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Pakeha students and a pro-Treaty analysis: Teaching issues in a diploma of clinical psychology programme

Abstract
We ran Treaty/biculturalism workshops for the Diploma on an ad hoc basis in 1990, 1991, and 1992. This year we have contracted for a fuller package which involves work with first and second years and staff. Next year this will continue with third year students. We believe biculturalism training for non-Maori has two major aspects and, although they overlap in various ways we think that it is useful to separate them: the first one is awareness of Maori cultural practices, values, etc, which can perhaps be called ‘cultural sensitivity training’. This needs to be under the control of Maori and have major input from Maori. The second aspect is where our focus is, and that is awareness of the effect on the Maori world of the loss of sovereignty by Maori; of their marginalisation over the last one hundred and fifty years by Pakeha; of their oppressed status; loss of economic base, and the implications for change that flow from those events. We believe that, at least initially, Pakeha have the responsibility for educating themselves and other pakeha in this area.
Type
Conference Contribution
Type of thesis
Series
Cultural Justice and Ethics Symposium 1993
Citation
Yensen, H. McCreanor, T. (1993). Pakeha students and a pro-Treaty analysis: Teaching issues in a diploma of clinical psychology programme. In Nikora, L.W. (Ed.) Cultural Justice and Ethics. Proceedings of a symposium held at the Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, University of Victoria, Wellington, 23-24 August 1993. (pp. 40-42).
Date
1993
Publisher
Psychology Department, University of Waikato
Degree
Supervisors
Rights
Copyright © 1993 National Standing Committee on Bicultural Issues