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The Extra Strand of the Māori Science Curriculum
Article first published online: 4 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00669.x
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STEWART, G. (2011), The Extra Strand of the Māori Science Curriculum. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43: 1175–1182. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00669.x
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- Article first published online: 4 OCT 2010
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Keywords:
- critical multicultural science education;
- indigenous curriculum;
- indigenous science education;
- philosophy of science education
Abstract
This paper comments on the process of re-development of the Maori-medium Science (Pūtaiao) curriculum, as part of overall curriculum development in Aotearoa New Zealand. A significant difference from the English Science curriculum was the addition of an ‘extra strand’ covering the history and philosophy of science. It is recommended that this strand be taught by means of narratives (i.e. using ‘narrative pedagogy’) in order to avoid a superficial didacticism that succumbs to the traditional notion of science curriculum content as ‘merely factual’ in nature. An argument is presented for the ethical necessity of including this extra material in Māori science education.