Pedagogy

Ahu facilitates the design of pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment ideas, as well as the application of technology to improve the learning process while re-connecting students with indigenous wisdom principles. As part of this focus, Ahu supports Papakü Makawalu, which is a project of the Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation.

According to the Methodology of Papakü Makawalu, Papakü Makawalu is a pedagogy for teaching the Hawaiian world view. It is designed to convey intelligence and knowledge of the Hawaiian universe and everything within it. Papakü Makawalu is rooted in the Kumulipo, which exhibits the fact that Hawaiians systematically arranged their intellectual information. The Papakü Makawalu project involves investigating this system of knowledge and specialties to see through their eyes the universe in which they lived. Lines that separate specializations are traversed and voids of connectivity are filled because Papakü Makawalu is a natural process of Hawaiians that show their intuition of the world. The purpose of Papakü Makawalu is to return to this high level of known existence.

To learn more, visit the Papakü Makawalu Web site and read the Methodology of Papakü Makawalu written by Pualani Kanaka`ole Kanahele.

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