Themes

Reimagining Aotearoa’s future will require us to; connect and strengthen our communities, disrupt what we’ve known and innovate solutions to meet new challenges and effect change.

This year’s conference themes and focus questions provide a cohesive overview of the uLearn19 approach as we gather to deepen understandings, change mindsets, and pioneer new ways of doing things.

 Kirirarautanga | Citizenship

He hapori e ngaruru ana i te ao kōtui, he wāhi, hei tāpaetanga, hei tūrangawaewae mō te katoa.

Thriving communities in a networked world, where everyone has a place, everyone contributes, and everyone belongs.

 Whakatōhenehene | Disruption

He whakatōhenehene te karawhiu! Kia mārama ki ngā karawhiunga o te whakatōhenehene i te ao ako me te wātea o ētahi tū āhuatanga ki te whakatōhenehene.

The new norm. Recognising the impact of disruptive forces in our educational context and harnessing the opportunities to disrupt the status quo.

 Auahatanga | Innovation

Tūturu, he whenua auaha a Aotearoa. E rakaraka ana a katau, e rakaraka ana a mauī ki ngā whakapaenga huarahi ka tūponotia.

Born from number-8 wire thinking, we act with agility to apply solutions to meet constantly evolving challenges.

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Focus questions

Kirirarautanga | Citizenship

1. What does it mean to be a citizen in Aotearoa, in an inclusive modern society? 
2. What does collective responsibility for all learners look like? 
3. How do we teach our learners to be active, responsible ‘digital citizens’? 
4. Whose responsibility is student wellbeing? How might we create supportive systems and contextual wellbeing? 
5. What impact is globalisation having in our local context? How do we maintain our identity on a global stage?

Whakatōhenhene | Disruption

1. How do we build the capacity for continuous disruptive change in ourselves and our learners? What competencies are required?
2. How can we disrupt in mana enhancing and inclusive ways?
3. Where disruptions are evident in your educational setting, how do we know that they are occurring for the better? 
4. How can we understand and respond to the disruptions that are happening in our society? What have we learned from past disruptions to take us into the future?
5. What effect is digitisation having on the workplace and how can we best utilise the opportunities?

Auahatanga | Innovation

1. What is the role of inquiry in learning? In teaching?
2. How do we bring new ideas to fruition in our schools/kura/organisations?
3. How can we prepare our young people to be innovators and change agents?
4. How might we intentionally teach in ways that promote creativity, innovation, wonder, joy, and a passion for learning?
5. How might innovation look and occur from different perspectives and cultural narratives?