Teaching Strategies to Improve Māori Students' Learning
Building Relationships
Chat to students one-on-one
Get to know students at the start of the year
Learn about students' culture
Culturally Responsive Lessons
Learn and incorporate Māori language
Karakia
Mihi
Restorative Practices
Whanau-oriented classrooms
Help students to feel successful about their learning
Make lessons fun!
Share at beginning/end of meetings and gatherings
Waiata
There is a place for everyone
Power-Sharing
Move away from teacher-centric lessons towards student-centric lessons
Include other cultures besides dominant Western culture
Let students have their say on how the class is run
Let students take charge of their own learning
Teacher Growth
Teachers are prepared to learn from students, whanau and colleagues
Reach out to whanau, communities and colleagues
Teachers educate themselves on students' culture
Teachers are aware of their own cultural history and how it impacts their teaching