Rawiri has been working on the redesign of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa since 2017 when the initial ‘think piece’ for the current Tīrewa Marautanga o Aotearoa was penned followed by the Position Paper He Tamaiti Hei Raukura, 2020.Rāwiri is a current member of Te Rōpū Whāiti, the Ministry of Education’s advisory group for Te Tīrewa Marautanga o Aotearoa.
In 2020 the Minister of Education announced the redesign of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, this formalised the new trajectory for curriculum development in Aotearoa. Te Tīrewa Marautanga is the name for the redesigned curriculum and is an innovative and Māori-centric development that will lead curriculum design and implementation in Māori medium settings for the next decade.
Attendees will leave with knowledge of the key components of the new curriculum, they will have an understanding of why this development is important and what challenges it will respond to and resolve.
Key concepts underpinning Te Tīrewa Marautanga will be discussed including:
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