He haʻawina ka moʻolelo: no ka hoʻokahua ʻana i nā haʻawina kaiapuni ma luna o ka ʻike kūʻauhau o nā moʻolelo kupuna

Abstract

Current curricular trends of the federal and state departments of Education have led Hawaiian language immersion teachers to utilize curriculum translated from English to meet educational mandates. This research project utilizes data collected from Kaiapuni teacher surveys and from traditional Hawaiian language literature (moʻolelo) to describe a moʻolelo-based Hawaiian theory of curriculum development centered on structures of Hawaiian genealogy. This dissertation purports that Hawaiian educational methods are found within traditional Hawaiian language moʻolelo and these methods can be utilized as well-researched foundations of curriculum development for Hawaiian language immersion schools.