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      Kaitiakitanga - Active guardianship, responsibilities and relationships with the world: Towards a bio-cultural future In early childhood education

      Paul-Burke, Kura; Rameka, Lesley Kay
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      Paul-Burke, K., & Rameka, L. K. (2015). Kaitiakitanga - Active guardianship, responsibilities and relationships with the world: Towards a bio-cultural future In early childhood education. In M. A. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (pp. 1–6). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_54-1
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11216
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      The world is a vast family, and humans are children of the earth and sky, and cousins to all living things. Such unity means that nature is the ultimate teacher about life (Royal 2010, p. 9).

      For Māori (indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand) the term kaitiakitanga (pronounced, kye-tee-ah-key-tar-ngah) is often used to refer to the active guardianship and management of natural organisms and their environments. Mātauranga Māori or Māori knowledge positions humans within nature and focuses on ways in which cultural understandings and intergenerational connections between people and their biophysical contexts assist in the retention and protection of biodiversity and ecologically sustainable ecosystems. This entry critically reflects notions of kaitiakitanga and bio-cultural connectivity as important and meaningful contributors for young children and their relationships with and for the world.
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      2015
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      Springer
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      © 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore.This is the author's accepted version. The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_54-1
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