Last week while working at Busy C's Preschool in Lyttelton I came across an article titled, You See My Brother, I am Brown, in the New Zealand Education Gazette. The article discusses a speech that was given by a prefect from Mt. Roskill Grammer School in Auckland, Joshua Iosefo. Joshua used a form of poetry called spoken word to get his message across to his fellow students. Once uploaded to YouTube, Joshua's speech quickly gained popularity and his message was spread to thousands of people throughout the world. Joshua's speech is a powerful message that transcends generations, ethnicity, gender, and nations.
Recently I finished an education course titled Psychology and Education of Exceptional Learners (Educ 3602). One of the topics we covered in the course dealt with honouring diversity within the classroom. For our assignment we had to find a resource that could be used in the classroom to honour diversity. In the end, the class was presented with a wide range of resources which could be used within the classroom at all different grade levels. After watching the video clip of Joshua's speech I immediately thought of how this video clip could be used to honour diversity in the classroom. As I am currently in New Zealand, I thought about how this would be an excellent clip for teachers to use to honour diversity in any New Zealand high school (and perhaps intermediate school) classroom. Although this clip may be most applicable to New Zealanders, I believe that this clip could be used within any high school classroom as it is such a strong and inspiring message.
Below is a YouTube video clip of Joshua reciting his speech at a school assembly.
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