Deputy Head of the 九州影院鈥檚 (UC) School of Education, Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, led the development of听The Hikairo Schema for Secondary, Culturally responsive teaching and learning.
鈥淭eachers in all sectors have long been wanting a resource that provides practical strategies to implement culturally responsive pedagogies into their everyday classroom practice,鈥 Dr Karaka-Clarke says.
鈥淭he aim of the schema is to provide guidance for teachers and schools on how to implement cultural responsive practices and, as a consequence, improve engagement and educational outcomes for their M膩ori students.鈥
The Hikairo Schema for Secondary听is the third iteration of the resource designed to provide concrete strategies and examples, built around seven components that embrace and draw on traditions of tikanga (practices/ customs) and uara (values) M膩ori.
It is a companion to听The Hikairo Schema for Primary听补苍诲听The Hikairo Schema: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education Settings.
Rather than provide an exhaustive number of examples for each component, the resource suggests starter strategies that can be explored and enhanced to suit the teacher and their educational context.
鈥淭he schema can also be used to provide teachers who have already begun this journey with a level of guidance or assurance that they are on the right track. While not purposely designed as such, some schools have integrated aspects of the schema into their appraisal programme,鈥 Dr Karaka-Clarke says.听
UC is committed to its partnership with mana whenua Ng膩i T奴膩huriri and to understanding and embedding m膩tauranga M膩ori throughout teaching and the curriculum. Students at UC learn with innovators and leaders in cultural responsiveness, and the education sector benefits from the expertise that is nurtured in UC鈥檚 Te R膩ngai Ako me te Hauora | College of Education, Health and Human Development, with numerous teaching resources being made available as a result.听
Dr Karaka-Clarke听collaborated with Jennifer Smith, Matiu Tai Ratima, Angus Hikairo Macfarlane, Sonja Macfarlane, Rachel Maitland, Lisa Davies, Kari Moana Kururangi and Susannah Stevens.听The Hikairo Schema for Secondary, Culturally responsive teaching and learning听is published by NZCER Press, in conjunction with UC and T艒taranui K膩hui Ako.
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Read more:听Hikairo Schema for early childhood.
