Tauira kaiako relational ecology: Sustained regard for personal circumstances and collective commitment.
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Authors
Bishop, P.
Broadley, Mary-Liz
Gould, K.
Hopkins, R.
Heta-Lensen, Y.
Gibbons, A.
Matapo, J.
Keywords
Student teachers
Description of form
Oral Presentation.
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Issue Date
2024-12
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Type
Conference paper
Abstract
The project Senses of Hauora and Wellbeing in ECE evolved from Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
community discussions facilitated by Healthy Families Waitakere in 2020. Feedback from these
discussions galvanised four ITE Early Childhood Education providers to unite and address their
collective concerns for the hauora and wellbeing of tauira kaiako (student teachers) when studying and
entering the ECE profession.
This presentation draws on this research which explored their experiences and starts to unpack Mason
Durie’s (1999) phenomenological approach of identifying the elements in the story. We identify and
honour tauira kaiako key lived experiences. The concept of relational ecology will be introduced to
navigate the journey with the aim to equip tauira kaiako to care and advocate for their professional
selves with a professional tool-kit.
In a previous presentation we challenged the ITE providers and this time we are challenging the wider
ECE profession to prioritise resources for hauora as sustainable wellbeing for tauira kaiako.
Citation
Bishop, P., Broadley, M-E., Gould, K., Hopkins, R., Heta-Lensen, Y., Gibbons, A., & Matapo, J. (2024, December 2-3). Tauira kaiako relational ecology: Sustained regard for personal circumstances and collective commitment[Paper presentation]. ITP Research Symposium - MIT-UNITEC, Auckland, New Zealand.