Week #31 Activity 7: Indigenous knowledge and cultural responsiveness in my practice
Week #31 Indigenous knowledge and cultural responsiveness in my practice Using Rolfe's Model of Reflection What? My experience of Indigenous knowledge has been limited through a white middle class upbringing and schooling system. I was oblivious to cultural differences and just saw people as people and not as any particular race. High school was my first experience with Måori culture and language and I was really interested in it particularly as one of my best friends was Måori. I was also interested in other cultures and languages and took French and German as these were the only 2 options available to me. Education has come a long way since then and the Ministry of Education developed a document (Ka Hikitia) to support the importance of celebrating Måori culture and accelerating success for ALL students. (Above is an image from this document, while relevant to this post, is also dear to my heart as it features one of my gorgeous nephews.) My understandi...