Kimihia, rangahaua ngā tikanga heke iho. He taonga huahua e riro mai: Exploring whakapapa as a tool towards a kaupapa Māori assessment framework in early childhood education

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dc.contributor.authorPaki, Vanessa Anneen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2007-03-16T09:17:56Z
dc.date.available2007-08-21T16:49:22Z
dc.date.issued2007en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThis study explores whakapapa as a tool, which can be used as a kaupapa Māori assessment framework in early childhood education, positioning kaupapa Māori theory as a paradigm base underpinning a philosophical and theoretical discourse towards assessment for children's learning. This thesis represents the culmination of a personal and professional journey, derived from the writer's longstanding interest in and commitment to kaupapa Māori early childhood education, and more specifically, philosophies and practices for assessment in this context. The study has canvassed a vast terrain of kaupapa Māori philosophy in its search for a theoretical grounding for a kaupapa Māori assessment framework for early childhood education. Foundation to the study has been the premise that the notion of whakapapa serves as an overarching philosophical matrix, encompassing the interconnected realms of genealogy, spirituality, and knowledge that precede, surround, and embrace the Māori child. Throughout the thesis, diagrams are employed to demonstrate and model the whakapapa underpinning the conceptualisations being explored. After contextualising the study within a historical overview of the impact of colonisation of kaupapa Māori education and research, it is suggested that a re-examination of key concepts from tikanga Māori will illuminate transformative possibilities applicable to the study's focus on the development of a theoretical base for an assessment tool within kaupapa Māori early childhood settings. Drawing from the literature, the thesis re-positions the view of the Māori child to one of being nurtured within a philosophical construct underpinned and immersed in tikanga such as whakapapa, ira tangata, whanaungatanga, mana and tapu, and ako, providing a strongly Māori theoretical base for the envisioning of the assessment process. The outcome of this study is to propose an assessment framework, which embodies and reflects these core kaupapa Māori philosophies as praxis.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationPaki, V. A. (2007). Kimihia, rangahaua ngā tikanga heke iho. He taonga huahua e riro mai: Exploring whakapapa as a tool towards a kaupapa Māori assessment framework in early childhood education (Thesis, Master of Education (MEd)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2285en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/2285
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Waikatoen_NZ
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dc.subjectkaupapa Maori assessmenten_NZ
dc.subjectearly childhood assessmenten_NZ
dc.subjectira tangataen_NZ
dc.subjectmana and tapuen_NZ
dc.subjectwhakapapaen_NZ
dc.subjectwhanaungatangaen_NZ
dc.subjectTe Tamaiti Maorien_NZ
dc.titleKimihia, rangahaua ngā tikanga heke iho. He taonga huahua e riro mai: Exploring whakapapa as a tool towards a kaupapa Māori assessment framework in early childhood educationen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
pubs.elements-id55760
pubs.place-of-publicationHamilton, New Zealanden_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Educationen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Waikatoen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (MEd)en_NZ
uow.date.accession2007-03-16T09:17:56Zen_NZ
uow.date.available2007-08-21T16:49:22Zen_NZ
uow.date.migrated2009-06-09T23:34:11Zen_NZ
uow.identifier.adthttp://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20070316.091756en_NZ
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