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“Māori children and students are more likely to achieve when they see themselves, their whānau , hapū and iwi reflected in the teaching content and environment, and are able to be ‘Māori’ in all learning contexts.”
Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008-2012, page 20.
An education system incorporating identity, language, and culture values knowing where students come from and building on what students bring with them. The resources you will find on this page reflect the value of identity, language, and culture, and provide examples of this in the classroom and beyond.
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Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
This Curriculum Update supports schools in understanding and enacting the curriculum principle of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
Yolanda Julies, Principal at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri, discusses the importance of establishing a shared understanding and supportive school culture as the school explored the national curriculum documents.
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Exploring the national curriculum documents
09/11/2011
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders
Jan Tinetti from Merivale School and Sue Horne from Maungatapu School discuss how they are using both The New Zealand Curriculum document and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa in their schools.
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Living the principle: Rotorua Boys High
27/05/2011
Filed under: Productive partnerships | Identity Language and Culture | Te Reo Maori | Effective leaders
This story from Rotorua Boys’ High emphasises the inseparable nature of reo and tikanga (language and culture), an integral part of the school’s programme.
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Te Reo Māori at St Joseph’s School
27/05/2011
Filed under: Identity Language and Culture | Effective leaders | Effective teachers
At St Joseph’s School there has been a big focus on te reo Māori in the classroom. This was precipitated by the language progressions set out in the draft Māori language curriculum guidelines (now in final form:Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori - Kura Auraki).