Manu Tukutuku, ma te huruhuru ka rere te manu - empowering learners to soar. Phase One; Opening the doorway for Māori to succeed in a digital community where cultural capacity and knowledge is valued and respected.

This paper discusses Māori student achievement and how the first step to enable this is engaging the whānau and the student in situations where their mana and tuakiri remains intact. The paper identifies steps for culturally critical and sustaining practice when engaging whānau and students. It hig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christine Te Kiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning
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Online Access:https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/342
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Summary:This paper discusses Māori student achievement and how the first step to enable this is engaging the whānau and the student in situations where their mana and tuakiri remains intact. The paper identifies steps for culturally critical and sustaining practice when engaging whānau and students. It highlights some positive examples as well as reflecting on lessons learnt. This is phase one of a multi layered project - Ngā Manu - Manu Tukutuku empowering learners to soar.
ISSN:1179-7665
1179-7673