BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student Name | Judith Karaitiana | Student ID# | | Paper Code/title | Aho103/Te Ira Tangata | Assignment # | Aromatawai 2 online | Lecturer | Miriama Postlethwaite and Marie Mc Carthy | Due Date | 3rd of April 2015 | Word Count | 534 |

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Write a 500 word response that outlines how your piece of work links to your views and that of the articles on social constructivism of identity. |

INTRODUCTION

No human being is culture free. We are a product of the many different cultures which surround us. Our values, worldview and experiences are structured by the society and culture that exert influences on our lives each day, however we will be talking about Nga Taumata Whakahirahira in links to Durie’s Tapawha Model and the main ideas in concepts and values through Maori social and tribal structures which may further enhance through possibilities of a Maori way of life, this also provides us with the outlines of how my resource or piece of artwork links to my views and that of the articles and the social constructivism of identity.

BODY

Every person, or group of people, has an identity and a culture. An identity is the image that one projects out into the rest of the world, and culture is the image which one has on themselves.
It is impossible to truly understand New Zealand without understanding the influence of the tangata whenua, from language and the arts to politics, natural history and the law.
Maori are engaged in art of making meaning and creating our world through the unique process of human learning,
My rauemi or composition has been created for Kohanga Reo and is drawn upon the identity of my daughter and her whanau, this rauemi is called Nga Taumata Whakahirahira and it also links to Durie’s Tapawha model in MacFarlane’s article “The Value of Maori Ecologies in the Study of Human Development. The model of wholeness.
My Daughter Rangiwhakawaitau has been a former tamaiti at Te Kohanga Reo o Kokohinau we as parents wanted her to grow up as a competent and confident learner, healthy in mind, body and spirit, secure in the sense of belonging and in the knowledge of who she is and where she comes from.
Nga Taumata Whakahirahira are strands of Te Whariki, these strands are Mana Whenua, Mana Atua. Mana Tangata, Mana Reo and Mana Ao-Turoa.
These strands are essential areas of learning and development not only for my daughter but also for her siblings and my mokopuna to come.
Learning outcomes are developed in my rauemi so that my children develop by values of wairua, manaaki and whanaungatanga, through whakapapa, through purakau, through karakia.
It talks about family experience an environment where connecting links with the family and the wider world they know that they have a place, they feel comfortable it also gives them the feeling of belonging, in the widest sense, it contributes to inner well-being, security, and identity. To my thoughts Identity is a lot more then where you came from; it’s about who you are. Identity has to do with your beliefs, habits, values and so much more.

CONCLUSION

Social constructivism of identity for Maori human development begin with discovering their environment around them through their own senses and physical activity and the language, as they get older within this stage, there is great appreciation of Maori concepts and values it emphasises that there is a place within a Maori framework for history, for Iwi, hapu and whanau, your identity expresses who you are and expresses your life.

“E kore au e ngaro i te kakano i ruia mai i Rangiatea”