Dame Alice Joan Metge
CREST 150th Celebration investigations
Dame Alice Joan Metge DBE (1930 – ) is a prominent social anthropologist, educator and writer.
She is actively engaged in peace initiatives, including the Waitangi National Trust Board. Her research focuses on cross-cultural awareness and she frequently uses the image of the taura whiri, or plaited rope, to show how “nation building, like rope-making, involves skill, co-operation and continuous hard work”.
Project guidelines
Be inspired by Dame Alice Joan Metge, and for a 150th Bronze, Team Bronze, Silver,Team Silver, Silver Challenge or Team Silver Challenge award:
Identify and research an issue of social concern and develop and begin an action/remediation plan or develop a model/prototype of a product which may help address that issue.
Links to teaching and learning programmes
This investigation could contribute to teaching and learning programmes involving:
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Technology: |
Levels 1-8 : Technological Practice, Technological Knowledge |
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Social Sciences: |
Level 6-7 History .1 |
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Social Sciences: |
Level 6-7 Social Studies .2 |
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Technology |
Levels 1-8 Technological Practice, Technological Knowledge |
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Technology Generic: |
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.11, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 |
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Digital Technologies: |
1.41, 1.43, 2.41, 2.43, 3.43 |
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Processing Technologies: |
1.6, 1.45, 2.45, 2.46, 3.46 |
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Social Sciences: |
Levels 4-7 Social Studies |