HSSW505 – Te Pu
Module code
HSSW505
Module title
Te Pu
Prescription
This module aims to develop knowledge and awareness of the cultural milieu within which Iwi and Hapu lived in Aotearoa, as a foundation for practice with Maori within a Maori social context.
Students will explore relationships between Maori and settlers including Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi. An introduction to the basics of Maori language is embedded within the module
Programmes
- HS0114
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1.Describe traditional Maori and settler worldviews
2.Describe Tiriti-Treaty discourses and develop a personal and professional response
3.Demonstrate beginning Maori language and tikanga skills - Content
- - Te Ao Maori:
o Ranginui, Papatuanuku and their children
o Search for te ira wahine/ the female element
o Maui stories
o Tawhaki stories
- Investigation of the migration of Maori from Hawaiki to Aotearoa
- Maori social patterns and organizations
- Discoverers, Sealers, Whalers, Settlers, Missionaries
- Study of the Kingitanga - from Potatau Te Wherowhero to Tuheitia (or as appropriate to regional contexts)
- Study of Parihaka - Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi or as appropriate to regional contexts)
- The Marae, wharenui, whakaairo, tukutuku and kowhaiwhai
- Time-line exploration of Maori settler contact to present day
- Explore whakatauki, kupu whakaari and pepeha
- Explore He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni/ The Declaration of Independence
- Explore the wording of and the differences in interpretation between the Maori and English texts of Te Tiriti/ The Treaty
- Maori Leadership and response to government legislation
- Develop a personal understanding of, and response to, Te Tiriti/ The Treaty through exploration of own identity linked to signatories
- Work on pronunciation of Maori language while building a 'bank' of common Maori words and phrases
- Demonstrate basic Te Reo language skills including pronunciation, simple sentence, basic mihi, greetings, one karakia and two waiata and hold a vocabulary of 100 words
- Introduction to Maori tikanga, kawa, Maori concepts, practices of engagement and rituals of encounter
- Marae Experience - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- - Interactive lectures
- Tutorials
- Marae Visit
- On-line learning
- Caucusing - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this module is mixed mode. The application and assessment of transferable skills are integrated into the assessment tasks. To pass this module all assessments must be submitted and an overall pass mark of 50 is required. Students must also meet all the requirements of the competency based assessment task to be eligible for a final grade for this module. The final grade will be based on the marks from the achievement based tasks.
The BSW is an applied academic degree which includes the requirement that students demonstrate professional practice in a range of ways. This includes high levels of attendance and participation. To this end, students who do not meet the 80 attendance criteria (without approved reason) will fail the respective module. - Required Textbooks
- An extended reading list will be supplied by the tutor at commencement of the course. This will be updated annually.
