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 progress of Māori early childhood centres and kōhanga reo towards the development of kaupapa Māori early childhood assessment understandings, approaches and framings.
Whakapapa: Culturally valid assessment in early childhood – Lesley Rameka
