Constructing Educational Possibilities: Kura Kaupapa Māori Initial Teacher Education Research for Sustainable Communities in Aotearoa (New Zealand) 

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 2:30 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Indigenous Research in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Families and Education, Education Policy, and Initial Teacher Education (Table 6)

Abstract

Sustainable communities require environments that promote human flourishing.  The idea of sustainable communities, built on indigenous lands and waterways, requires a broader analysis of the impact of education on Māori as ‘tangata whenua’; and calls for the crisis of Māori education to be addressed. 

Drawing on our experiences in the provision of Māori language immersion ITE programmes we discuss the application of a kura kaupapa Māori philosophy to our pedagogical practices and cultural processes that connect the environment to te ao Māori through such course offerings as Waka Ama (Using Outrigger canoe as a discipline for promoting health and wellbeing through theory and praxis ) and Ngā Tikanga o Te Marae (tribal protocols, customs and values).

Authors

• Beatrice Mari Ropata-Te Hei, Massey University

• Nadell Iranui Karatea-Kokiri, Massey University

• Rāhera Filiata, Massey University