Presentation of my teaching philosophy for assessment of prior learning panel for the Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Learning and Teaching (Level 7) from Otago Polytechnic. Grad Cert was conferred in December 2009.

1. GCTLT Presentation
Kate Timms-Dean
Otago Polytechnic
29 October 2008

2. 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/

3. 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/

4. 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/

5. 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/

6. 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/

7. 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/

8. Mihimihi
Tararua is my mountain
Pukekaraka is my hill
Waiorongomai is my lake
Cook Strait is my sea

9. Mihimihi
Tainui is my canoe
Ōtaki is the home of my
people
Raukawa is my nation
Miltonmic. (2008). Raukawa. Accessed on October 14,
2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miltonmic/2639659781/
Kapumanawawhiti is my
clan

10. Mihimihi
Dean, Timms, Dobbie, Bain
and Paton are my families
Agnes and Olive were my
grandmothers
William and Arthur were my
grandfathers
docman. (2006). Amsterdam, Central Station, early
thirties, my grandparents. Accessed on October 29,
2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/263841862/
Jean and Ron Timms are my
parents

11. 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

12. Mihimihi
Conway Dean is my
husband. He is from
Australia
We live in Dunedin under
the mantle of Kāi Tahu
Timms, K. (2007). 5Kids_School. Accessed on October 14,
2008, from
http://www.ourfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/torrey.htm
Jacob, Charlotte, Torrey,
Lachlan, Madeleine and
Genevieve are our
children

13. 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/

15. Presentation Outline
1. Narrative – The
journey so far…
1. Teaching Philosophy
Kete
Lawrence, M. (2007). Psalm 138:8. Accessed on
October 14, 2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marketseq/1456109651/
2. Examples from my
Teaching Practice

17. Good teachers…
• Care
• Are interested
• Are positive
• Are creative
raisinsawdust. (2008). Still life for teacher.
Accessed on October 20, 2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raisinsawdust/2216644039/
• Expect success

19. “… we all have wings …”
Fariss & Hutchence
(1988).
farl. (2005). escape. Accessed on October
20, 2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colloidfarl/67295637/

20. 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/

21. “… 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/chrismaveri
ck/584671674/

22. “… knowledge is power …”
Michel Foucault
coastwalker. (2008). Foucault. Accessed on
October 23, 2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastwalker/234
4297233/

23. “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/4
82743330/

24. Mā te whakarongo ka mōhio
Through resonance comes cognisance
Mā te mōhio ka mārama
Through cognisance comes understanding
Mā te mārama ka mātau
Through understanding comes knowledge
Mā te mātau ka ora
Bēn on holiday ;-). (2008). Meeting the pregnant princess
of the forest. Accessed on October 20, 2008, from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/2618425424/
Through knowledge comes life and wellbeing
Whakataukī (Māori proverb)