Inquiry Learning, by Lorraine Sands

I am hoping that the ideas explored here actively stretch thinking around what makes learning environments fabulous ones, through taking that inquiry spark, the essence within all beginning learners, their birth right, and nurturing a flame to last a lifetime.

24 August, 2022. Learner Identities

I have spent the last few years writing a Masters thesis about learner identities, particularly in relation to the way learning stories nurture a child’s sense of themselves as learners. Thoughtfully written within a listening community ethos, they inform whānau about what valued learning might look like and embed whānau aspirations into Learning Stories in ongoing partnership-focused ways. In addition, Learning Stories written and shared across our teams enable kaiako to design learning environments that have a mana-enhancing vision. Click to read more…