Teachers and principals warn the government is scrubbing Māori words and ideas from education documents.
At an urgently convened conference in Wellington this week, educators said mention of the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori words were being dropped from new English and maths curriculums, and from key documents that provided guidelines for schools.
They’re complaining that the maths curriculum doesn’t mention the Treaty of Waitangi enough. They really are the educational equivalents of a cult.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
They’re complaining that the maths curriculum doesn’t mention the Treaty of Waitangi enough. They really are the educational equivalents of a cult.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
4 comments:
These nutters are starting to lose the support of average New Zealanders. Just do your job. Teach.
The entire western world, with the exception of the United States is being Governed by a cult.
Wish they could tell us where in a math equation you could introduce the TOW. And we entrust our children's education to these imbeciles??
Round and round it goes.
What the hell has the Treaty got to do maths. Or Maori for that matter.
However, I heard recently that Maori calculated phi to 3,000 decimal places while on their way to antarctica. They used that information to assist with the designing a wheel when they got back.
So maybe there is a case to include reference to the "treaty" in all education documents, including childrens text books.
Particularly math.
Educators fail their students and themselves with this BS.
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