Course information | 880 Contextualising Education (CHC) S1 2025

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New Zealand

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Week 2: 24 Feb - 2 Mar

Lecture 1 PPT

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Sensyo &amp; DiAngelo (880 Contextual Education Reading)

Reading Note Taking Form

Recommended Reading: Forrester. D Social Justice and Welfare

Recommended: Becoming a High Expectation Teacher by Christine Rubie Davies

The Bible Project - Justice

Natural Law in 10 Simple Steps

The Story of Saint Bridget

Roshan Allpress on the Clapham Sect

Liberation Theology explained

Week 3: 3 Mar - 9 Mar

PPT Lecture 2 Theological continues and Critical Pedagogy intro

Amy Paige Whiting PPT

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Volf (2019) Exclusion &amp; Embrace

Just Discipleship, Rhodes (2023)

Johnson, l. Drinking from the Same Well

Cruciform Power through Paul's narrative

The Courage to Teach by Parker J Palmer. Chapter 7

Assignment 1 unpacked

Loom recording for Reflective Essay Assignment 1 unpacked

Wink's reflection cycle - use to help reflect on assignment topics

Faith, Hope and Love through a theological educational lens

Sam's Volf PPT 2023

Political review of Ministry of Education (2024)

Week 4: 10 Mar - 16 Mar Reflective Essay DUE (15/03)

PPT Lecture 3 Theorists and Critical Pedagogy

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Hill &amp; Thrupp - Raising our heads: Keeping a critical eye on policy and research

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Milne. A (2017) Colouring in the White Spaces.

Dr Ann Milne: Colouring in the White Spaces

Reflective essay (30% LO:1,2,4)

Week 5: 17 Mar - 23 Mar

PPT Lecture 4 Sociocultural factors in education

Required Reading: Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ch2

New words, new friends online version Use as you read Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ch2

Collaborative Project Scaffolding

PISA report 2022 website

Reading: Jones, A (1989) The Cultural Production of Classroom Practice

Week 6: 24 Mar - 30 Mar

PPT Lecture 5 Political Factors in education

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Wink (2005), Chapter 2 - What in the world is Critical Pedagogy

NELPS-2020

National Education and Learning Priorities (NELPs)

Singapore Mathematics Discussion Paper

Common Practice Model Article

Taking the Common Practice Model to Church by Burrows (2023)

How politics can change the landscape and emphasis in our education sector

Week 7: 31 Mar - 6 Apr

PPT Lecture 6 - Education factors affecting Education Policies

Compulsory reading before class: Simandan (2004) A Birds Eye View Presentation of Critical Pedagogy

CORE Education Podcast - How do we honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi throughout the year

Picot Report and Tomorrow Schools explained

Kōrero Mātauranga

Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030

Action Plan for Pacific Education Refreshed (2023-2030)

Action Plan for Pacific Education (Community Engagement)

Tapasā: Cultural Competencies Framework for Pacific learners

Tapasā

Tātaiako

Week 8: 07 Apr - 13 Apr Collaborative Project DUE (12/04)

PPT Lecture 7 Learning Design

Assignment 2 Collaborative Project Written

Compulsory Reading - Macedo &amp; Freire - Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

Compulsory Reading - Sandretto Summary Document

Unit Plan Critique (Exemplar)

Unit Plan (Can use for Unit Plan Critique)

Learning Design

Learning Design Diagram

Resource for UP Assignment. Questions posed. Sandretto - Planning for Critical Literacy

Collaborative project (45% LO:1,2,4)

Week 16: 2 Jun - 8 Jun

Lecture 8 PPT

Reynolds, M. (2018). Caring for classroom relationality in Pasifika education: A space-based understanding. Waikato Journal of Education, 23(1), 71-84.

Hargraves, V. (n.d.). Four strategies to effectively support Pasifika students. The Education Hub. https://theeducationhub.org.nz/four-strategies-to-effectively-support-pasifika-students/

Iosefo's writings on Vā from Mahi Tahi

A Dawn Raid retelling

Books with Diverse Representation

22 Picture Books that have Maori and Pasifika Representation

Pasifika Spirituality with Vaitulu Pua (Lecture Notes) 2022

Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Sensyo & DiAngelo (880 Contextual Education Reading)

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Volf (2019) Exclusion & Embrace

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Hill & Thrupp - Raising our heads: Keeping a critical eye on policy and research

Compulsory Reading - Macedo & Freire - Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

Enari, D., & Fa'aea, A. M. (2020). E tumau le fa’avae ae fesuia’i faiga: Pasifika resilience during COVID. Oceania, 90(Suppl. 1), 75–80. DOI:10.1002/ocea.5269

Enari, D., & Matapo, J. (2021). Negotiating the relational va in the university: A transnational Pasifika standpoint during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Global Indigenity, 5(1), 1-19.

Fa'avae, D. (2018). Negotiating the va: The self in relation to others and navigating the multiple spaces as a New Zealand-raised Tongan male. In P. Stanley, & G. Vass (Eds.), Questions of culture in autoethnography (pp. 56-68). Routledge.

Matapo, J., & Allen, J., M. (2021). Traversing Pacific identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Blood, ink, lives. In E. Fitzpatrick, & K. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Poetry, method and education research (pp. 207-220). Routledge

Si'ilata, R. (2018). Raranga Wha: Mana whenua, mana moana and mixedness in a Māori/Fijian/Samoan/Pākehā whānau. In Z. L. Rocha, & M. Webber, Mana tangatarua (pp 97-116). Routledge.

Tongati'o, L. P. (2020). Ko e Fanāfotu ki he Ako Leleí: Transforming education, valuing identity, language and culture. In S. Johansson-Fua, M. 'Otunuku, & R. Toumu'a, It takes an island and an ocean (pp. 44-62). University of the South Pacific.