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**Week 13: Teacher Interview

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I’m looking to design teacher resources that help the process of planning coursework. I want to improve student engagement by helping teachers provide more diverse and effectively planned coursework. Context Questions: How long have you been teaching? 2 years Details on school + level + courses teaching? High school visual design teacher, personal interest in level 1 (year 11) Does your school teach with NCEA? Yes, decile 2 school, so more funding and smaller classes, but much much harder students to work with. Are you aware of the current situation with the NCEA review? What’re you’re your experiences and opinions working with this system, are there any changes you believe need to be made?  What’s the process when it comes to teacher resources- are they provided by the school, or do you have to source them yourself (is there freedom) (is there support) Curriculum requirements are given with NCEA, however creative freedom for how you want to teach, and...
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Week 13: Final Abstract

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Week 13: Jan Chipchase Guest Speaker

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Chipchase, Jan. “Free Public Talk: Research Methods.” Studio D, Massey University, Wellington, 6 Jun. 2019, Guest Presentation. This was a really inspirational and insightful talk, I found myself excited but also slightly overwhelmed by the world of research and the extent that ethical effects can have. However it was also interesting to hear a blunt and experienced viewpoint that goes against some of the teachings at Massey. It was refreshing to hear about the 'moral grey area' from someone who's clearly very experienced in the subject.  Some of my favourite quotes from the night: "If you can describe what you're doing, then maybe you aren't pushing yourself" "Constantly question your impact, and always adapt." "If you do interesting things, and surround yourself with interesting people, then interesting projects will come." "The nice clean world we think we live in, isn't really that clean." (referring ...
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Week 12: Poster Hand-in + Feedback

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This friday was the poster (visual reflection) moment. I had Lee as my 1-1 feedback person and I got some great feedback and encouragement from him to move forward with. Peer feedback:
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Week 12: Networking follow up moments

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Following up moments from the Xero grad night event ‘Xero Design - Wellington: Behind the Screens.’ Xero, 22 May 2019, Wellington, Event. 2 Awesome connections came out of this evening: I had a great chat with Peter Montgomery , the Creative Director at Xero, about my project. I sent a follow up message on LinkedIn that night, and have continued the conversation there. (He added his insights to the survey I'd made in week 4.) I also caught up with a previous mentor Kelcey Braine (Brand and Design Specialist at Creative HQ.) She got me in touch with a friend of hers who works as a design teacher in Wellington. Kelcey was kind enough to set up an email introduction and Laura and I have organised to have a coffee catch up Saturday the 8th June. 
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Week 12: Poster Development Iterations

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Time to turn the page on education? It shouldn’t be so black and white. Not every shirt suits every person. And one size doesn’t always fit all. So why are we forcing our youth to fit in the same style of education?  Why are we putting everyone in the same classrooms, with the same teachers, and offering the same subjects. People think differently; students learn differently. So what if education was flexible? It’s about time we change the way we teach, to account for learning diversity. Students aren’t being inspired by class content. They aren’t being engaged, and teachers aren’t enabling positive learning spaces as they feel restricted by the current curriculum. There is a clear disconnect between what is taught in class, and what is required in the workforce, and most importantly, in adult life. NZ classes are allocated either by holistic ‘intelligence’ or completely randomly, not taking into account different learning styles. Teachers are therefore feeli...
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Week 12: Teacher Research Questions

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What do I want to know??? Context questions: their teaching background Opinions context. What resources do they currently use? Success or failures? Can they see any flaws in my theories or ideas? Would they be interested in helping me work through my ideas as I prototype? Would it be a possibility for me to participate/ spectate in a professional development day at their school? Are there any coming up in the next 6 weeks? Do they have any networks or connections they could link me up to to further this project?
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