Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 30, 2022 9:48:21 GMT 12
Graham Adams: THE BIGGEST LOSERS IN THE MĀTAURANGA MĀORI DEBATE MAY BE MĀORI STUDENTS
The stoush over whether mātauranga Māori should be taught in the school NCEA science syllabus — sparked by a letter to the Listener by seven emeritus professors last July who asserted that indigenous knowledge isn’t scientific — has reached a stalemate.
The Royal Society Te Apārangi has extricated itself from what would have been a very messy investigation of two of the professors who were Fellows by determining a full disciplinary investigation against them shouldn’t proceed. And the pair under investigation — Professors Garth Cooper and Robert Nola — have subsequently resigned from the society.
One of the seven professors who was also a Fellow of the society — Michael Corballis — has died and the others have largely kept a low public profile.
Nevertheless, a great deal of damage has been done.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/03/graham-adams-biggest-losers-in.html
The stoush over whether mātauranga Māori should be taught in the school NCEA science syllabus — sparked by a letter to the Listener by seven emeritus professors last July who asserted that indigenous knowledge isn’t scientific — has reached a stalemate.
The Royal Society Te Apārangi has extricated itself from what would have been a very messy investigation of two of the professors who were Fellows by determining a full disciplinary investigation against them shouldn’t proceed. And the pair under investigation — Professors Garth Cooper and Robert Nola — have subsequently resigned from the society.
One of the seven professors who was also a Fellow of the society — Michael Corballis — has died and the others have largely kept a low public profile.
Nevertheless, a great deal of damage has been done.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/03/graham-adams-biggest-losers-in.html