Embedding mātauranga Māori in computing courses: A case study
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Chitalia, Abha
Dacey, Simon
Lovell, Gerard
Song, Lei
Barmada, Bashar
Dacey, Simon
Lovell, Gerard
Song, Lei
Barmada, Bashar
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2024-07-24
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Conference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedings
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Unitec, Te Pūkenga
Auckland (N.Z.)
Aotearoa
New Zealand
computing education
Unitec courses
Māori knowledge systems
biculturalism
case studies
Auckland (N.Z.)
Aotearoa
New Zealand
computing education
Unitec courses
Māori knowledge systems
biculturalism
case studies
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Chitalia, A., Dacey, S., Lovell, G., Song, L., & Barmada, B. (2024). Embedding mātauranga Māori in computing courses: A case study. In H. Sharifzadeh (Ed.), In H. Sharifzadeh (Ed.), Proceedings: CITRENZ 2023 Conference, Auckland, 27– 29 September (pp. 26–33). Unitec, ePress https://doi.org/10.34074/proc.240112
Abstract
This paper discusses how to embed mātauranga Māori in computing courses to increase the awareness of ākonga (students) regarding Māori beliefs, language and practices. The study has been driven by the low scoring of the statement regarding embedding Māori beliefs, language and practices in the course survey conducted by Unitec for the School of Computing, Electrical and Applied Technology.
The paper considers different methods provided by Unitec to embed mātauranga Māori in teaching and learning, such Te Noho Kotahitanga, I See Me initiatives, and others. The paper then looks at how to apply these methods in computing through a case study of one of the courses in the New Zealand Diploma in Information Systems (Level 5) (NZDIS). The case study discusses the approaches that are currently used, then it moves to how these approaches can be improved, as well as applying new ones. The aim is to apply these proposed approaches through Semester 2 2023, to get the results in the course survey by the end of that semester. The expectation is that the applied approaches will increase the awareness of ākonga of how they feel that Māori beliefs, language and practices are embedded throughout their computing courses. The proposed approaches here can be considered as a reference to embed mātauranga Māori in other IT courses.
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Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
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https://doi.org/10.34074/proc.240112
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