Uphold Pacific values
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Develop cultural capability’
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Nurture students' identities
Nurture students' identities
Ko toku Tokiga e mau ai toku hikohikomaga
My culture and language consolidate my learning environment
Tokelauan proverb
Embrace, value and support a thriving Pacific community
Embrace, value and support a thriving Pacific community
Actions we can take to support our Pacific communities.
- Listen to and learn more about your learners and families regarding their experiences. What do they want to change? What’s stopping them learning and developing? How safe do they feel?
- Commit to professional learning and development around anti-racism and discrimination
- Establish a process to confirm how to pronounce names and how to identify learners correctly, including gender identity markers. Record correct ways to identify students.
- Review policies and practices around same-ability grouping and streaming. Who is being affected by these policies and how?
- Regularly reflect on and engage with learners and families about what’s happening
Source: Action Plan for Pacific Education (opens in a new tab/window)
Have high expectations
Have high expectations
Teacher expectations lead to student self-confidence and belief; it motivates the learners to aim high and get to places where few or no Pacific learners are represented.
In this video, a teacher talks about scholarships.
Understand what matters
Understand what matters
In this video, Pacific learners share what they want their teachers to know about them.
Students urge their teachers to move beyond cultural stereotypes and engage and respond to their distinctive identities, values, cultures, and life experiences.
Reflective questions
Reflective questions
Embracing the identity, culture, and language of diverse learners strongly motivates them to strive for success.
Consider your responses to these questions.
What actions do they inspire?
- What excites you about learning about the diverse Pacific cultures?
- How are you fostering culture and identity in your teaching and lessons?
- What techniques will you use to embrace the culture and identity of students from different backgrounds?
- How can you create a culturally responsive classroom where your learners can uphold their cultural identity?
- How are you promoting the home languages of your learners inside the classroom and outside their home community and families?
- How can you build up a classroom of diverse learners so that they can do their best?
Source: Tapasā: The importance of identity (opens in a new tab/window)
Next steps
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Guide to Index of the guide: Supporting Pacific learners
Strategies for action:
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Develop cultural capabilityShow suggestions for Develop cultural capability
- Uphold Pacific values
- Success as Pacific learners
- Develop critical consciousness
- Lead inclusive practice
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Explore Pacific perspectives on inclusionShow suggestions for Explore Pacific perspectives on inclusion
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Know your Pacific learnersShow suggestions for Know your Pacific learners
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Establish reciprocal relationships with familiesShow suggestions for Establish reciprocal relationships with families
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Build community networksShow suggestions for Build community networks
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Build a culturally responsive environmentShow suggestions for Build a culturally responsive environment
