OPINION: Pūrākau as teaching tools in the university classroom
Kaiako/Lecturer, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau/Auckland University of Technology One of the fascinating things about being a new-ish university kaiako (I’ve been teaching at Auckland University of Technology for a year) is seeing how mātauranga Māori, or Māori knowledge, is being incorporated into various parts of its curriculum. This year, I am teaching on a new course in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, which houses programmes in art and design, communication studies, engineering, computer and mathematical sciences, and architecture. The faculty has more than 5...