tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443418195979035370.post5516340899436950864..comments2023-11-10T18:32:09.077+13:00Comments on Latai's Professional Learning Journey: Creating to Learn - The importance of creative expressionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11768271918070835285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443418195979035370.post-4492403958998921622016-03-17T14:23:13.152+13:002016-03-17T14:23:13.152+13:00Thank you, Dorothy, for sharing your thoughts! Yes...Thank you, Dorothy, for sharing your thoughts! Yes my thoughts exactly around the stereotype. No one had told me that Pakeha didn't value creativity as such; I just felt that the emphasised focus was always on people of Māori and Pasifika descent, however being both Tongan and Pakeha, l know that Pakeha people value this just as much! You are right, Creativity for everyone! Including Teachers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443418195979035370.post-63667169663243191212016-03-11T20:10:53.779+13:002016-03-11T20:10:53.779+13:00Thanks for sharing your wonderings here Latai. I ...Thanks for sharing your wonderings here Latai. I see how it could be easily stereotyped that Māori and Pacifika learners value creativity, but as a Pakeha, and mother of Pakeha children I can assure you that whoever told you that my ethnicity didn't value creativity must have their head under a blanket!! Perhaps we have had it knocked out of us in the schooling system earlier? Perhaps we adopted to the 'shut up and pass the test' culture earlier? Who knows :)<br />Bring back creativity for everyone!<br /><br />DorothyDorothy Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563653606810184909noreply@blogger.com