Tauira: Maori Methods of Learning and Teaching - Softcover

Metge, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869408225 ISBN 13: 9781869408220

Publisher: Auckland University Press, 2015

Synopsis

In te reo Maori, tauira means both student and teacher, and this book by acclaimed educator and anthropologist Joan Metge shows that Maori educational practices had a particular form and philosophy. Maori focused on learning by doing, teaching in context, learning in a group, memorizing, and advancement when ready. Parents, grandparents, and community leaders imparted cultural knowledge as well as practical skills to the younger generation through daily life and storytelling, in whanau and community activities. In preserving this evidence and these voices from the past, this important book also offers much inspiration for the future.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Metge is an anthropologist and the author of Korero Tahi, The Maoris of New Zealand: Ruatahi, New Growth from Old, Talking Past Each Other, and Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1869408225
• ISBN 13: 9781869408220
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272