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.
Focus questions
Kirirarautanga | Citizenship
- What does it mean to be a citizen in Aotearoa, in an inclusive modern society?
- What does collective responsibility for all learners look like?
- How do we teach our learners to be active, responsible ‘digital citizens’?
- Whose responsibility is student wellbeing? How might we create supportive systems and contextual wellbeing?
- What impact is globalisation having in our local context? How do we maintain our identity on a global stage?
Whakatōhenhene | Disruption
- How do we build the capacity for continuous disruptive change in ourselves and our learners? What competencies are required?
- How can we disrupt in mana enhancing and inclusive ways?
- Where disruptions are evident in your educational setting, how do we know that they are occurring for the better?
- 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?
- What effect is digitisation having on the workplace and how can we best utilise the opportunities?
Auahatanga | Innovation
- What is the role of inquiry in learning? In teaching?
- How do we bring new ideas to fruition in our schools/kura/organisations?
- How can we prepare our young people to be innovators and change agents?
- How might we intentionally teach in ways that promote creativity, innovation, wonder, joy, and a passion for learning?
- How might innovation look and occur from different perspectives and cultural narratives?