The impact my planning has made for my profile children!
How have my learning plans made an impact on my children's learning? Since I started planning and writing learning stories for my profile children I have noticed the difference between planning with no whanau voice compared to a plan with whanau voice can make a huge impact on the child's learning. I can identify what learning disposition a child needs to develop however if I do not receive whanau input on their learning story I would not know how to apply child's cultural knowledge towards my planning to help further develop their next learning steps. This is the reason why I use Tataiako to help me fill in the missing information needed. I believe Tataiako and Rose Pere's Te Wheke model help me scaffold children's learning and help me relate educational models to real-life educational scenarios which make a huge impact on children's learning. Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners (Ministry of Education 2011) provides a framework th...
