ELF 09 speaker videos
| ELF 09 speaker videos View videos of speakers recorded during the Education Leaders Forum 09 |
| Further videos from ELF 09 will be posted here for viewing once they become available. More videos like this can be viewed at Edtalks. | |
A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations Russell Bishop is Professor of Māori Education at the University of Waikato and director of Te Kotahitanga. Russell talks about the need to provide a classroom context where caring and learning relationships, paramount to the educational performance of Maori students, can be developed. |
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National standards: Can we learn from others' mistakes? John Hattie, Professor of Auckland University's Faculty of Education and Director of asTTle, calls for clear policy and professional debate to accompany the new national standards. He describes three issues associated with national standards in other countries, and urges teachers to be "change agents for the system". |
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A personal vision for education In the context of developing leaders in education, graduate teacher trainee, Turei Thompson, shares his personal view on the importance of providing an education that incorporates strong values, and strong relationships with family and community. |
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| Getting beyond the narrow Professor John Hattie asks if teachers, in their critical role as change agents, are too focused on the short term horizon - national standards, literacy and numeracy - when they should be focused on using literacy and numeracy to engage more students in the pursuit of learning. |
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| Shifting the focus of education leadership Professor Russell Bishop gives his keynote address. |
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| Turning knowledge into wealth Professor Paul Callaghan from Victoria University advocates a shift in New Zealand from a reliance on natural resources to knowledge and innovation. He believes there are unlimited opportunities, but the challenge is providing students with the skills required to create innovative new business. |
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| Ideas for improving learning; a student perspective Jaden Milligan is a student at Christchurch Boys' High School. He attended the 2009 Education Leaders Forum in Rotorua, and he talks here about some of the ways he believes learning outcomes might be improved for students of his age. |
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