Course information | 880 Contextualising Education (CHC) S1 2026

Henderson Campus

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Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

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Christchurch Campus

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Papanui
Christchurch 8053
New Zealand

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Distance Learning

3 Smythe Road, Henderson
Private Bag 93104
Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

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E distancelearning@laidlaw.ac.nz

Week 2: 23 Feb - 1 Mar

Lecture 1 PPT

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Is everyone really equal?

Reading Note Taking Form

Recommended Reading: Just Discipleship

Recommended Reading: Becoming a High Expectation Teacher

The Bible Project - Justice

The Story of Saint Bridget

Roshan Allpress on the Clapham Sect

Liberation Theology explained

Week 3: 2 Mar - 8 Mar

Lecture 2 PPT

Amy Paige-Whiting PPT

Common words found in education documents

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Exclusion &amp; Embrace

Recommended Reading: Social Justice and Welfare

Recommend Reading: Drinking from the Same Well

Recommend Reading: Cruciformity: Paul's Narrative Spirituality of the Cross

Recommended Reading: The Courage to Teach

Faith, Hope and Love through a theological educational lens

Wink's reflection cycle - use to help reflect on assignment topics

Assignment 1 unpacked

Week 4: 9 Mar - 15 Mar Reflective Essay DUE (14/03)

Lecture 3 PPT

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: The Professional Practice of Teaching in New Zealand

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Coloring in the White Spaces.

Reflective essay (30% LO:1,2,4)

Week 5: 16 Mar - 22 Mar

Lecture 4 PPT

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Pedagogy of the oppressed

New words, new friends online version. Use as you read Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ch2

Recommended Reading: The Cultural Production of Classroom Practice

Recommended watch: Dr Ann Milne: Coloring in the White Spaces

Collaborative Project Scaffolding

Week 6: 23 Mar - 29 Mar

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Critical Pedagogy

Action Plan for Pacific Learners Link to webpage

Week 7: 30 Mar - 5 Apr Collaborative Project DUE (2/04)

Compulsory reading BEFORE class: A Birds Eye View Presentation of Critical Pedagogy

Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030

Action Plan for Pacific Education Refreshed (2023-2030)

Action Plan for Pacific Education (Community Engagement)

Tapasā

Tapasā: Cultural Competencies Framework for Pacific learners

How to Create an Inclusive Classroom - Diversity and Inclusion in Education

Assignment 2 Collaborative Project Written

Collaborative project (45% LO:1,2,4)

Week 10: 20 Apr - 26 Apr

Week 16: 1 Jun - 7 Jun

Week 17: 8 Jun - 14 Jun Unit Plan Critique DUE (13/06)

te reo Māori

24 Hui-tanguru

3 Māehe (March)

10 Māehe

17 Māehe

24 Māehe

RESOURCE BANK: Critical Pedagogy Thinkers

Disrupting Education: A Whānau Perspective [in Aotearoa]

McLaren (2009) Critical pedagogy: A look at the major concepts

Elias: Freire - Religious Educator

FreireProject. (May 1, 2012). Paulo Freire documentary: Seeing through Paulo's glasses: Political clarity, courage and humility. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4jPZe-cZgc

School Journal 4 November - 2018 Teacher support materials Rise Up Polynesian Panthers

School Journal 4 November 2018 - Brave Flower

School Journal 4 November 2018 - Rise Up Polynesian Panthers

RESOURCE BANK: Pacific Learners and Concepts

Enari, D., &amp; Fa'aea, A. M. (2020). E tumau le fa’avae ae fesuia’i faiga: Pasifika resilience during COVID. Oceania, 90(Suppl. 1), 75–80. DOI:10.1002/ocea.5269

Enari, D., &amp; Matapo, J. (2021). Negotiating the relational va in the university: A transnational Pasifika standpoint during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Global Indigenity, 5(1), 1-19.

Fa'aea, A. M., Fonua, S., Chu-Fuluifaga, C., Ikiua-Pasi, J., (2021). Navigating the digital va-va: Centring Moana/Pacific values in online tertiary settings during COVID-19. Journal of Global Indigenity, 5(1), 1-14.

