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Rangahau: Mā te whānau tonu ka puāwai te ao o te mokopuna

New research shows active participation by whānau in their children’s learning improves overall development

Ki te whai wāhi te whānau ki ngā mahi ako a te tamaiti, ka puāwai te ao o te mokopuna - koirā ngā kitenga a tētahi pūrongo hou.

Hei tā te rangahau nei, ki te whai māramatanga te whānau e pā ana ki te marautanga o Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo, ka kaha ake tā rātau takoha atu ki te whanaketanga o a rātau tamariki.

Ko tā te pūrongo Mātai Mokopuna nā Tākuta Hoana McMillan (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) nō Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, he whakapuaki i tētahi tirohanga motuhake mō te hiranga o te mahi tahi a te whānau ki te kaiako i roto i tētahi kōhanga reo.

Hei tā McMillan, “Mai rā anō ko tā te kōhanga reo tikanga, me mōhio ngā whānau he haepapa nui a rātau arā, me whai wā rātau ki te tautoko i te ako me te whanaketanga o a rātau tamariki. He rerekē tēnei i ētahi atu horopaki e whakapae ana ‘he kuare noa iho’ ngā whānau, ‘horekau he tohu’ rānei.”

Ko te mana, ko te wehi, ko te whakapapa me te whāngai i ngā mātauranga tuku iho ki te tamaiti ngā uaratanga matua o Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo.

I whai wāhi atu ngā whānau, ngā kaiako, ngā kaiāwhina me ngā mokopuna o Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa ki tēnei rangahau. Ka mutu, i mahi tahi rātau ki te whakawhānui i tō rātau māramatanga ki Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo, otirā te taiao me ngā āhuatanga katoa o te mokopuna.

Ko ngā kitenga i roto i ngā tātaritanga o ēnei wānanga, kia whanake ngā mōhiotanga o te whānau mō tēnei marautanga ki tō te kaiako me te mokopuna taha, ka hōhonu ake o rātau tirohanga ki te mana o te mokopuna, kia rite tonu ki tō te kaiako.

E ai ki a McMillan, ka whakanui tēnei rangahau i ngā mahi a te Kōhanga Reo.

“Ka whakaatu hoki i ngā hua o te mahi tahi o te katoa kia toitū te mana o te mokopuna, kia whakamanahia hoki te mātauranga o ngā whānau ka kawea mai e rātau, anō nei he mātanga.”

“He tirohanga Māori tēnei e hāngai ana ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te tamaiti. Ko te manako nui ka whakataunaki tēnei pūrongo i ngā kaupapa matua a te kōhanga reo.”


Riria Dalton-Reedy
Riria Dalton-Reedy

Riria Dalton-Reedy (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepōhatu, Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu) is a reporter for Te Ao Māori News. She has an interest in telling rangatahi and community stories. If you want to share your kōrero, email her at riria.dalton-reedy@whakaatamaori.co.nz.