Initiatives - completed and current

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ANN MILNE ONLINE

All three courses are open for enrolment. Learn more or enrol in any, or all, courses here.

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HAWAIIAN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS’ COMMISSION PROGRAMME

I have been working with a group of Hawaii Native Charter Schools over last three years to explore critical, culturally sustaining curriculum together.

The programme began with a Keynote on 23 September 2021 and has three components:

  1. Some teachers enrolled each year in all three Ann Milne Online courses - working with me to adapt these to Hawaiian settings

  2. Book Club Groups - working with me through Coloring in the White Spaces and one other book to be chosen

  3. Collaboration with other contractors to ensure we have a cohesive approach.

 THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES

I was invited to contribute a chapter to the three-volume SAGE Handbook of Critical Pedagogies – now available

“This extensive Handbook will bring together different aspects of critical pedagogy with the aim of opening up a clear international conversation on the subject, as well as pushing the boundaries of current understanding by extending the notion of a pedagogy to multiple pedagogies and perspectives. Bringing together a group of contributing authors from around the globe, the chapters will provide a unique approach and insight to the discipline by crossing a range of disciplines and articulating both philosophical and social common themes. The chapters will be organised across three volumes and twelve core thematic sections."

The SAGE Handbook of Critical Pedagogies is planned to be an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including education, health, sociology, anthropology and development studies.”

My chapter is called "A Critical, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy of Whānau." The Handbook is available from SAGE.

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 CURRICULUM PERSPECTIVES JOURNAL (AUSTRALIA)

I was invited to write an article for the Curriculum Perspectives Journal which “publishes articles that promote innovative curriculum thinking, multiple ways of knowing and understanding, and critical and creative problem solving to develop solutions that can make a difference in the lives of students and their communities.”

Published in April 2020, my chapter describes the work of the Kia Aroha College Warrior-Researchers’ investigation of historical and intergenerational trauma. It is published in the Point and Counterpoint section of the journal as one of five contributions that explore the “rich potentials for including knowledge from students’ diverse life-worlds in curriculum.”

The article can be read (but not downloaded) here. This is what a critical, culturally sustaining curriculum looks like!

UNTEACH RACISM PROJECT (TEACHING COUNCIL OF NZ)

I was a member of the “Expert Thought Leader” group working on the Unteach Racism Project with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (Education Council).

  • Unteach Racism aims to support teachers, in a staged approach, to identify, confront and dismantle racism in education.

  • ​This work has been designed specifically for teachers, leveraging your unique skills and opportunities to shape the hearts and minds of children and young people.

  • Unteach recognises racism is learned and therefore can be unlearned.

  • We need our powerful teachers to head out each morning and think not just about what they’ll teach but what they’ll actively unteach, in order to lift the limits that society places on our children and young people.