by Claire | May 8, 2024 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori
Kaupapa Maori theory serves as the overarching philosophical framework for two interrelated projects discussed in depth in this article: (a) the New Zealand Ministry o f Education funded Kaupapa Maori Learning and Assessment Exemplar Project (KMLAE); and (b) the... 
by Claire | May 8, 2024 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori
This article illustrates how traditional Māori forms of knowing, such as whakapapa, can provide culturally valid frames for assessment within contemporary Māori early childhood contexts. I discuss work completed for my doctoral thesis (Rameka, 2012), which studied the... 
by Claire | Mar 5, 2024 | Articles, Leadership, Pedagogy
Making this visible by writing Learning Stories that enable children, families and teachers to have a voice. Leadership for all leads to learning for all. Yet what kind of leadership and what kind of learning? 
by Claire | Sep 12, 2023 | Kaupapa Māori
On our Forest/Farm Adventures, we get to go to places that are unique and very special to tangata whenua. These places resonate with us as tangata triti too – the partners of The Treaty of Waitangi. I had been thinking about te ngahere, and wondered how could we... 
by Claire | Sep 12, 2023 | Kaupapa Māori
Enthralled in the beauty of the uku, Daniel finds his creative flow. With his mauri balanced and in a state thatebbs and flows between ‘oho’, ‘tau’, and ‘ora’ learning is limitless and there are endless possibilities. 