Empowering an Indigenous Rural Community
Local Teachers for Local Schools
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v11i2.472Keywords:
local teachers, empowerment, IndigenousAbstract
POLO is the distance delivery of three year primary teacher training to students all over New Zealand who
wish to train for teaching but are prevented from doing so because of where they live, or who wish to train without having to attend on-campus as a full-time face-to-face student. The innovative nature of this programme includes the establishment of a group of students, mainly indigenous New Zealanders, in the Hokianga, one of New Zealand's most isolated and economically disadvantaged areas. The three-year course, in which students will graduate at the end of 1999, uses mainly print-based courses combined with communications technologies. This paper explores how the course was adapted to meet specific local needs relating to Maori language and culture, and describes how particular features of the course have become a catalyst for the empowerment of individuals, local community, and beyond.
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