Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 15, 2021 3:04:57 GMT 12
DON'T BE A COLONISER, PROF TELLS REO LEARNERS
A leading bicultural educator says Pākehā need to learn humility if they want to learn te reo Māori.
"Pākehā, with our ancestry, we're very good at colonising, we're very good at taking things on with enthusiasm and doing them to the exclusion of others. Part of the whole process is learning humility, learning to listen and just be present and to learn rather than diving up the front with your hand up and starting to tell other people what's right and wrong and how to do it," she says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/Mjc3ODc/Don%27t-be-a-coloniser,-prof-tells-reo-learners
A leading bicultural educator says Pākehā need to learn humility if they want to learn te reo Māori.
"Pākehā, with our ancestry, we're very good at colonising, we're very good at taking things on with enthusiasm and doing them to the exclusion of others. Part of the whole process is learning humility, learning to listen and just be present and to learn rather than diving up the front with your hand up and starting to tell other people what's right and wrong and how to do it," she says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/Mjc3ODc/Don%27t-be-a-coloniser,-prof-tells-reo-learners