Video 1: Connections with the community through learning

  • Key Content

    This clip introduces the concept of think globally act locally as an entry point into inquiry-based learning. A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations is utilised throughout the project to support Māori students to achieve at a high level in a school involved in the Kia Eke Panuku professional learning and development project.

  • Things to Think About

    Conversation framework for those new to Kia Eke Panuku:

    1. Talking about the inquiry, the Assistant Principal says, “It is culturally responsive because you are finding out about students in your class”. What other connections can you make to your understanding about culturally responsive pedagogy?
    2. The Principal challenges us to go beyond glib phrases and to think about what acting locally actually looks like and feels like. Discuss what acting locally in a culturally responsive way would look and sound like in the educational context you work in.
    3. This context for learning engages students from whānau (family) and as global citizens. How might the approach to learning in this clip contribute to our ability to facilitate learning opportunities that link indigenous aspirations and education?


    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku schools:

    1. What connections do you make between an inquiry approach to cross curricula learning and the principles of culturally responsive and relational pedagogy ?
    2. What elements of culturally responsive and relational pedagogy are explicitly evident in the clip? What is less evident?
    3. How could you make some of the principles of culturally responsive and relational pedagogy that are less obvious within the clip, more explicit, for teachers and students? How might you use this resource as a springboard for wider conversations about culturally responsive and relational pedagogy and the Ako: Critical cycle of learning (unlearning, relearning)?

    Conversation Framework for Kia Eke Panuku Strategic Change Leadership teams:

    1. How could you make some of the principles of culturally responsive and relational pedagogy that are less obvious within the clip, more explicit, for teachers and students? How might you use this resource as a springboard for wider conversations about culturally responsive and relational pedagogy and the Ako: Critical cycle of learning (unlearning, relearning)?
    2. What questions does the idea of a cross curriculum inquiry-based approach to learning raise across the five Kia Eke Panuku dimensions ?
    3. Using the Mahi Tahi map alongside this clip, what connections and questions emerge for you as strategic change leaders. What are the implications for your school?