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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Growing a Unit

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Growing a Unit PAST Webinar

30 mins

In Jane Cooper's final kōrero, she offers practical advice for schools and communities establishing new Māori-medium units, drawing on lessons learned, challenges encountered, and the strategies that have proven to be effective over time.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | The Pedagogy

Drawing on her extensive experience in rumaki and reo rua settings, Jane Cooper shares her personal experience and practical insights into effective pedagogical practices that support language acquisition. She brings a wealth of practical knowledge gained through years of teaching, leadership, and curriculum development.

Past webinar

•30 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Practical Advice for Kaiako in Bilingual Spaces

Malo Sepuloni talks about some of the approaches she has used including a ‘rotation’ approach. She also talks about ‘code switching’ - what this is and why it isn’t advised as an approach then elaborates on the strategies, they do adhere to if their goal is ‘bilingualism’.

Past webinar

•13 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capacity and Common Pitfalls

In this segment, Malo Sepuloni talks about the importance of teacher capacity and common pitfalls when setting a new bilingual class or unit.

Past webinar

•9 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capability and Setting Up a New Bilingual/Immersion Unit

In this video, Dr Rae Si'ilata sets the scene with some important points around big picture system change. What enables quality practice in a bilingual setting, the importance of leadership and touches on renowned bilingual educator Jim Cummins’ work.

Past webinar

•25 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Exploring Bilingual/Immersion Programme Approaches

Dr Rae Si'ilata explains why bilingual and immersion education is inextricably linked. She explains what ‘Enrichment’ and ‘Heritage’ models look like in an Aotearoa context. ‘Medium of instruction’ is unpacked along with ‘Rotation’ as model which has been trialed in the Samoan unit in Māngere East.

Past webinar

•21 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Time on Task

Dr Rae Si'ilata discusses the advantages of a bilingual brain and shares research that supports this. What defines a bilingual unit is also explained.

Past webinar

•8 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Common Underlying Proficiency and Linguistic Interdependence

In this video, Dr Rae Si'ilata explains why students in bilingual and immersion setting experience strong literacy and academic outcomes despite spending more time in their heritage language.

Past webinar

•15 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teaching for Transfer and Translanguaging

In this video, Dr Rae Si'ilata unpacks what these two words/pedagogies are and what this might look like in a class.

Past webinar

•7 mins

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Task Based Learning, Communicative Approaches and Vocab Learning

Dr Rae Si'ilata unpacks these effective pedagogies for a bilingual setting and points out they are actually drawn from the second language acquisition field.

Past webinar

•20 mins

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Whāia Te Ara Tika Kia Mau

An opportunity for principal nominees and other staff with roles in leadership / managing Quality Assurance (NCEA) in kura, to receive some timely advice and guidance in the wake of lockdown.

Past webinar

•40 minutes

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Why is change so difficult?

In this webinar, we will discuss the impact change has on leadership and staff and highlight the issues that arise when managing transition from the ‘old to the new’. The webinar is intentionally short, to allow busy leaders to participate.

Past webinar

•15 minutes

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Hone Morris | He Tinana, He Taiao, e Rua e Rua

This presentation provides a unique perspective that others can utilise to solidify their personal relationship to the taiao, to Papatūānuku, to Ranginui, to the energies that sustain life. Recorded at Hui ā-Tau 2022.

Past webinar

•32 Minutes

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The Essentials of Planning: Creating Specific Learning Outcomes

in this webinar, participants will learn how to breakdown achievement objectives and whāinga paetae in order to create specific learning outcomes.

Past webinar

•15 minutes

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Also in this series

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | The Pedagogy

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Practical Advice for Kaiako in Bilingual Spaces

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capacity and Common Pitfalls

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capability and Setting Up a New Bilingual/Immersion Unit

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Exploring Bilingual/Immersion Programme Approaches

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Time on Task

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Common Underlying Proficiency and Linguistic Interdependence

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teaching for Transfer and Translanguaging

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Task Based Learning, Communicative Approaches and Vocab Learning

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