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This document retained the 'Understand-Know-Do' structure of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories, the content of which was directly included in the learning area Te ao tangata|Social Sciences. [53]: 29–31 Te Takanga o Te Wā is in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, Māori-medium curriculum, [54] as a new strand in Tikanga ā-Iwi (Social Studies). [55]
Te Whāriki is a bi-cultural curriculum that sets out four broad principles, a set of five strands, and goals for each strand.It does not prescribe specific subject-based lessons, rather it provides a framework for teachers and early childhood staff (kaiako) to encourage and enable children in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, learning dispositions to learn how to learn.
In the education system of New Zealand, a wānanga is a publicly-owned tertiary institution or Māori university that provides education in a Māori cultural context. Section 162 of the New Zealand Education Act of 1989 specifies that wānanga resemble mainstream universities in many ways but expects them to be:
Knox College is a selective [2] residential college, founded and operated by the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and affiliated with University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The college is set in a 4.57 hectares (11.3 acres) landscaped site in Opoho on the opposite side of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the university.
[6] [7] Williams was the inaugural president of the organisation and stayed in the role for nine years. [8] In 1978, Radio New Zealand’s established a Māori station, Te Reo o Aotearoa, and Williams was the inaugural general manager. [4] At Aotearoa Radion he held the role general manager. [5]
The Native Schools Code published in 1880 stated that "the Native children must be taught to read and write the English language, and to speak it" and also It is not necessary that teachers should, at the time of their appointment, be acquainted with the Maori tongue; but they may find it desirable to learn enough Māori to enable them to ...
Tame introduces The New Zealand Wars / Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa as a "resource for students" created by Vincent O'Malley to address this. In the interview, O'Malley notes that the teaching about the New Zealand Wars is seen as a "contentious and potentially divisive" and some schools can avoid the topic because of the structure of the curriculum ...
In addition to winning the Prime Minister's supreme award for tertiary teaching, [9] Ruru has also been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 2017, Ruru was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words ", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [ 12 ]