Investigation B
With two colleagues, follow these steps to role-play a meeting with a Pasifika parent who you don’t communicate with easily.
- One of you is the teacher, one is the parent, and the third is the observer and note taker.
- The teacher explains to the parent the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ of a particular aspect of their child’s current learning.
- The parent responds in various ways, and the teacher’s explanation continues until a common understanding is reached.
- The observer records points of difference, the reasons for these differences, and how, or whether, they were resolved.
- Finally, all three colleagues discuss and record the lessons learned from the role-play.
