Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 30, 2018 16:15:23 GMT 12
A CALL FOR CHANGE
The call for systemic change was a major topic at a national hui for Maori RTLB (resource teachers learning and behaviour) at Whangara Marae last month.
Leading the conversation was Ngati Porou educationalist Professor Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, who has spent decades working in education and was a keynote speaker at the hui.
“If you put the Treaty of Waitangi into the Education Act (1989), it should be considered,” said Professor Tuhiwai-Smith.
“I see constant watering down of the principles of the Treaty.
“Multi-cultural is an excuse to not acknowledge the Treaty of Waitangi, and not get to grips with what Maori are saying about education.”
She says all of the challenges and barriers for Maori in education boil down to one thing — racism.
“I do think we have a problem of racism in New Zealand. It’s deeply embedded......
gisborneherald.co.nz/lifestyle/3883835-135/a-call-for-change
The call for systemic change was a major topic at a national hui for Maori RTLB (resource teachers learning and behaviour) at Whangara Marae last month.
Leading the conversation was Ngati Porou educationalist Professor Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, who has spent decades working in education and was a keynote speaker at the hui.
“If you put the Treaty of Waitangi into the Education Act (1989), it should be considered,” said Professor Tuhiwai-Smith.
“I see constant watering down of the principles of the Treaty.
“Multi-cultural is an excuse to not acknowledge the Treaty of Waitangi, and not get to grips with what Maori are saying about education.”
She says all of the challenges and barriers for Maori in education boil down to one thing — racism.
“I do think we have a problem of racism in New Zealand. It’s deeply embedded......
gisborneherald.co.nz/lifestyle/3883835-135/a-call-for-change