Culturally responsive pedagogy: A New Zealand case study |
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| Authors: | Cristopher Lynch Elizabeth Rata |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, School of Critical Studies in Education, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealandclyn558@aucklanduni.ac.nz;3. Faculty of Education, School of Critical Studies in Education, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThis paper examines the justification for a culturally responsive educational initiative to raise the educational underachievement of Māori students in New Zealand. The initiative is justified by claims that the recognition in the classroom of a student’s cultural identity will lead to the student’s educational achievement. Using an account of a small study of teachers and their beliefs regarding New Zealand’s culturally responsive educational policy Kia Eke Panuku, we argue that such a claim is not established and it is the development of an epistemic identity which is more likely to be the means for Māori to attain educational success. |
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| Keywords: | Bernstein vertical knowledge horizontal knowledge pedagogic identity |
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