Creating Culturally-Safe Schools for Maori Students

Autor/inn/en	Macfarlane, Angus; Glynn, Ted; Cavanagh, Tom; Bateman, Sonja
Titel	Creating Culturally-Safe Schools for Maori Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36 (2007), S.65-76 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
Schlagwörter	Pacific Islanders; Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Cultural Influences; Educational Environment; Culturally Relevant Education; Ethnography; Case Studies; World Views; School Safety; Sociocultural Patterns; World History; School Culture; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; World view; Weltanschauung; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Weltgeschichte; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Neuseeland
Abstract	In order to better understand the present trends in New Zealand's schooling contexts, there is a clarion call for educators to develop sensitivity and sensibility towards the cultural backgrounds and experiences of Maori students. This paper reports on the work of four scholars who share research that has been undertaken in educational settings with high numbers of Maori students, and discusses the importance of creating culturally-safe schools--places that allow and enable students to be who and what they are. The theoretical frameworks drawn on are based on both a life partnership analogy as well as on a socio-cultural perspective on human development and learning. The Maori worldview presented in this paper is connected to the Treaty of Waitangi, The Educultural Wheel and the Hikairo Rationale. Data were collected from two ethnographic case studies and analysed through these frameworks. Practical suggestions are then made for using restorative practices and creating reciprocal relationships in classrooms within an environment of care. The paper reports on an evidence-based approach to creating culturally-safe schools for Maori students. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia. Tel: +61-7-3365-1969; Fax: +61-7-3365-6855; e-mail: ajie@uq.edu.au; Web site: http://www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10