Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 17, 2016 16:07:51 GMT 12
EDUCATORS TACKLE NEGATIVE MAORI STEREOTYPING
Stereotyping Maori children negatively has a negative impact on their learning and assumptions about them need to change.
That was the message to Timaru early childhood and primary school teachers at workshops held at the Southern Trust Events Centre in Timaru on Friday.
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu general manager Hana O'Regan told the more than 100 educators that they could help break down assumptions.
"Maori were one of the fastest [colonised people] to adopt literacy and many Maori were self taught."
Their desire for knowledge was halted when, at the turn of the century, all Maori along with Pakeha women were forbidden to study at university.
Like all colonised people in the world, the legacy from such laws and the subsequent attitudes to them has had consequences for today's generation.....
www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/85363062/educators-tackle-negative-maori-stereotyping
Stereotyping Maori children negatively has a negative impact on their learning and assumptions about them need to change.
That was the message to Timaru early childhood and primary school teachers at workshops held at the Southern Trust Events Centre in Timaru on Friday.
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu general manager Hana O'Regan told the more than 100 educators that they could help break down assumptions.
"Maori were one of the fastest [colonised people] to adopt literacy and many Maori were self taught."
Their desire for knowledge was halted when, at the turn of the century, all Maori along with Pakeha women were forbidden to study at university.
Like all colonised people in the world, the legacy from such laws and the subsequent attitudes to them has had consequences for today's generation.....
www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/85363062/educators-tackle-negative-maori-stereotyping