Negotiating Discourses: A Pākehā Teacher Educator’s Exploration of Bicultural Teaching Practice
Bicultural teaching practice in Aotearoa New Zealand is based on commitment to partnerships reflecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi between Māori and non-Māori cultures, and is governed by professional standards and documents. I am a Pākehā (European ethnicity) early childhood teach...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tuwhera Open Access Publisher
2014-04-01
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| Series: | New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/article/view/589 |
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| Summary: | Bicultural teaching practice in Aotearoa New Zealand is based on commitment to partnerships reflecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi between Māori and non-Māori cultures, and is governed by professional standards and documents. I am a Pākehā (European ethnicity) early childhood teacher educator concerned about how effectively I engage in bicultural teaching practice. According to Michel Foucault’s theories, individuals’ self-understandings are shaped within discourses that frame their values and beliefs, and their thoughts and actions. This article reports on poststructural self-study research into my negotiations within three discourses of bicultural teacher education practice, as well as discourses of colonisation that continue to pervade Aotearoa New Zealand.
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| ISSN: | 1176-6662 |