The survey that I gave to sixteen year 9 students at the end of 2016 revealed some great possible cultural/science connections from the minds of Tamaki College's young people.
In the survey I asked them:
While most students wrote 'idk' (student-speak for "I don't know), here are the pearls of wisdom gleaned from the survey:
When asked "can you think of any way that science could include more Maori culture/beliefs into any of their topics?" three students responded. Here are their answers (in exactly their words):
- We could learn about how Maori people created primitive technology and how they used them.
- To run a study about something in the culture?
- We can make Maori traditional stuff into useful equipment.
When asked "can you think of any way that science could include more links to Pasifika culture/beliefs into any of their topics?" three students responded. Here are their answers (in exactly their words):
- We can make stronger houses for Islanders at the islands so when tornadoes come they won't have to keep rebuilding it.
- We could learn about history and things that Polynesian people discovered or invented.
I will take on board these ideas as I begin to develop the junior curriculum.
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