Games for Learning - Learning From Our Past
Harko was the first speaker to kick-start the NZCER Games for Learning conference and his laid-back 'kiwi' approach set the scene for a few days of inquiry, observing and most of all - play! He spoke about the traditional games that he played as a child when visiting his marae and how these cultural games have begun to disappear over time. Harko also saw children playing and enjoying their time when on the marae, but not finding school as inspirational.
Have games been lost? Is there still a divide between school and home/marae?
Harko's presentation left me excited at the prospect of exploring games from the past, then reintroducing them so that our learners become connected with their own learning through play.
