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What are key dates relating to NZs history?
- 1769 - Cook Arrived in NZ
- 1833- James Busby arrived to act as a peace settler
- 1840 Feb 6th - Treaty of waitangi Signed
- 1888 - First NZ native rugby team went to England
- 1985-
Waitangi Tribunal re-looked at
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What are the three parts to the treaty?
- 1) Governship - The maori believed they gave the British Crown governship in return for promise of protection and they still got to keep their own stuff (resources etc)
- 2) Sovereignty - The British Crown believed they were being handed all of the power including all things important to Maori (fisheries, cluture, land)
- 3) Unity - Maori given the same rights as Britain.
- THESE THREE WORDS WERE LOST IN TRANSLATION
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List and explain the 5 priniples to the treaty
- 1) Partnership- Working togethor (maori and pakeha) recognising grey patches exist in treaty
- 2) Active protection - The Crowns obligation to ensure protection of all things important to maori (land, fisheries, culture)
- 3) Redress - The treaty is there to go back and fix past wrongs. This is a form of compensation or remedy
- 4) Reciprocity - Equal staus to all treaty partners, the crown has to act in good faith
- 5) Mutual Benefit - The needs of both parties are to be considered equally
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List three ways the treaty was dishonored
- 1) Land owndership for maori was reduced. all unused land was given to the crown
- 2) Culture, values, language was stolen (by 1875 all schools language was in English)
- 3) Maori were only granted 10% of the fishing quoter (1989)
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What can we do as a teacher to meet aspects of the treaty?
- - Teach inclusivly, providing everyone with equal opportunities
- - On TV we see soverignty as 'Land' where in actual fact it is much more, we could educate and teach about other aspects e.g. culture etc
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Explain what the Ka Hikitia document is about
- - It is an initiative to include Maori students in schools and prevent drop outs. the initiative is undergone from early childhood right through to tertiary.
- - It aims to keep Maori practises and culture in education.
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What are examples of things you could do to meet aspects of the Ka Hikitia document?
- - Incorporate Maori language in everyday school
- - Raise mMaori acheivement
- - Communication between the school and local iwi
- - Personalise education strategoes to meet the needs of students aspirations and expectations
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What is Te Kotahitanga?
- The Solutions! It is a profressional developement in place to improve the educational acheivement of Maori students in mainstreem secondary school classrooms.
- This is due to the rising problem of underacheivement among Maori students in Mainstreem schools
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Explain the 5 solutions for better maori acheivement?
- 1) Tino Rangatiratanga (Self determination)- Maori have the right to determine their own destiny (self-determination to attain it). Bruner suggests this participation bring commitment
- 2) Taonga Tuku Iho (Cultural aspirations)- Literally meaning the treasures from our anscestors. This message provides a set of principles by which we should live our lives
- 3) Ako (reciprocal Learning) - The teacher does not have the fountain of all knowledge, but rather should be a partner in the conversation of learning
- 4) Whanau (family) - Whanae is a primary concept which contains both values and cultural practises. This can be an immense problem in mainstream schools
- 5) Kaupapa (coellective vision) - Maori movement suggests students acheive better whenthere is a close relationship between home and school in terms of aspirations, languages and cultures.
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Four pedagogies were offered to establish relationships in a Maori context
- 1) Narrative Pedagogy - Rather than learning being seen as transmitted information from one person to the other, it is looked upon as the outcome from interactions with other people/groups. This means each learner has to construct learning for themself and offers self determination.
- 2) Problem Based Active Methodology - Problems are identifies as being the meaning for constuction of new knowledge/meanings. This means students assess problems and seek resolutions.
- 3) Cooperative Learning Strategies - many different approaches are developed for cooperative learning4) Curriculum Integration - knowledge is related to problem solving, and the ongoing process of critical analysis of society,
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