Oral assessment as a strategy for decolonising education

Abstract

This paper was born out of my experience working within the compulsory education sector seeking to decolonise/ transform the education system, and as a learner on the Bachelor of Leadership for Change programme. After facilitating a kaupapa Mäori learning experience as part of my third-year project for the Bachelor’s programme, an opportunity arose to advocate for a more fitting assessment – one that acknowledged mätauranga Mäori and the various forms within which this knowledge can be expressed, and to make space for indigenous ways of capturing learning.