hei tautoko.
Conclusion:
He rawe ki ahau te kōrero ki ōku hoa mahi mo ngā take ka puta, mo te āhua o ngā
tamariki, mo te whanaketanga o ngā tamariki, te aha, te aha rānei. Nō
reira, koina pea tētahi āhuatanga e tāea ana te mahi kia pai ake, inā kitea ana he
āhuatanga kāore e tino tau ki toku ngākau mo te ako o ngā tamariki, mo taku kawe i ahau anō, me kōrero hāngai ki ōku hoa mahi, me
kōrero hāngai ki te kaiako matua. Kāore e kore, he korero akiaki ā rātou, he
tautoko, he āwhina.
Action
Plan: E rongo ana i roto i ngā kōrero ā Dr. Shannon Kincaid, me āta
whakariterite i ahau anō, kia kaua tēnei āhuatanga, tēnei whakaarotanga e ahu
mai anō i roto i taku whakaako. Ko te whāinga, kia poipoi, kia ārahi, kia whakaatuhia
te tauira e tika ana ki te tamaiti, kia puta ai ia hei raukura mo tōna iwi. Nō
reira, he nui ngā āhuatanga mōku anō me parea ki te taha e tino eke ai ēnei kōrero
o Te Aho Matua.
He Tohutoro
CUNYQueensborough. (2008, Nov 19). Good
vs Great Teaching: Are The Best Teachers Born or Made? [Video file].
Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZgkmsyQnc
Gazette, N. Z.
(2008). Official version of Te Aho Matua o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori and an
explanation in English. New Zealand
Gazette, 32, 733-746.

Tēnā koe anō Rongomai
ReplyDeleteI ahua pāpouri tōku ngakau ki te rongo i tō pōkaikaha me te mea, ka tō taha au e mahi ana. Ko te mea nui, kua tautu koe ētahi mahi e hiahia ana koe ki te whakapai ake. Ki āu nei koira tētahi tohu o te kaiako pai, kei te arotake koe i a koe anō. Kua kite hoki koe he huarahi hei whai awhina. Me kī ko tēnei roopu tētahi o ō Hapori Ako.