1.
TAPATORU
The Tapatoru Ako Professional Practice Award
5.1 Unpacking Māori Cultural Capability
AKO

2.
OVERVIEW
What is Ako?
What is Tuakana-Teina?
How do you ensure that your teaching is more like
ako and less like a lecture?

3.
What does the experience
of a lecture feel like…
as opposed to the
experience of ako?

4.
What is ako?
What is tuakana-teina?

5.
Teacher
TEACHES
Learner
LEARNS
“Traditional” Lecture Model
The Sage on
the Stage transmits
knowledge to students
Transactional
Students passively
absorb material
One-way
street

6.
Kaiako
Teina
AKO
Tuakana
Ākonga
LIVES ARE ENRICHED
wairua – tinana – hinengaro - whanau
Each side has something to give

7.
What does it feel like to teach
in a way that is more like ako
and less like a lecture?

8.
How can I ensure that my teaching
practice is rooted in?
What steps can I take to create
relationships with my learners that are
based on reciprocal learning and
teaching?

9.
annette.tofaeono@ako.ac.nz
graeme.smith@ako.ac.nz
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10.
Kaiako
Teina
AKO
Tuakana
Ākonga
LIVES ARE ENRICHED
wairua – tinana – hinengaro - whanau
Each side has something to give