This research project was based on the complexities and conceptualising forms of
wairuatanga and their implications for teaching and learning in New Zealand mainstream
schools. As a relatively new study for research the project explored wairuatanga through the life
and work experiences of three Māori teachers from education centres around New Zealand.
Wairuatanga permeated through the life and teaching of the participants who all expressed their
own sense of wairuatanga in different ways. The cognisance of mātauranga Māori, tikanga
Māori and insights into te ao Māori were identified and explored thus taking into account the
various ways in which the three participants extended the parameters of existing knowledge of
wairuatanga and how they promoted and created a climate within their own teaching context that
fostered the natural inclusion of wairuatanga. The findings will assist current teachers and
others to develop an understanding and appreciation of the different forms of wairuatanga that
may assist them to apply this value to their own classroom practice. It is hoped that the findings
will also help to inform teaching practices with respect to teaching and learning not only for
Māori children but for all children in New Zealand mainstream schools.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/4290 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Foster, Winnie Gipsy |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Winnie Gipsy Foster, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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