Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 26, 2022 3:21:47 GMT 12
PLAN TO OVERHAUL TEACHING OF MATHS AND LITERACY REVEALED
Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti and Education Minister Chris Hipkins released the new strategy on Friday, after Cabinet agreed in 2021 to develop the strategies to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
It’s part of a wider programme of work the Education Ministry has been tasked with to improve equity for students in the education system and to ensure it reflects Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This includes updating the New Zealand Curriculum for mainstream schools and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa for kura kaupapa Māori.
Hei Raukura Mō te Mokopuna, a strategy for te reo matatini (the many facets of language) and pāngarau (kaupapa mathematics), is focused on teaching these subjects in a culturally appropriate way that improves outcomes for Māori.
The strategy document states it expects it "to result in increased well being, higher educational outcomes and qualifications, and better job opportunities for mokopuna".
The strategy notes these subjects have previously been documented as having "huge potential for perpetuating colonisation of Māori thought".......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/24/plan-to-overhaul-teaching-of-maths-and-literacy-revealed/
Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti and Education Minister Chris Hipkins released the new strategy on Friday, after Cabinet agreed in 2021 to develop the strategies to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
It’s part of a wider programme of work the Education Ministry has been tasked with to improve equity for students in the education system and to ensure it reflects Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This includes updating the New Zealand Curriculum for mainstream schools and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa for kura kaupapa Māori.
Hei Raukura Mō te Mokopuna, a strategy for te reo matatini (the many facets of language) and pāngarau (kaupapa mathematics), is focused on teaching these subjects in a culturally appropriate way that improves outcomes for Māori.
The strategy document states it expects it "to result in increased well being, higher educational outcomes and qualifications, and better job opportunities for mokopuna".
The strategy notes these subjects have previously been documented as having "huge potential for perpetuating colonisation of Māori thought".......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/24/plan-to-overhaul-teaching-of-maths-and-literacy-revealed/