Educators, register below to join this free online professional learning session on this Thursday 1 August 4:00–4:45 pm.

Join Chloe Stantiall and Greta Dromgool, as they 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.

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.

Greta Dromgool works for the Science Learning Hub and has taught at secondary and intermediate level. She has worked alongside teachers and departments to support mana ōrite mō te mātauranga Māori over a range of contexts.

Come and listen as Greta and Chloe discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what benefits they observed for their students. The last part of the webinar will be available for Q&A and you are encouraged to ask questions in the registration form, or via the chat in the live session.

Register here

Cluster of 5 elongated yellow flowers with sepals and filaments
Rights: Public domain

Kōwhai blossoms – a tohu of spring

A tohu is an indicator or marker. Kōwhai blossoms are tohu that inform local maramataka.

This PLD opportunity will be valuable for primary and junior secondary school educators.

During the webinar we'll be live tweeting summarised points with the hashtags #SLH_webinar and #SLH_PLD on our X (previously Twitter) feed.

Joining the webinar

Follow these simple steps to join our webinar:

  1. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android by clicking on the link https://waikato.zoom.us/j/84864548709 and following the instructions. You can also access Zoom on your phone, just follow the prompts.
  2. Find the chat box located in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. You may need to access this by clicking on ‘More’.
  3. Using the chat box, introduce yourself, where you teach and, if you are in a group, how many people are there.
  4. Set up your screen for optimal viewing. If you’re using a mobile device, you may wish to view in landscape. We recommend selecting a thumbnail view of the presenters – this way you can easily see what is being shared on the screen.

Then you can:

  • watch, listen and respond via chat to the presentation and discussion
  • ask questions using the chat box at any time

The Science Learning Hub team will be there to support you and answer questions.

If you have any questions, please email us.

Related content

Educator Chloe Stantiall used insights from a week-long teaching and learning sequence to create the following resources:

Discover more in these recorded PLD webinars:

Useful link

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.

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