Approach: One
to one |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8
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Focus:
Resolving
differences within a social organisation |
Resources:
Video recording
on laptop computer, recording book |
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Questions/instructions:
This
activity uses the computer.
We are going to start this activity by watching a video of a girl
called Saikoloni. Saikoloni will tell you about a problem she
has at school.
Click the Saikoloni button.
The video will start. |
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Talofa
lava. My name is Saikoloni Tapumuulietoa and I come from a beautiful
village in Samoa called Patamea. There are lots of coconuts to eat
and lots of beaches to swim at.
I was born during a cyclone which is a big storm. There was a lot
of damage done by the cyclone. Houses and trees all blew down and
everywhere was flooded. My uncle and cousins were killed in the
cyclone, so my mother named me “Saikoloni” in their
memory.
I used to like going to school but now I hate it. Every day when
it’s roll call my teacher, Mrs Brown, calls everyone’s
name out. No trouble. But when it comes to my name, she suddenly
gets tongue-tied. As soon as she starts to speak, I feel sick because
I know what she will say. When she says my name, it makes all the
other kids crack-up laughing. Their laughter sounds like broken
glass. You know – sharp and painful.
SCHOOL JOURNAL 1991. PART 4, NUMBER 2 |
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%
responses
2005 (01) |
y4 |
y8 |
1.
There is more than one problem here. What do you think the problems are?
I will write them down for you. |
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teacher
hasn’t been pronouncing Saikoloni’s name appropriately |
58
(51) |
75
(74) |
other
children laugh when teacher mispronounces Saikoloni’s name |
82
(78) |
90
(85) |
Saikoloni
may not have reacted appropriately
(could
have done more proactively to correct pronunciation and explain name)
|
1
(1) |
3
(2) |
Record
student responses, abbreviated as necessary. |
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2.
Which people are involved in these problems? |
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|
|
Saikoloni
|
38
(30) |
56
(65) |
teacher
|
74
(80) |
89
(91) |
peers
in class |
71
(66) |
86
(87) |
3.
Who should do something about these problems? |
|
|
|
not
marked |
• |
• |
4.
What do you think they should do to try to solve these problems? |
|
|
|
Saikoloni
working with teacher to fix pronunciation |
19
(15) |
36
(38) |
teacher
trying to learn proper pronunciation |
21
(18) |
40
(37) |
teacher/principal/staff
helping class learn how to behave more kindly |
32
(35) |
44
(31) |
peers
trying to stop hurting Saikoloni through their laughter |
16
(16) |
21
(19) |
Saikoloni
asking parents to help deal with problem |
13
(12) |
20
(20) |
parents
dealing with problem appropriately (e.g. talking to teacher) |
32
(23) |
29
(38) |
Saikoloni
talking to peers |
10
(5) |
17
(16) |
Probable
helpfulness of suggested solutions: |
|
|
|
likely
to be very helpful |
3
(0) |
8
(8) |
likely
to be moderately helpful |
18
(13) |
38
(30) |
likely
to be slightly helpful |
40
(43) |
38
(50) |
not
likely to be helpful |
39
(44) |
16
(12) |
5. What could be done so that problems like these don’t happen? |
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not
marked |
• |
• |
Total
score: |
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|
|
11–15
|
4
(2) |
11
(12) |
9–10
|
9
(9) |
24
(20) |
7–8
|
21
(15) |
28
(30) |
5–6
|
30
(31) |
25
(25) |
3–4
|
22
(22) |
10
(11) |
0–2
|
14
(21) |
2
(2) |