by Claire | May 8, 2024 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori
Traditional Māori narratives are part of Māori symbolism, culture and worldviews. Walker (1978) claims that mythology can be likened to a mirror image of culture, reflecting the philosophy, norms and behavioural aspirations of people. 
by Claire | May 8, 2024 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is one of the guiding documents for education in Aotearoa New Zealand. It guarantees partnership, protection, and participation to the two signatories. Quality in Action/Te Mahi Whai Hua (1996, page 67) states that management and educators should... 
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 20, 2021 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori, Pedagogy
In 2009, the Ministry of Education launched its resource Te Whatu Pōkeka, Kaupapa Māori assessment and learning exemplars. It was a resource that focused on assessment of Māori children in Māori early childhood settings and as Rita Walker said: 
by Claire | Jun 28, 2018 | Articles, Kaupapa Maori
Views of children, childhood, children’s roles and responsibilities, and children’s citizenship differ across different eras and cultures (Bath & Karlsson, 2016). In Western countries, developmentalist discourses have positioned the child as a “developing”...