Zoran, thank you once again for your indepth writings on this now somewhat controversial subject. For me i am almost overwhelmed by the extent of this dealing with the Treaty and its , dare i say, invasion into everything surrounding us now. The Treaty is not building unity in our country, from my observations that is. We tried separate health systems, have a separate Maori All Blacks team, separate qualification levels into Uni for health/medicine studies...... Under existing Charter schools and alternative schooling such as Full Immersion schools could it not be solely left to parents to choose where to send their children for the education they see as the most valuable for their offspring? To make it mandatory for the Maori students to attend a "special" set aside half day a week what would be the consequences if one did not wish to avail themselves of that teaching? Oh the world continues to become more and more complex and difficult to navigate. what does the future look like for my grandchildren? keep the pen to paper please Zoran.
I'm very sympathetic to the goals of this very thoughtful proposal. But I'm unhappy with the idea that attendance at a separate Māori-themed course of study would be "compulsory for Māori students". Not all students who happen to have Māori ancestry need, or would be interested in, such a course; many are already happily integrated into the mainstream. To assume that because someone has Māori ancestry, they need to be separated off from others and given a culturally specific course of study is to fall into an old and dangerous pattern of stereotyping. (Many of our well-meaning proposal from activists and government agencies alike engage in this kind of stereotyping, of both Māori and Pākehā. But it should be resisted, not acquiesced in.) If you're going to have such a course of study, why not just make it optional for everyone?
I agree, a maori themed course should be optional for anyone/ everyone imo. Also, how can you make outcomes equitable? Its not possible even with social engineering. Equal opportunity for participation and inclusion yes. But school attendance is very poor by some…how can you make their educational outcomes equal to those with full attend and participation.
Zoran, thank you once again for your indepth writings on this now somewhat controversial subject. For me i am almost overwhelmed by the extent of this dealing with the Treaty and its , dare i say, invasion into everything surrounding us now. The Treaty is not building unity in our country, from my observations that is. We tried separate health systems, have a separate Maori All Blacks team, separate qualification levels into Uni for health/medicine studies...... Under existing Charter schools and alternative schooling such as Full Immersion schools could it not be solely left to parents to choose where to send their children for the education they see as the most valuable for their offspring? To make it mandatory for the Maori students to attend a "special" set aside half day a week what would be the consequences if one did not wish to avail themselves of that teaching? Oh the world continues to become more and more complex and difficult to navigate. what does the future look like for my grandchildren? keep the pen to paper please Zoran.
I'm very sympathetic to the goals of this very thoughtful proposal. But I'm unhappy with the idea that attendance at a separate Māori-themed course of study would be "compulsory for Māori students". Not all students who happen to have Māori ancestry need, or would be interested in, such a course; many are already happily integrated into the mainstream. To assume that because someone has Māori ancestry, they need to be separated off from others and given a culturally specific course of study is to fall into an old and dangerous pattern of stereotyping. (Many of our well-meaning proposal from activists and government agencies alike engage in this kind of stereotyping, of both Māori and Pākehā. But it should be resisted, not acquiesced in.) If you're going to have such a course of study, why not just make it optional for everyone?
I agree, a maori themed course should be optional for anyone/ everyone imo. Also, how can you make outcomes equitable? Its not possible even with social engineering. Equal opportunity for participation and inclusion yes. But school attendance is very poor by some…how can you make their educational outcomes equal to those with full attend and participation.