Cultural Learnings

This video is about culturally responsive pedagogy. The Tokelauan teacher in the video shares how they use the Pacific values to guide the curriculum in her early childhood setting. Core Pacific values also guide responsive pedagogy through cultural relationships that include families and communities and connect their learners to the school environment. Rooted in culture and spiritual principles, culturally responsive pedagogy aims to link content to practice. 

This video is about culturally responsive pedagogy. The Tokelauan teacher in the video shares how they use the Pacific values to guide the curriculum in her early childhood setting. Core Pacific values also guide responsive pedagogy through cultural relationships that include families and communities and connect their learners to the school environment. Rooted in culture and spiritual principles, culturally responsive pedagogy aims to link content to practice. 

The values at Breens Intermediate have evolved over time as the students and staff have worked with them. Principal Brian Price explains that they realised there was something missing and wanted to make sure that the values were owned by all students in the school. They worked with their Kaumatua and Māori community and made further changes to the Breens Intermediate values to ensure they were culturally responsive. This film encourages schools to ensure that their values reflect the ideals and cultural identities of the entire school community.