In regards to nurturing the cultural beliefs and values of tamariki, the word ‘Education’, a derivative of the Latin word ‘Educare’, means “to bring out that which is within. Human values are latent in every human being; one cannot acquire them from outside” (Sai, 2012). In order to live up to such a meaning, we as kaiako need to “recognise the important place of spirituality (and cultural practices) in the development of the whole child” (MOE, 1996, p.47), and know that teaching in a multicultural society “promotes the child's sense of the uniqueness of his own culture as a positive characteristic and enables the child to accept the uniqueness of the cultures of others” (Gomez,
In regards to nurturing the cultural beliefs and values of tamariki, the word ‘Education’, a derivative of the Latin word ‘Educare’, means “to bring out that which is within. Human values are latent in every human being; one cannot acquire them from outside” (Sai, 2012). In order to live up to such a meaning, we as kaiako need to “recognise the important place of spirituality (and cultural practices) in the development of the whole child” (MOE, 1996, p.47), and know that teaching in a multicultural society “promotes the child's sense of the uniqueness of his own culture as a positive characteristic and enables the child to accept the uniqueness of the cultures of others” (Gomez,