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What resources can ISTEs draw on?

ISTEs draw on a wide range of resources. One way to think of these resources is to consider three categories:

resources that are intangible and located within ourselves – what we draw on to make sense of the world and to communicate and build collaborative relationships with others;
resources that are intangible but external to ourselves and derived from others;
resources that are artefacts – concrete objects that often make tangible the first two categories and that enable us to negotiate and make meaning of new ideas.

Examples of what might be found in these categories are shown in the table below:

Self	Others	Artefacts
assumptions, values, and beliefs existing relationships personal theories of practice prior knowledge and experience professional expertise responsiveness to different sociocultural contexts professional identity sense of self-efficacy	established theories current government policies, priorities, and strategies current educational thinking and understanding agreed protocols and ways of working colleagues’ perspectives expertise and guidance from coaches, mentors, or critical friends	this resource, Ki te Aotūroa frameworks (e.g., for analysis) tools (e.g., for assessment) evidence from practice (e.g., transcripts, student data) professional literature research reports (e.g., BES publications) educational materials (e.g., curriculum statements, handbooks) planning documents

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