The Hikairo Rationale



  • bicultural approach to working with students who present with challenging behaviour,
  • incorporates Māori and Western concepts and values,
  • core concept is is aroha in all its aspects (compassion, empathy, responsiveness and concern),


    • This is a table I made of the 7 domains (sorry it is hard to read!).


    I am going to use this as a basis for a checklist type resource to use with a teacher for a case I am working.

    References:
    Macfarlane, A., Glynn, T., Cavanagh, T., & Bateman, S. (2007). Creating culturally-safe schools for Māori students. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36(1), 65-76.

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