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kaiārahi i te reo, Kura, Māori immersion, Opinion, Pay equity, rumaki, te ao Māori, Te reo Māori
Ensuring access to te ao Māori

In 2022, 50 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed into law, Kaiārahi i te reo won a pay equity settlement, with an average pay increase of 79 percent. Āwhina Kihi tells us what being a kaiārahi means and why the pay increase is such a big deal.

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Futures, Ministry of Education, Opinion, Primary, Spring 2022, Streaming
Don’t stream away my dreams

What is streaming and is it helping or harming our tamariki? Auckland University professor Christine Rubie-Davies gives her view on the problems with ability grouping in Aotearoa.

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COVID-19, Futures, Kāhui Ako, Ministry of Education, NZCER, Opinion, Pūaotanga, Spring 2022, Tomorrow's Schools
Time to learn from each other

As she steps down from her role as Kaihautū Rangahau Chief Researcher at NZCER Cathy Wylie shares some of her wisdom on how we can learn from each other.

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COVID-19, Futures, Liam Rutherford, Spring 2022
Embracing change

As we emerge from one of the hardest winters in recent times, I’m pleased to share this spring edition of Ako, which imagines a brighter future for our tamariki.

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Aotearoa New Zealand's histories, Autumn 2022, Colonisation, History, Liana MacDonald, NZ Curriculum, Opinion, Silencing
The importance of engaging difficult knowledge in schools

Liana MacDonald discusses how mainstream New Zealand society resists difficult knowledge about the past both at sites of historical colonial violence and through mundane interactions between teachers.

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Autumn 2022, Climate change, Conor Twyford, History, NZ Curriculum, Opinion
Walking backwards into our future

What has climate change got to do with teaching our past? NZEI Te Riu Roa Communities Organiser Conor Twyford discusses how, in order to navigate well into our collective future, we need to clearly understand our past.

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Aotearoa New Zealand's histories, Autumn 2022, History, I ngā wā o mua, Liam Rutherford, NZ Curriculum
A welcome change

I’m excited to be sharing this histories issue of Ako with you, focussing on the challenges, impact and importance of studying our past.

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Fonofale, Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Winter 2021
“Not another new bloody model of wellbeing”

At a recent conference I attended, I heard a speaker at a workshop enthused at a number of models of health and wellbeing. She ran through a myriad of some very impressive line ups mostly from America and Europe.

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Educultural Wheel, Sonja Macfarlane, te ao Māori, Wellbeing / Hauora, Winter 2021
Global citizenship education – He raraunga o te ao: A Māori perspective

Global Citizenship education (GCED) is UNESCO’s response to the impact of poverty, global warming, inequality and human rights violations which threaten peace and sustainability worldwide.

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Editorial, Liam Rutherford, Wellbeing / Hauora, Winter 2021
Hauora is for everyone

It is great to be able to share this issue of Ako with you. Hauora seems to be the catch phrase of the last couple of years.

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