GCTLT PresentationKate Timms-Dean

Otago Polytechnic29 October 2008

Mihi

I greet the mountain, Kapukataumāhaka, Mount Cargill

super carly. (2006). port sunset. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/27291231@N05/2553611158/

Mihi

I greet the river, Ōwheo, the Leith

Ian@NZFlickr. (2007). Leith fury. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzpix/961033642/

Mihi

I greet the coast, Te Tai o Rabuvai, Otago Harbour

Ian@NZFlickr. (2007). Harbour reflection. Accessed on October 14, 2008 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzpix/1293158921/

Mihi

I greet the land, Uruurukapuaiterāki, the Otago Polytechnic campus

melody_barker63. (2008). Otago Polytechnic. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/27291231@N05/2553611158/

Mihi

I greet the local people of this place, Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha and Rabuvai

Finlay, G. (2007). Te Wai Pounamu. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://grantfinlay.podomatic.com/

Mihi

I greet all of you and thank you for being here

priscilla.starling. (2008). Welcome to my sky. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/11960258@N06/2238374490/

Mihimihi

Tararua is my mountain

Pukekaraka is my hill

Waiorongomai is my lake

Cook Strait is my sea

Mihimihi

Tainui is my canoe

Ōtaki is the home of my people

Raukawa is my nation

Kapumanawawhiti is my clan

Miltonmic. (2008). Raukawa. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/miltonmic/2639659781/

Mihimihi

Dean, Timms, Dobbie, Bain and Paton are my families

Agnes and Olive were my grandmothers

William and Arthur were my grandfathers

Jean and Ron Timms are my parents

docman. (2006). Amsterdam, Central Station, early thirties, my grandparents. Accessed on October 29, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/263841862/

Mihimihi

This is me

My name is Catriona Elizabeth Timms-Dean but people call me Kate

Timms, K. (2003). conk8jatmad. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.ourfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/gallery.htm

Mihimihi

Conway Dean is my husband. He is from Australia

We live in Dunedin under the mantle of Kāi Tahu

Jacob, Charlotte, Torrey, Lachlan, Madeleine and Genevieve are our children

Timms, K. (2007). 5Kids_School. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.ourfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/torrey.htm

Mihimihi

And so, my greetings to all of us…

Peiter Peiterse. (2006). New Zealand tree fern fronds. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kohara/81197981/

Presentation Outline

1. Narrative – The journey so far…

1. Teaching Philosophy Kete

2. Examples from my Teaching Practice

Lawrence, M. (2007). Psalm 138:8. Accessed on October 14, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/marketseq/1456109651/

Good teachers…

• Care

• Are interested

• Are positive

• Are creative

• Expect successraisinsawdust. (2008). Still life for teacher. Accessed on October 20, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/raisinsawdust/2216644039/

“… we all have wings …”

Fariss & Hutchence (1988).

farl. (2005). escape. Accessed on October 20, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/colloidfarl/67295637/

Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu(With wings a bird flies)

Whakataukī (Māori proverb)

Jalca. (2007). Jonathan Livingstone Seagull "I am ready" he said at last. And Jonathan Livingstone Seagull rose with the two star-bright gulls to disappear into a perfect dark sky. Accessed on October 20, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldperegrine/873472940/

“… teach them to read the word so they can read the world…”

Paolo Friere

chrismaverick. (2007). 6-21-07. Accessed on October 23, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismaverick/584671674/

“… knowledge is power …”

Michel Foucault

coastwalker. (2008). Foucault. Accessed on October 23, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastwalker/2344297233/

“All men are intellectuals [sic] …”

Gramsci, 1971, p. 9.

Watari Goro 渡五郎 . (2007). end road work. Accessed on October 23, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/inazuman/482743330/

Mā te whakarongo ka mōhioThrough resonance comes cognisance

Mā te mōhio ka māramaThrough cognisance comes understanding

Mā te mārama ka mātauThrough understanding comes knowledge

Mā te mātau ka oraThrough knowledge comes life and wellbeing

Whakataukī (Māori proverb)Bēn on holiday ;-). (2008). Meeting the pregnant princess of the forest. Accessed on October 20, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/2618425424/