Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 15, 2019 17:11:47 GMT 12
POLYTECH OFFERING FIRST HEALTH SCIENCE DIPLOMA WITH A MĀORI WORLDVIEW
A Rotorua-based polytechnic is trying to turn around the region's poor health outcomes by offering the first health science diploma with a Māori worldview.
"As soon as our kids exit whare kura or exit our Kura-a-Iwi they're expected to turn their whole worlds around into a te ao Pākehā perspective.
"So when you're looking at reasons why our kids drop out in first year at University and Polytech, that's why [it's] because the philosophy they've been learning in their whole life is completely different."
He thought it was important to have Māori doctors as it wasn't as easy for Māori to open up to non-Māori doctors.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396694/polytech-offering-first-health-science-diploma-with-a-maori-worldview
A Rotorua-based polytechnic is trying to turn around the region's poor health outcomes by offering the first health science diploma with a Māori worldview.
"As soon as our kids exit whare kura or exit our Kura-a-Iwi they're expected to turn their whole worlds around into a te ao Pākehā perspective.
"So when you're looking at reasons why our kids drop out in first year at University and Polytech, that's why [it's] because the philosophy they've been learning in their whole life is completely different."
He thought it was important to have Māori doctors as it wasn't as easy for Māori to open up to non-Māori doctors.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396694/polytech-offering-first-health-science-diploma-with-a-maori-worldview