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The recently reported decline in student performance in international tests for literacy, science and maths confirmed a view in some quarters that New Zealand’s curriculum is in need of an overhaul.
Notably, the New Zealand Principals’ Federation called for increased leadership and direction from the Ministry of Education. Federation president Perry Rush said:
We need more clarity when it comes to the knowledge that teachers and principals use when they’re engaged in teaching and learning, so that’s about what is in the curriculum.
This is a complex debate, but one area where greater direction might help is the teaching of the seemingly basic but vital skills of handwriting and spelling.
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Hutana said the terms were important to her as they had been used throughout her whakapapa and for her whānau who had been teachers. “It’s all about revitalisation for me and that’s only because it’s a way of healing, and it’s a way of honouring our tipuna, our ancestors and all the mamae (hurt) they ve been through, she told
Te Karere. Mitchell said to be told he wasn’t allowed to be called Matua was “cutting those ties, which hurt the most”. The teachers told TVNZ the school’s principal said the names were unprofessional.