INFORMATION ABOUT KURA KAUPAPA MAORI (Education Review Office) Te Aho Matua/curriculum planning >Te Aho Matua is a statement in te reo Māori that is prepared by the Kaitiaki of Te Aho Matua and published in the Gazette by the Minister. Philosophy and Purpose Students attending Te Aho Matua kura kaupapa Māori experience a unique education reflecting the distinctive values and beliefs of Te Aho Matua. Philosophy and Purpose Students attending Te Aho Matua kura kaupapa Māori experience a unique education reflecting the distinctive values and beliefs of Te Aho Matua. >Te Aho Matua also provides a basis from which curriculum planning and design can evolve, allowing for diversity while maintaining an integral unity. >Te Aho Matua is presented in six parts, each part having a special focus on what, from a Maori point of view, is crucial in the education of children for the future >Te Aho Matua is presented in six parts, each part having a special focus on what, from a Maori point of view, is crucial in the education of children for the future. Te Aho Matua has six sections: 1) Te Ira Tangata (the human essence), affirms the nature of the child as a human being with spiritual, physical and emotional requirements 2) Te Reo (language), deals with language policy and how the schools can best advance the language learning of their children 3) Ngā Iwi (people), focuses on the social agencies which influence the development of children, in short, all those people with whom they interact as they make sense of their world and find their rightful place within it 4) Te Ao (the world), deals with the world which surrounds children and about which there are fundamental truths which affect their lives 5) Ahuatanga Ako (circumstances of learning), provides for every aspect of good learning which the whānau feel is important for their children, as well as the requirements of the national curriculum 6) Ngā Tino Uaratanga (essential values), focuses on what the outcome might be for children who graduate from Kura Kaupapa Māori and defines the characteristics which Kura Kaupapa Māori aim to develop in their children Legal and Regulatory Framework Section 155 of the Education Act 1989 provides for the designation of a state school as a kura kaupapa Māori through notification by the Minister of Education in the New Zealand Gazette. Section 155a specifies that: The Kaitiaki is the body commonly known as Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa. The Te Aho Matua document will be amended by the Minister only if the Kaitiaki ask the Minister to do so. The Minister is also required to publish a statement of explanation in English of Te Aho Matua but the Kaitiaki must approve the explanation as being an accurate interpretation. ero.govt.nz/Review-Process/Frameworks-and-Evaluation-Indicators-for-ERO-Reviews/He-Anga-Arotake-Aromatai-Kura-Kaupapa-Maori-Te-Aho-Matua-Framework-for-Review-and-Evaluation-in-Te-Aho-Matua-Kura-Kaupapa-Maori/Te-Aho-Matua-Kura-Kaupapa-Maori
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