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Week 4 - What are important values for teaching that I carry with me?

During my time with Te Wananga o Aotearoa work conducted has been guided by the principles of the four Pou and takepu of ako Wananga frameworks.  These are the values that I intend to carry on throughout my educational career and personal life. https://issuu.com/tewanangaoaotearoa/docs/te-manu-tauira-handbook-2019
In addition to general values such as respect, kindness, courtesy, compassion etc I feel values can manifest through actions such as taking the time to listen to children and allowing them to express their feelings or viewpoints; Treating children in a kind and courteous manner as opposed to the traditional authoritarian approach.  Involving students in appropriate decision making processes is important to me because they have the right to be included in decisions that involve them such as input into class conduct - how they want to be treated. So values to me in this particular context are based around mutual respect.
Encouraging kids to dream big and reach for their dreams towards developing creative minds.  Helping nurture children who display empathetic traits as I believe these children will become our future humanitarians and caretakers of our earth.  For me it’s about nurturing and supporting the attributes that excel a student to reach their potential.

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