Fa'avae, D. (2018). Negotiating the va: The self in relation to others and navigating the multiple spaces as a New Zealand-raised Tongan male. In P. Stanley, &amp; G. Vass (Eds.), Questions of culture in autoethnography (pp. 56-68). Routledge.

Matapo, J., &amp; Allen, J., M. (2021). Traversing Pacific identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Blood, ink, lives. In E. Fitzpatrick, &amp; K. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Poetry, method and education research (pp. 207-220). Routledge

Mila-Schaaf, K., and Hudson, M. (2009). The interface between cultural understandings: Negotiating new spaces for Pacific mental health. Pacific Health Dialog, 15(1), 113-119.

Ministry of Education. (n.d.). Effective teaching for Pasifika students. Te Kete Ipurangi. https://pasifika.tki.org.nz/Media-gallery/Effective-teaching-for-Pasifika-students/

Ministry for Pacific Peoples. (2021, March 14). Youngster takes education into his own hands. https://www.mpp.govt.nz/news-and-stories/youngster-takes-education-into-his-own-hands/

Education with Joe YouTube channel

NZPPTA. (2021, May 11). PPTA Education Conference 2021 keynote - Helen Varney - Meeting the needs of Pacific learners. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQc0Dh7RWE

Pouono, T. (2013). - Teu le Va': The Samoan cosmic-community in Aotearoa: Preserving harmonious relationships... where is the harmony? The Pacific Journal of Theology, 11(50), 88-103.

Reynolds, M. (2019). Culturally relevant (teacher) education: Teachers responding through va in the inter‑cultural space of Pasifika education. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 54, 21–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40841-019-00128-1

Si'ilata, R. (2018). Raranga Wha: Mana whenua, mana moana and mixedness in a Māori/Fijian/Samoan/Pākehā whānau. In Z. L. Rocha, &amp; M. Webber, Mana tangatarua (pp 97-116). Routledge.

Tongati'o, L. P. (2020). Ko e Fanāfotu ki he Ako Leleí: Transforming education, valuing identity, language and culture. In S. Johansson-Fua, M. 'Otunuku, &amp; R. Toumu'a, It takes an island and an ocean (pp. 44-62). University of the South Pacific.

Tuitama, R. F. (2020). Digital spaces: Pasifika parents and caregivers talanoa on the impact of digital technologies. [Unpublished master's thesis]. UNITEC Institute of technology.

Compulsory Reading BEFORE class: Exclusion & Embrace

Enari, D., & Fa'aea, A. M. (2020). E tumau le fa’avae ae fesuia’i faiga: Pasifika resilience during COVID. Oceania, 90(Suppl. 1), 75–80. DOI:10.1002/ocea.5269

Enari, D., & Matapo, J. (2021). Negotiating the relational va in the university: A transnational Pasifika standpoint during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Global Indigenity, 5(1), 1-19.

Fa'avae, D. (2018). Negotiating the va: The self in relation to others and navigating the multiple spaces as a New Zealand-raised Tongan male. In P. Stanley, & G. Vass (Eds.), Questions of culture in autoethnography (pp. 56-68). Routledge.

Matapo, J., & Allen, J., M. (2021). Traversing Pacific identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Blood, ink, lives. In E. Fitzpatrick, & K. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Poetry, method and education research (pp. 207-220). Routledge

Si'ilata, R. (2018). Raranga Wha: Mana whenua, mana moana and mixedness in a Māori/Fijian/Samoan/Pākehā whānau. In Z. L. Rocha, & M. Webber, Mana tangatarua (pp 97-116). Routledge.

Tongati'o, L. P. (2020). Ko e Fanāfotu ki he Ako Leleí: Transforming education, valuing identity, language and culture. In S. Johansson-Fua, M. 'Otunuku, & R. Toumu'a, It takes an island and an ocean (pp. 44-62). University of the South Pacific.