Hi folks Our next cluster meeting will be at Hillcrest Normal School, Cambridge Road, Hamilton at 4.30 on Thursday 11th April. Haere mai – all welcome. We will apply our collective minds to planning with anyone who wishes to bring ideas for their next MOTE adventure. We will also take a look at ways to use […]
Here’s a nice little idea…. A teacher in Blackpool, UK created this “hook” for a mantle of the expert exploration with year two children using a simple video with voice over on You Tube. Something you could try too? Click here to view
Not sure I’m quite ready for the teacher-less classroom, but there are some exciting ideas in this TED talk that remind us how much children are capable of if they are motivated to learn through inquiry. The fundamental statement that “We need to look at learning as the process of self-organisation” is one that resonantes […]
Here’s a real treat for you. Remmber Rebekah Whyte’s year 1-2 planning for ‘Flicker the Penguin” – a mantle of the expert response to the Rena Oil Spill? This was loaded on the site about a month ago…. Well now we get the movie! Rebekah and her children created this lovely documentary about Flicker’s journey, […]
Did you know that Drama NZ is offering two $500 scholarships to support teachers to attend conference this year? One scholarship is for a beginning teacher, the other is for a teacher from a rural school. The $500 will go a long way towards covering fees and accommodation. Interested? Check out the drama NZ website […]
Check out the latest copy of SET (NZCER’s research journal for teachers) – it is in most school staffrooms – as it features an article all about Mantle of the Expert! The article was written by Deb F, Viv F, Graham P and Barb W and talks about how MOTE was used in three primary […]
Another stimulating offering from TED talks. This one is given by Simon Baron Cohen – renowned developmental physchologist from Cambridge university. The video is not about drama per se. Rather, Baron Cohen gives us useful new way of thinking about how empathy works. I particularly enjoyed his distinction between cognitve and affective forms of empathy. […]
A lovely plan here as prepared and taught by Rebekah Whyte from Tauranga “Flicker the Penguin” was a Mantle of the Expert unit inspired by the Rena disaster. Children in Rebekah’s year 0-1 new entrant class learned about the impact of the disaster (which happened on their local beach) through their role as animal rescuers. […]
Happy new year to all subscribers to the MOTE Aoteoroa website. There are now 80+ of us! Here’s a video to kick off the new year. In this extract from a presentation given at the Dalai Lama’s Centre for Education, Ken Robinson is his usual brilliant self as he presents his core argument in favour of […]
Check out this You Tube video from Peter O’Connor, which gives a very credible and well informed critique of Charter Schools in NZ. One to watch if you want to get yourself informed on this issue. “The dominant special character of such schools tends to be one of business entrepreneurship” Is this what we want? […]