Presentation by Marianne Slade (Mereana). Successful teaching involves using teaching strategies that motivate, encourage, guide, challenge, praise and engage learners. This presentation outlines some of the basic strategies (Deliberate Acts of Teaching or DATs) that all good teachers should use. It was presented at a symposium in NZ focused on supporting Maori learners.

1. TAUTOKO
MANAAKI
Presented by Mereana Slade & Waitiahoaho Emery
Foundation Learning Team

2. What is a DAT?
Deliberate Act of Teaching
Instructional strategy
Focuses on HOW we teach

3. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
Modelling Whakatauira Talking is not
Prompting enough
Questioning SHOW THEM!
Giving Feedback DEMONSTRATE
how something
Telling is done
Explaining
Directing
Te Kete Ipurangi

4. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
Modelling
Prompting Akiaki
Questioning
Our tauira will ...
Giving Feedback
- retain their
Telling mana
Explaining -make their own
connections
Directing
-find their own
Te Kete Ipurangi solutions

5. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
Ask questions
Modelling
• Extend thinking
Prompting
• Build knowledge
Questioning Pātaitai • Develop
understanding
Giving Feedback
• Apply learning to
other situations
Telling
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• Analyse
Explaining
W
Directing • Synthesize
H Refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy
Te Kete Ipurangi

6. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
CONSTRUCTIVE
Modelling
COMMENTS
Prompting
• positive
Questioning • informative
Whakahoki • helpful
Giving Feedback
kōrero atu • guiding
Telling
• encourage
Explaining reflective thinking
Directing
Te Kete Ipurangi

7. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
“Put the online
“I’m having dictionary on your TELLING ...
Modelling
trouble desktop so you can
spelling the quickly find words.”
Prompting words.”
- fill a learning
space
Questioning
- reduce stress
when facing a
Giving Feedback
challenge
Telling Whakamõhio - support them to
Explaining move forward
Directing
Te Kete Ipurangi

8. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
Modelling
Prompting
Questioning
Giving Feedback
Telling
Explaining Whakamãrama
Directing
Te Kete Ipurangi

9. Examples of DATs
(Teaching Strategies)
Can be useful to assess
Modelling competencies Find ...
Prompting Directions / Instructions
need to be
Questioning Select ...
-Clear
Giving Feedback
-Easily understood Compare ...
Telling
Explaining -Logically sequenced
Write ...
Directing Tohutohu
Te Kete Ipurangi

10. Adults learn best when ...
They have the The time is
freedom to They understand right for them
learn in their
own way why to learn
something is
important to know
or do
The process is
Learning is positive and
experiential encouraging
Malcolm Knowles - a pioneer in
the study of adult learning

11. Learning is like
opening a door
Not filling a
container
George Siemens & Peter Tittenberger
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12. Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro,
nôna te ngahere.
Engari, ko te manu e kai ana i te matauranga,
nôna te ao.
The bird that consumes the miro berry
owns the forest.
However, the bird that consumes
learning, owns the world.
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