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Video 1 | Know Self

Equity, Māori learner success, Supporting staff, Cultural Capability
Published: 30 June 2025

This video was created as part of an in-depth inquiry into the effectiveness of Poutama Pounamu Blended Learning (PPBL) with staff at Waikato University.

The PPBL Programme is a year-long professional learning and development opportunity designed to surface and challenge long-held beliefs of educators, rooted in the rhetoric of colonisation.

The content is framed around opportunities for participants to engage in and learn through the following three processes: to know self, to grow self and to grow community.

Know self

To truly ‘know self’ required the sharing of knowledge in safe spaces where critical reflections on one’s own experiences, together with curiosity and increased self-awareness, can contribute to self-directed learning that can result in an increased sense of self.

PROJECT

Activating Aotearoa histories: Giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in education through the Education and Training Act (2020)

This research presents findings of an in-depth inquiry into the effectiveness of Poutama Pounamu Blended Learning (PPBL), a professional learning and development initiative for educators at Te Kura Toi Tangata, the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato, and how that has influenced and changed their own work with student teachers.

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Co-funded by

Ako Aotearoa’s
Ako Aotearoa Research and Innovation Agenda (AARIA)

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