Universal Design for Learning or UDL is a framework to help you think about how you design your curriculum and discover any barriers that might be present for your learners. It a way of thinking that puts you in someone else’s “learning seat” and see it from their perspective. What is the difference between differentiated learning and UDL?
Alison Jones thesis “At school I’ve got a chance…”: social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/4479 Paulo Freire and “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” And now for Theories of Learning Our Code and Standards suggests that all teachers “critically examine how my own assumptions and beliefs, including cultural beliefs, impact on the practice and the achievement of learners with…
In this book we will look at the history of formalised (colonised) education in Aotearoa and towards where we might be heading as well as the important part you have been invited to participate in. The coming of Compulsory Primary and then Secondary Education Now for a “fly-over” of the history of compulsory primary and secondary education in New Zealand….
To adopt an inclusion stance, is to recognise the mana of each tamariki and their whānau, but more than that…. Inclusion is not an individual act, but rather a statement of community, interconnectedness and humanity. It is the embodiment of belonging and celebration of what each ākonga means as part of the ripples of their world. Imagine a position if…
Koia e kore nei e rapu, tē kitea Rawiri Hindle’s work… is part of a body of knowledge and research Notes from: “Designing learning with embodied teaching – perspectives from multimodality – fei victor lim” Whiria te kahā tuātinitini, whiria te kahā tuāmanomano. “It is important for teachers to realize that they are inherently and consistently engaged in cultural production…
Madeline Hunter’s Lesson Plan ObjectivesBefore the lesson is prepared, the teacher should have a clear idea of what the teaching objectives that will used. What, specifically, should the student be able to do, understand, care about as a result of the teaching?One way to think about objectives is to consider the audience, what behaviors you would likethem to adopt (or…
Children’s Literature: A Developmental Perspective combines children’s literature with developmental psychology, aiming to better prepare future teachers to meet the needs of individual children and to help develop their literary skills.
deals with the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schooling, Models of Teaching provides a direct link between educational foundations and student teaching. Therefore, the book can provide substantial support to programs taking a “reflective teaching” or constructivist approach.
Linabary, J.R. (Ed.). (2021). Small group communication: Forming and sustaining teams. Pressbooks. https://pressbooks.pub/smallgroup/ Brilhart and Galanes (1998) divide norms into two categories. General norms “direct the behavior of the group as a whole” (130). Meeting times, how meetings run, and the division of tasks are all examples of general norms that groups form and maintain. These norms establish the generally accepted rules of behavior for…
Narratives are often explored through picture books, sophisticated picture books, short stories, novels and media. Check back in with a previous reading, Travers & Travers as a refresher for this module. Summary of attributes ~ Narrative Definition A text which presents imagined events through characters in action. Characteristics A narrative may include an exposition, complication/turning point, conflict, suspense, climax (denouement), and a final…