He ki'ina haku mo'oha'awina e ola ai nā pahuhopu ho'ona'auao kaia'ōlelo mauli ola Hawai'i

Abstract

This paper presents a ten-step process to be used in creating classroom level curriculum, which aligns with and fulfills the educational goals of the Hawaiian-Medium Mauli-Based Education Program. The process proposed addresses: state-level standards and requirements, school-level goals and focus, cultural and contextual perspectives, as well as, utilitarian perspectives on making learning applicable and natural for the learner. The classroom level curriculum template created is of value in that it may serve as a base unit on which school-wide curriculum can be developed, and it may also serve as a foundation from which individual lesson plans can be designed.