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Teaching resources available for Commonwealth Games The New Zealand Olympic Committee has released new teaching and learning resources to engage intermediate and secondary school students in the 2018 Commonwealth Games starting on the Gold Coast on April 4. New Zealand will have about 250 athletes competing on the Gold Coast and hopes are high for some fantastic results. or the first time social studies resources have been created, aimed at students in Years 7-10, but able to be adapted for senior primary use as well.
They are designed in the following themes Sustainability, Destiny, Diversity, NZ Excellence, Venue Gold Coast, History, Geography, plus Medals and Mascots. With the values of the Commonwealth Games being humanity, equality, and destiny they are a great fit for teaching and learning in the social sciences area. NZOC also has a new PE resource called Games of the Commonwealth. This has games played by children in
20 different Commonwealth countries, and is based on the inquiry question: ‘What can we learn about a country from the games they play?’ The resource is aimed at students aged 8-12 years, but the games vary in skill level and difficulty so there is considerable fle ibility for teachers. The Commonwealth Games will be screened free to air on TVNZ. To register for the teaching resources visit: www.olympic.org.nz/education
Teaching resources are available to help New Zealand students engage with the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held on the Gold Coast from April 4.
Bringing cultural beliefs to the forefront Most social workers, nurses and educators working in their professions received their training through a typical western education system. To succeed in this system, cultural beliefs are often set aside.
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Te Rangimaria Warbrick wants to bring those cultural beliefs back to the forefront of what these professionals do. This year he’s teaching Kaitiakitanga – the Postgraduate Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision programme, offered by Te Wananga o otearoa in auranga for the first time. Kaitiakitanga teaches students how to make a positive difference as kaitiaki/supervisors by effectively working alongside whanau, hapu, iwi and our communities.
This unique programme uses matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge) as the core of its supervision curriculum in a range of different disciplines. Te Rangimaria – from Rangitane and Ngati Rangitihi – says the concept of kaitiakitanga differs from supervision in that it incorporates a Maori worldview. “Kaitiakitanga transcends supervision,” he says. “We operate from a Maori perspective. And Maori working in hauora (health) often have the ability to look at things from a bicultural viewpoint.” Te Rangimaria has more than 20 years’ experience working in the addiction and health services area after beginning his own recovery journey through the Taha Maori programme at Queen Mary Hospital in Hanmer in 1992. “That was a life changing transformation and it got me interested in the use of culture in the healing process from addiction. “It also set me on a journey of giving back to the kaupapa.” He says the programme is ideal for people moving into leadership roles within their industry who want to create their own conceptual frameworks and apply them in their mahi.
Te Rangimaria Warbrick Te – Kaitiakitanga Tutor at . roa tea Ao O nga Wana