tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345556280273186937.post875536673625935772..comments2024-01-11T23:26:49.169+13:00Comments on Marnel van der Spuy: Professional Context (Week 26)MvdSpuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15692446809060884134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345556280273186937.post-23958240999558168352016-06-06T19:33:22.837+12:002016-06-06T19:33:22.837+12:00You've raised some valuable questions here, An...You've raised some valuable questions here, Annemarie and I thank you for it.<br /><br />Parent engagement is an area that most schools are struggling with, hence me looking at research and how to increase student learning outcomes through parental engagement in student learning in my literature review. This is being addressed further in my Teaching as Inquiry project plan. The reason for selecting this topic of inquiry is due to a point made by Hollingworth, (2015), who said that 21st Century tools, such as; shared online spaces can help to overcome some of the interwoven issues such as: efficiency of communication, and building capacity in ICTs.<br /><br />Militello, M., & Janson, C. (2008) go further to explain that school leadership underpins the approach taken in engaging parents. Therefore an important factor is the impact parents have on student learning outcomes in school.<br /><br />We need to ensure that [BYOD] devices are conducive to building relationships and that Māori whānau are comfortable with this form of communication. From this we can build a partnership between home and school. This partnership will form a reciprocal learning process, between the whānau, teachers and students. <br /><br />Teachers will be available to support Face to Face, and build understanding and capability through positive learning conversations until the parents/whānau feel comfortable engaging online.<br />MvdSpuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15692446809060884134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345556280273186937.post-12882682167768577392016-06-06T12:29:28.899+12:002016-06-06T12:29:28.899+12:00Good comment from Nathaniel, especially as you say...Good comment from Nathaniel, especially as you say that your parents don't appear to see digital technologies as the platform they want to use to connect with their children. <br /><br />How do you connect with parents and is this an issue? You talk about its importance but not how successful you currently are as a school.<br />Will this lack of engagement with digital tech influence how your parents support BYOD? Or has it - is it - showing that the only hang up is their own lack of confidence, as Nathaniel suggests?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345556280273186937.post-25736360844972074672016-05-24T11:33:08.485+12:002016-05-24T11:33:08.485+12:00Hi Nathaniel,
Thank your for sharing your valuab...Hi Nathaniel, <br /><br />Thank your for sharing your valuable insight. I totally agree with you and you [too] gave me something to ponder about regarding empowering the parents/whānau/wider community. I can now also look at this 'issue' with another lens.<br /><br />Thank you!MvdSpuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15692446809060884134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345556280273186937.post-33829830455771527742016-05-23T14:41:44.142+12:002016-05-23T14:41:44.142+12:00Hi Marnel
That's a big challenge you face!
I w...Hi Marnel<br />That's a big challenge you face!<br />I wonder if part of the challenge around engaging our wider school community, particularly around digital technologies could be around empowerment and agency. As educators, we often talk about empowering our students and giving them agency, but do schools also empower the parents/whānau/wider community? Perhaps the community need to be shown how digital technologies can enable and support their own learning?<br /><br />As you can see, you've got me thinking about this from a different perspective!<br /><br />Good luck!<br />NathanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com