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Change management terminologies - Episode 2. The semantics of terminologies with Ken Marchant.
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Survive or thrive? Readiness to teach in early childhood centres through the lens of organisational culture.
No full textTe Ata Māhina and the three-headed taniwha: A case study in the ongoing wero to decolonise social work education in Aotearoa
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This panel critically reflects on one of the most significant social work educational developments in Aotearoa in recent years. In 2019, the Labour Party-led government of New Zealand decided to merge all 16 polytechnics into a single entity called Te Pūkenga and encouraged the creation of unified degree programmes. Social work academics saw this as an opportunity to create a transformational programme committed to decolonising social work education, and, in 2021, in consultation with a range of stakeholders, we began the co-design of a new curriculum. The co-designed degree was given the name Te Ata Māhina, a phrase in te reo referring to the first glimpse of dawn, signalling a new day for social work education in Aotearoa. With the curriculum designed, work began co-designing programme content, led
by the Learning Design Directorate at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. Simultaneously, social work leads from Te Pūkenga were working with education regulators–the Social Workers Registration Board and
the New Zealand Qualifications Authority–and social work academics across Aotearoa. In November 2023, a new, right-wing, National-led coalition government came to power with a commitment to disestablish Te Pūkenga and, in May 2024, Te Pūkenga officially ceased all work on the development of Te Ata Māhina. Offering an informed, insider perspective on the policy, organisational, regulatory, and curriculum development issues entangled in this attempt to establish a unified and decolonised social work curriculum, the panel will reflect on our achievements, obstacles and the wero to decolonise social work education in Aotearoa
Transphobia and Transmisogyny in social interaction: Analysing a status degradation ceremony.
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Autistic flourishing in inclusive early learning communities.
No full textWebinar.Autism is an expression of neurodivergence which can present itself in a multitude of ways in the lives and learning of autistic tamariki. Many early childhood kaiako are familiar with supporting the learning of autistic tamariki in their early learning communities and are committed to supporting the inclusive early childhood education of autistic tamariki. However, enacting this commitment in practice can sometimes prove difficult. This webinar takes a deep dive into how to more expansively understand autistic tamariki and their learning needs in Aotearoa New Zealand’s ECE settings, as well as how doing so affirms and enhances the learning potentials, rights and mana of autistic tamariki, which Te Whāriki promises to all tamariki and their whānau
Tauira kaiako relational ecology: Sustained regard for personal circumstances and collective commitment.
No full textOral Presentation.The project Senses of Hauora and Wellbeing in ECE evolved from Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
community discussions facilitated by Healthy Families Waitakere in 2020. Feedback from these
discussions galvanised four ITE Early Childhood Education providers to unite and address their
collective concerns for the hauora and wellbeing of tauira kaiako (student teachers) when studying and
entering the ECE profession.
This presentation draws on this research which explored their experiences and starts to unpack Mason
Durie’s (1999) phenomenological approach of identifying the elements in the story. We identify and
honour tauira kaiako key lived experiences. The concept of relational ecology will be introduced to
navigate the journey with the aim to equip tauira kaiako to care and advocate for their professional
selves with a professional tool-kit.
In a previous presentation we challenged the ITE providers and this time we are challenging the wider
ECE profession to prioritise resources for hauora as sustainable wellbeing for tauira kaiako
Twenty-five years of library and information studies by distance at the Open Polytechnic.
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