Know+the+learner

How do __you__ **create a supportive learning environment** in your class at the beginning of the year? How do __you__ get to **know your learners**? This Wiki page provides an example of an English 'Know the Learner' Unit dedicated to a Rumaki Yr 9/10 class
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 * ** Pedagogy: Create a Supportive Learning Environment ** ||
 * * Learning is inseparable from its social and cultural context. Students learn best when they feel accepted, when they enjoy positive relationships with their fellow students and teachers, and when they are able to be active, visible members of the learning community.
 * Effective teachers foster positive relationships within environments that are caring, inclusive, nondiscriminatory, and cohesive. They also build good relationships with the wider school community, working with parents and caregivers as key partners who have unique knowledge of their children and countless opportunities to advance their children’s learning.
 *  Effective teachers attend to the **cultural and linguistic diversity ** of all their students. The classroom culture exists within and alongside **te ao Māori, Pasifika ** and many other cultures, including the cultures of the wider school and the local community, the students’ peer culture, and the teacher’s professional culture. ||