https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story Prashant's Journey through a course in Diversity in Aoterea en-us 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC 2023-01-24 20:56:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f42c.png prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563684 Additional Needs Lecturers
Internationals
I liked these addresses as they brought a new perspective to the Wananga and brought some critical issues to fore regarding our understanding of international students and those in need. The one on support was especially insightful as we saw different types of issues that students face and how we can handle these from a tutor's perspective. 
I also found that the Support staff was speaking from a position of weakness and its my personal opinion that his address was more a plea rather than a way ahead. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563684 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563685 Maori Group Students
An amazing set of students came and addressed us tutors on their student journey. It also exposed a few of us to the ways that students are feeling about teaching in general and tutors in specifics. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563685 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563686 Alroy Walker
He described his journey as a Maori and how is found himself and his roots. Alroy is a very interesting speaker and I liked a few things he spoke about and related to. The first was the incident where he spoke about his son and how he convinced his son to emulate a Maori warrior and it ended up shaming his son. This touched a nerve. It was a classical case where he missed the context and the environment. Very brave to share this with the cohort. 
I loved the exercise he added to the activity mix of remembering Names. The video attached illustrates this well. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563686 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563687 I created the symbols for each diversity factor and it kind of related to the overall theme. The image is atteched. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563687 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563688 A very interesting classification of tutors and how  they look at diversity and handling diversity. 
The one that I liked was the Group/Individual classification. 
This appealed to me as I think I fall in this bucket.  
I also liked the exercise of addressing the characteristics of specific groups and asking a team to assign the best fit. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563688 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563690 This formed an interesting discussion during the session and we had a detailed debate about the issue of what is a culture and how we can make it work. 
7 Bullet Points ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563690 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563691 Interesting take by people on the concept of Customs and Traditions.
Stark contract from what I feel about it.  ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563691 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563692 Concept of Family in every sense. The support it provides people was discussed. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563692 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563693 14 August 2019
Wananga 1
This was an interesting Wananga where we tried to identify, in groups, what does it mean to be diverse and the factors of diversity. Some interesting images of the exercise that reflect the issues are attached.
Religion ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563693 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563694 2 Aug 2019
We saw a cyclic methodology that needs to be followed in this module where we would be going through Mahiotanga, Matauranga and Maramatanga. ]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563694 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563695 2 Aug 2019
The initial session was on the identifying the aim and the purpose of the module was
Aims to support candidates to facilitate quality learning through creating and sustaining a learner-centred teaching environment that respects learners’ mana and diverse backgrounds, and wider educational and societal contexts. 
Key Take Aways and Exercise :
Need is to identify the diversity and then be aware of how to address student needs.

]]> 2019-09-12 23:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383563695 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383631335 As part of the learning and handling mature students I specially took a use case of Grame Cook, a nature student who is 55 years old, has a broken past, a broken family and is trying to reskill himself. 
I have taught him two modules and his dedication to his work and his study is indeed worth emulating. 
I decided to know him a bit more and then recommend him for an Adult Educator award. I felt nice when his parents, both over 80 came and we had a 20 minutes discussion on Grame. It was a surreal moment. The 80 years old parents were discussing their ward who was 55 years old and it was VERY similar to the discussions we have for our 18 years old. 
The best Pick of the Year for me was the one here. To me this is the great example of handling age diversity. ]]> 2019-09-13 06:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383631335 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383632602 Grame receiving his award]]> 2019-09-13 06:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383632602 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383632775 I attended the Adult learners award at Wintec and it was a Celebration of the achievement of adult Maori and Pacifika learners besides international students. 
It was a very interesting event and I really liked the way the students were living life and studying.]]> 2019-09-13 06:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383632775 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383636673 The A.S.K.E.D Model
The ASKED model is an interesting way to appreciate diversity. 
We start with 
A - Awareness
S - Skills to acquire evidence
K - Knowledge of the diverse nature of our students and what makes them diverse
E - Encounter with our diversity 
D - The desire

I felt that this should have been AKSED and not ASKED cos, we have 
Awareness, which leads to the Knowledge of the diversity, that then leads to us acquiring Skills to identify the traits of diversity. This is then followed by the encounters and the final desire to be harmonious. ]]> 2019-09-13 06:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383636673 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383639313 Creation of a Common Resource for Tutors to Handle Diversity for Students
We are working on a checklist for tutors to handle diversity at Wintec. We explored ideas and also also saw a few options we could use to make the checklist comprehensive. ]]> 2019-09-13 06:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383639313 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383640977 A reflection of my teaching philosophy in some ways -
1. A strong base 
2. Attention to detail. 
3. Fun]]> 2019-09-13 07:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/383640977 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/416964692 External Moderation from CITRENZ came through and it was well received and was appreciative of the assessments in the module. 
The emphasis on the Micro-credential structure has been noted and is validation of my stand.]]> 2019-11-27 01:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/416964692 prashant_khanna https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/416964983 The checklist if really amazing and looks great as well.
The future of vocational tech education envisions a system where learning for qualifications could be broken down into smaller micro-credential "chunks". Each chunk could be learned in a multitude of ways (eg institution-based, distant taught, workplace-based, or Assessment of Prior Learning-based, etc). Obtain all of the chunks and show a coherent pathway of learning and you earn the qualification.
ITP Newsletter November  Edition ]]> 2019-11-27 01:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/prashant_khanna/EDUC506Story/wish/416964983