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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Main Author: Alison Warren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tuwhera Open Access Publisher 2014-04-01
Series:New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work
Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/article/view/589
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