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Agency and Engagement


Research & Community Informed Practice Assessment 3

Agency & Engagement

Ko te āhuatanga o te rongo i te tamaiti, me tōna rongo i tōna ake mana i roto i tana kawe i a ia ki te whakatutuki i āna mahi, he āhuatanga nui i roto i te akomanga. He kaha nō Te Aho Matua te pērā, te whakamana i te tamaiti. Ko te tamaiti te aronga.

'Seesaw', tētahi taupānga i whāi e au kia pakari ake taku whai i te akoranga o aku tauira. Ko tā Seesaw, he wāhi haumaru e wātea ai te tamaiti te whakarewa i āna mahi, hei tirohanga mā ōna mātua, ka mutu, tona whānau. He wāhi e wātea ai te kaiako me ngā mātua te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mo te ako o te tamaiti. He wāhi e wātea ai te kaiako, ngā mātua, me te tamaiti te wānanga tahi me te whakaatu mahi. 

Kua ora au i tēnei, ā, he awhi nui tō tēnei taupānga o Seesaw nei te whakatinana i ngā uara o Te Aho Matua, arā, te mana o te tamaiti i roto i āna mahi.

Shernoff (2013) states that engagement always connotes a relationship, one of involvement to something, and defines it as a heightened, simultaneous experience of concentration, interest, and enjoyment in the task at hand. 

Ka kite, ka rongo hoki i te arotahi (concentration), ā ngā tamariki i ā rātou e whakamahi ana i tēnei taupānga. Ka rongo hoki i tō ratou hiahia (interest). Kua arotahi nā te mea e whakahīhī ana ki ā rātou mahi, e arotahi ana nā te mea e hiahia ana kia poho kererū ngā mātua, kia koa te hunga titiro ki āna mahi. He nui te hiahia nā te mea, ko rātou kei te kawe. Anō nei, kei te whakarite pūrongo rātou hei tirohanga mā te katoa. He nui te hiahia nā te mea ko rātou kei te whakahaere i te āhua o ngā mahi, ngā tae, ngā pikitia, te aha rānei.

Ā, mehemea kāore i pārekareka, kāore te tamaiti e kuhu. Ā, e mōhio ana tātou, ko te hunga tamariki, i te nuinga o te wā, he hunga kōrero pono. Makere noa mai ngā kōrero o te hinengaro o te ngākau. Ahakoa te mamae pea o ngā kōrero, kāore e meatia kia mamae, he puta noa te kōrero.

Kua kitea te pārekareka i a rātou e whakarewa mahi ana. He aha ai? Nā te mea ko rātou kei te whakaatu, ā, e whakahīhī ana ki ā rātou māhi.

Ko tētahi āhuatanga me kaha ake i roto i ahau, kia kaha ake ai tēnei, me wherawhera tonu ki te taupānga o Seesaw, kia āhei te whakamahi ki tona ikeiketanga. E āhei ana te whakarite ngohe mā ngā tamariki, e tāea ai rātou te kake ki runga me te whakaoti. He wāhi e āhei ana ngā tamariki te pōhi. He awhi nui te rongo i te reo o te ākonga.

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  1. He rawe ngā whakaaro, kua kite hoki ahau i te painga i tāu e mahi ai i te Seesaw. Harikoa ngā tamariki, harikoa hoki ngā mātua ki ti kite i ngā mahi a o rātou tamariki. Me kaha whai hoki ahau i te Seesaw a tērā tau

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  2. Kāore i kō atu i kō mai i tēnei mai te hangarau me tana uri te taupānga 'Seesaw'. Ko te kura o taku tama matahiapo tērā ka kaha whakamahia i tēnei taupānga. Ahakoa ko au te māma tuarua o taku tama matahiapo nei ka whiwhi tonu au i ngā kōrero o taku tama. Ka tukuna mai e tana pouako ngā kōrero o tana akomanga. Mā tēnei e mōhio ai ahau i ngā kaupapa i tana kura. Ehara hoki i te mea ka ngaro te pānui inā tuku mai a pouaka reta nei. He tino rawe ki āu ngā rauemi a tēnei ao hangarau.

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