This model is based on specific Māori knowledge found within, for example, whakapapa, kōrero, mōteatea, whakatauki, and pepeha, as well as drawing on the knowledge of tangata whenua and others with expertise. Many kura kaupapa Māori base their learning on this model, and use tāngata whenua knowledge as the primary information source.  This model can be used by all teachers and schools, even if they have limited knowledge of kaupapa Māori. Teachers may need to build resources for students into their programmes. Using this model, a learning programme based on a specific Māori theme is developed. This model requires the learning process to be immersed in knowledge significant to Māori as it relates to an identified curriculum area. All curriculum areas can be linked to the theme.  

 

Translation of Curriculum Areas 

 

Māori English 

 

Pūtaiao  Science 

Hauora  Health and Physical Well Being 

Pāngarau Mathematics  

Tïkanga-ā-iwi Social Sciences 

Reo (Te Kōrero me Ngā Reo) Language and Languages 

Hāngarau  Technology 

Ngā Toi The Arts 

 

Teachers can also use this model to specify the kaupapa Māori component within a particular curriculum area, and link it to another, to establish and reinforce relationships and connections. For example, a teacher of science and technology plans a unit of work about pounamu. Within that unit of work the teacher requires that students find out the specific history and tradition related to the origins of pounamu, and asks students to describe the links between technology and science in this context. 

 

Diagram 2 below illustrates how the theme of Pounamu – Greenstone, can be explored through various curriculum areas. 

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