mātauranga whakangungu tamariki i te tinana, hinengaro me te wairua
Te mātauranga i roto i te whakangungu tamariki he whakamārama i tētahi whakamahi matua ki te whakariterite i ngā huarahi kia whiwhi ai ngā tamariki i ō rātou taumata whakangungu i ō rātou tau e whai take rawa ana, inaianei mai i te whānau ki ngā tau e waru. Ko te whakariterite mātauranga nei e āwhina ana i ngā momo whakapakari i roto i ngā tūmomo whakapakari, pēnei i ngā mahi whakaaro, ngā mahi hapori, ngā mahi whatumanawa, me ngā mahi tinana. Kei ngā wā o nāianei, ko te mātauranga tamariki i te wheako e whakauru ana i ngā huarahi ako tuku iho me ngā whirihora hangarau hou, pēnei i ngā rapu ako whakawhitinga, ngā papa mōhiotanga, me ngā rara ako e hangaia nei hei whakamana i ngā ākonga iti. E whakatipu ana ēnei atuwhaitanga hangarau i te whakapakari me te whakamoemiti i ngā taiao ako i runga i ngā tikanga paihere i te hunga iti. Whakahē ana te rāngai i ngā whakamātau ā-mutunga me ngā mahi whakaaro whakatakoto, ka whakaritea ngā mahi whakaaro whakapakari, ngā mahi whakaaro whakatakoto, me ngā tikanga whakapakari e pai ana ki te hunga tamariki hei whakamana i ō rātou hiahia whakaaro tūpato me te hiahia kia rangahau. Ko ngā mahi matua he whakapakari tuhituhi me te matua tātai, te whakapakari i ngā pūmanawa hapori, te whakahaere i ngā whakaaro whatumanawa, me ngā mahi whakapakari tinana. Ka whai hoki ngā tūranga mātauranga i te whakangungu tamariki i waho i ngā nohohanga kura tūturu hei whakaae i ngā nohohanga ako i roto i te kāinga, ngā marae hapori, me ngā waehanga matihiko e tautoko ana i ngā tūranga ako maha. Ka whakauru hoki tēnei huarahi mātauranga i ngā aromatawai herehere me te tirotiro i roto i ngā huarahi whakahaere i te whakamārama i te paewhenua o ngā tamariki, ka whakamahi i ngā huarahi whakamārama tuku iho me ngā whirihora whakamārama hou kia whai mana rawa ai te whakapakari i roto i ngā tūmomo ako katoa.