Māori knowledge in science education: He mana ōrite, he awa whiria
In this recorded professional learning session Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart from Te Kura Mātauranga School of Education, AUT and Associate Professor Sally Birdsall from the Faculty of Arts & Education, University of Auckland discuss the inclusion of mātauranga in science teaching.
Their collaboration began with research on Māori knowledge of animals and how Māori knowledge can contribute to animal ethics. Completing the project provided them with insights and fresh interest in how the relationship between Māori knowledge and science is envisaged across the science education sector and beyond.
This session prompts educators to think deeply about the meaning of Māori concepts such as mātauranga and mana ōrite, and the value of including Māori concepts in our teaching.
...whether we are in effect wrapping a korowai around the science content in our classrooms...
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Māori Knowledge in Science Education
This is an edited recording of the webinar Māori Knowledge in Science Education: He Mana Ōrite, He Awa Whiria.
I do think that knowing that there are radically different knowledge systems ... holds up a mirror to science.
Māori Knowledge in Science Education – slideshow
This slideshow, from the webinar Māori Knowledge in Science Education: He Mana Ōrite, He Awa Whiria, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
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Related content
Read the articles Māori knowledge of animals and Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction – these feature the resources based on Sally and Georgina’s research.
Watch the related webinars Animals of Aotearoa and Māori concepts for animal ethics.
View Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart discussing the inclusion of mātauranga in secondary settings in the recording: Workshop for teachers: Māori knowledge in NCEA Science.
You may also be interested in watching other related PLD:
Matauranga Māori with Associate Professor Hēmi Whaanga
Opportunities for using te reo Māori with Professor Rangi Mātāmua
Mātauranga and the Living World with Yvonne Taura
Local curriculum, mātauranga and science with Shawn Cooper
Useful links
During the webinar Georgina mentioned Te reo physics resources from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
References from the session include:
Mead, H. M. (2012). Understanding Mātauranga Māori. In D. Bean, T. Black, W. Collings, & W. Nuku (Eds.), Conversations on mātauranga Māori (pp. 9-14). NZQA & Haemata Ltd.
Mead. H. M. & e-tangata. (2022). Understanding Mātauranga Māori. https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/understanding-matauranga-maori/
Macfarlane, A., Derby, M., & Macfarlane, S. (2024). He Awa Whiria: Braiding the knowledge streams in research, policy and practice. Canterbury University Press. https://doi.org/10.26021/14970
Bartlett, C., Marshall, M., & Marshall, A. (2012). Two-Eyed Seeing and other lessons learned within a co-learning journey of bringing together indigenous and mainstream knowledges and ways of knowing. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2(4), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-012-0086-8
Berryman, M., Lawrence, D., & Lamont, R. (2018). Cultural relationships for responsive pedagogy: A bicultural mana ōrite perspective. Set: Research information for teachers, 2018(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0096
Acknowledgement
Thank you to Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu, Pare Hauraki), Auckland University of Technology, and Dr Sally Birdsall, University of Auckland.
