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- Title
Whanaungatanga via digital media within early childhood education: A cultural lens of knowing, being and doing.
- Authors
Thynne, Amy; McLelland, Joy; Keelan, Ra
- Abstract
The Covid-19 lockdown experiences became the catalyst for kaiako (teachers) in New Zealand to seek new and innovative ways to establish, maintain and retain relationships with children and whānau through digital media. In the absence of kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) interactions, kaiako have needed to extend their use of digital technologies to foster a strengthened sense of whanaungatanga (relationships and partnerships) between whānau (families), tamariki (children) and kaiako. As lecturers, we were interested in exploring how children and their families' mana was upheld through the use of remote technologies. This led to reflecting on a sense of wellbeing which is fundamental to children's development as it supports them to be holistically healthy (Rameka et al., 2021; Ministry of Education [MoE], 2017). A korero tahi (discussion) was undertaken by the authors with kaiako, associate teacher (AT), student kaiako, parent/kaiako in order to understand how whanaungatanga was facilitated through remote technologies. This was viewed using the conceptual lens of knowing, being and doing. The article concludes with recognised innovative and practical ways to enhance digital connections with whānau, tamariki and kaiako, whilst maintaining the integrity of whanaungatanga.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; DIGITAL media; EARLY childhood education; CULTURAL education; CHILD development; DIGITAL technology
- Publication
He Kupu, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1179-6812
- Publication type
Article