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Article: Technology taught in a Maori context.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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By Huw Turner
Windspeaker Contributor
AUCKLAND, NORTH ISLAND,
New Zealand
"Hangarau differs from the western concept of technology and is not about economic progression. It's about making Maori technologists who are aware of the Maori culture and values and the implications of what they are doing."
- Hawke's Bay, North Island, teacher.
In the 1990s the New Zealand government has demanded that the ministries of Education and of Maori Development construct an education strategy designed to improve Maori students' achievement in education. Inappropriate curriculum, teaching and learning styles and inappropriate ...