In this recorded professional learning session Chloe Stantiall and Greta Dromgool share their experiences exploring mātauranga as pākehā educators in English medium classrooms.
Chloe Stantiall is a year 5–6 kaiako at Silverdale Normal School. She worked with Associate Professor Maurice Cheng as part of a Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) funded research project: Envisioning student possible selves in science: Addressing ‘plant blindness’ through place-based education.
Kia ora kōrua Greta and Chloe – thanks for sharing the wins and the challenges!
Teacher
In this webinar she draws on insights gained from this experience including a week-long teaching and learning sequence about kōwhai. Chloe then developed teaching resources based on the learning she did with her class and these will be shared and unpacked during the session.
Thanks for sharing your units. It’s great to hear what teachers do in their classrooms. Kia Kaha!
Participant
You can download the video and PowerPoint presentation.
Index
| Topic | Slideshow number(s) | Video timecode |
| Introducing the Science Learning Hub and the purpose of the webinar | 1–3 | 00:00 |
| Index | 4 | 01:24 |
| Introducing the presenters | 5 | 01:37 |
| Research background and resource links | 6–7 | 04:10 |
| Poisonous plants awareness | 8 | 07:38 |
| Introducing the kōwhai resources | 9 | 08:26 |
| Mātauranga Māori of kōwhai | 10 | 12:02 |
| Kōwhai activities | 11–18 | 20:45 |
| Other well-resourced contexts to consider | 19–21 | 30:56 |
| SLH links, keep in touch and thanks | 22 | 35:27 |
Related content
You can find the resources discussed in the webinar curated in this collection: bit.ly/kōwhai or click on the individual resource links below:
- Mātauranga Māori of kōwhai – article
- Exploring kōwhai mātauranga in the classroom – PLD article
- Collecting kōwhai seeds | Kohikohia ngā kākano kōwhai – activity
- Planting kōwhai seeds | Whakatōngia kākano kōwhai – activity
- Observing kōwhai | Āta titiro kōwhai – activity
- Sharing scientific understanding through poetry – activity
- Creating kōwhai infographics – activity
Discover more about mātauranga and science teaching and learning in these recorded PLD webinars:
Useful links
Read about the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative project Envisioning student possible selves in science: Addressing ‘plant blindness’ through place-based education. The project explores students’ sense of place and science-related possible selves through local curriculum units that focus on plants. Chloe was assisted by researchers Maurice M. W. Cheng and Bronwen Cowie from The University of Waikato.
When planning for hands-on activities with plants it is important to consider student safety. Here are some useful links for learning about poisonous plants:
- Manaaki Whenua – Poisonous plants (downloadable poster)
- National Poisons Centre – Common Poisons Around the Garden
- The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network – Poisonous native plants
- The Science Learning Hub – Poisonous plants in New Zealand
Aknowledgement
Ngā mihi nui Chloe Stantiall.
