Inquiry Presentations Te Ao Maori

 3 July 2017 Inquiry Team Presentations

The four teams presented their inquiries
Te Ao Maori - Leadership Team
Tamara Bell - Core Education - Ed Talk 6 years ago -she set up (Te Mauna Po -Te reo online pd for teachers-Unable to locate) link to u-tube clip https://vimeo.com/50512203

Key Points

90-95% of all Maori students not achieving academically -or going on to further education - Maori having bad experiences at school. Ministry of ed has id this and there is a need to do better -Refer to -Kotahitanga Te Reo Maori curriculum document -gives good guidelines and info MAORI -achieving sucess as Maori = they are valued their language, culture, idenity is valued and they have a say a voice within the school. Important for Maori to know their own language and whakapapa and to be sucessful in the Maori world as well as within Pakeha world and widge global world. - Connections to whanau (strong relationship with whanau) important - for educators to be able to ensure Maori can be sucessful as maori i.e. to find out childs whakapapa and ensure child knows it. TEACHER - Is the person who makes the difference (refered to Russel Bishops research) RELATIONSHIPS -Teacher -Student connection-Whanau Student needs to know local - protocals, whakapapa etc as well as that of their own tribe -so too does the teacher Reaffirmed -philosophy with language is we are learning together.

What am I doing that fits with this?

Keep giving the language a go It does not matter if you get it wrong

What else can I add?

More teaching of the local history of the Ngati Kahunganu tribe and significance of Maori place names?")
https://teara.govt.nz/en/hawkes-bay-region/page-4
Read the curriculum document again thinking what /how I can ensure Maori children are learning as Maori N.B -I am Pakeha and will be thinking through my cultural lense

Questions I have from this new information?

Where do I go to find out more about the local whakapapa?
Would including more historic stories from tribes of children in my class afiliating with a particular tribal-area? Would families want to tell us their Whakapapa (or know their whakapapa?) - How would it be best to go about this, asking without embaressing or overstepping the mark? and how would it be best to be used in the everyday clasroom? Are all Whakapaka positive and self affirming?