8003 Week 3 Voices in the room

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In the podcast this week we hear from Dr. Michelle Johanssen of TeachFirst NZ Ako Matatupu and Agnes Milford alumnus of Tangaroa College. Michelle has worked in middle and senior management. She has also worked for the Ministry of Education as an NCEA marker; as Pasifika Advisor for the development of Teaching and Learning Curriculum Guides and in research and report writing on Pasifika Professional Learning and Development.

Michelle is the managing director and playwright of the critically acclaimed Black Friar's theatre company who work to challenge dominant stereotypes surrounding Pasifika people. In this role she has written and directed productions and programmes in theatres, schools, youth prison and communities around Aotearoa. As a company, the Black Friars have been contracted to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social Development to design and administer theatre programmes that promote social justice. Agnes is a leader and part of South Side Rise, currently looking at youth justice however in this podcast Aggie focusses on her time at Tangaroa College. We explore what it means to challenge stereotypes in culture as well as the theme, listening to the voices in the room. In the podcast Michelle refers to 'polycultural capital' which is a term that is explored by Dr. Karlo Mila-Schaaf and is available here.

The link to the Black Friar's is here, the article that Tim talks about at the beginning of the podcast is here.

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