Nga Piki Nga Heke The Many Challenges
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Nga Piki Nga Heke The Many Challenges An effort to identify the need to develop cultural capacity in our future generation in light of New Zealand’s changing population mix Lynne Curran, School of Applied Technology Jenni Tupu, School of Computing & I.T.
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Nga Piki Nga Heke
The Many Challenges
An effort to identify the need to develop cultural capacity in our future generation
in light of New Zealand’s changing population mix
Lynne Curran, School of Applied Technology
Jenni Tupu, School of Computing & I.T.
The Present
Why are there recurring trends of poor success and lower participation rates for
Maori and Pasifika students?
In Secondary School education?
In Tertiary education?
Some Answers?
Colonisation
Assimilation Pedagogy
Lack of culturally responsive learning
Acknowledgement of different world views
Low socio-economic status
Cultural disparities
Secondary School
Highest Attainment
Maori Boys
Maori Girls
Pasifika Boys
PasifikaGirls
Pakeha Boys
Pakeha Girls
No NCEA 53% 43% 41% 32% 26% 18%
NCEA Level 1
19% 18% 20% 16% 17% 13%
NCEA Level 2
20% 26% 29% 36% 29% 28%
NCEA Level 3
8% 13% 10% 16% 28% 41%
School leavers highest attainment - 2005
Tertiary Education
More than 80% of Maori and 70% of Pasifika is at sub-degree level
Participation at University is one third of Pakeha
Population
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
%age
1
Ethnicity
European
Maori
Asian
Pasific peoples
MELAA
Other (inc NZ)
NZ Population - 2006 census
Future NZ
By 2050 more than half NZ population will be of Maori and Pasifika descent.
If our youth are failing in the education sphere now - how will this evolve by
2050?
Doom and Gloom
Destined for low skilled employment
Dependency on government hand out
Casual labouring roles
Less likely to gain permanency with opportunity for professional development
and employment benefits
A Perfect World
As Maori we would have the Cultural Capacity be confident enough to enter
education at any level
A lifelong learning pathway would be clear and obvious to our youth
Goals
Durie’s ‘Framework for Considering Maori Education’
•Maori to Live as Maori•Participate in Society, standard of living and health•Provision of culture in education
MoE Pasifika Education Plan
•Effective Community Relationships
Strategies
Wananga ability to successfully provide an alternative learning environment
Increased participation and learning by Maori and other groups including
international students
Collaboration between government and community groups to co-ordinate
appropriate support systems
Focus on secondary school success
Communities
Accepted form of support by learning institutions
Acknowledgement of community contribution to student learning
Encouragement of communication, consultation and commitment
Role models
Social acceptance of continued education
Exposure to role models
Educational Promotion Campaign with identified successful role models
Strategy to address social perception of education
Conducive Environment
•Manaakitanga
•Mana Motuhake
•Nga turango takitahi me nga mana whakahaere
•Waananga
•Ako
•Kotahitanga
Bishop’s Te Kotahitanga Research Project
Holistic Support
Need for support to be integrated into normal classes
Limited perception of the types of support that would be gained from some services
Students may not be aware of what they need and tend to deem support to only be for academic purposes
Breaking the Cycle
Celebrate diversity
We can make a difference
Environment that celebrates us
Questions?
E aku rangatira, he aha te mea nui o tenei ao?
Maku e kii atu, he tamariki, he tamariki, a taatou tamariki
Where does the future of our world lie?
In all our children!
