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Is This For Credits?

Is This For Credits?

Written by: Christopher Waugh
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 The podcast of the New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English. NZATE
Episodes
  • Claudia Rozas Gomez - Complex Literature

    Claudia Rozas Gomez - Complex Literature
    Jun 17 2022
    Claudia shares her personal and professional journey and the urgency she feels that we face some difficult questions about the direction our teaching of Secondary English has drifted in recent years. Her doctoral research brought to our attention that the study of complex literary texts is diminishing in New Zealand education, and is doing so disproportionately quickly in lower-decile schools.
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    53 mins
  • Robert Sullivan

    Robert Sullivan
    Jun 3 2022
    Robert Sullivan's poetry carries with it a sense of mischief as he traverses some of the most urgent and intimate topics in Aotearoa over the last couple of centuries. We discuss his poetry, his philosophy and his perspective on education in New Zealand.
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    34 mins
  • Khadro Mohamed

    Khadro Mohamed
    May 20 2022
    Khadro Mohamed speaks to us about losing, and then regaining, her Somali language and how her culture and language influence her poetry. She shares her experiences growing up in a New Zealand where she was frequently complimented on her Kiwi accent and we examine what to do when someone doesn't "understand" a poem.
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    36 mins
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