Ko te mātauranga me ngā āheitanga e taea ana te ako, e tutuki ai i te tangata tētahi mahi, me te eke anō o te kounga o taua mahi rā.
The knowledge and abilities that are able to be learnt that enable a person to complete a task to a high standard.
Tauira KŌrero
E tino whai pūkenga ana ia ki te whakatika motukā.
He aha ngā momo pūkenga e tino arohia ana i tēnei akoranga e hoa?
Kua tino eke ngā pūkenga o Waiora ki te raranga harakeke.
WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga
Hāunga ngā pūkenga ki tētahi mahi motuhake, pērā i te raranga, i te whana pōro, i te tuhituhi, i te rangahau, i te karanga, i te whaikōrero me te maha noa atu, koia nei ētahi o ngā momo pūkenga ka ākona i te kura, e uaratia ana e te nuinga:
Pūkenga ako ngātahi. Ka mahi ngātahi ngā ākonga i tētahi rōpū ki te whakatau, ki te whakaoti i tētahi kaupapa ako. Ākene pea ka mahi takitahi ki te tūhura i ētahi pātai pakirehua rerekē, engari ko te whāinga a te rōpū te matua. He āhua ōrite anō te pūkenga ako tahi, engari ko te rerekētanga, nā te ākonga takitahi pea te kaupapa e whāia ana, ā, ka hono mai, ka tonoa rānei a ākonga kē ki te āwhina.
Pūkenga auāki. Koia ko tā te tangata whakahaere i a ia anō i roto i āna mahi ako, otirā i āna mahi o ia rā. Arā, ko te manawanui me te pāuaua ki te whakaoti i āna mahi; ko te hāpai i tōna anō hauora, ā-tinana, ā-wairua, taha kare ā-roto hoki; ko tana whakahaere wā e tutuki i a ia āna mahi; ko tana tūoho whaiaro, kia mārama ai ia ki āna whanonga me ōna kare ā-roto, ki te āhua hoki o tana pāhekoheko ki tangata kē.
Pūkenga whakaoti rapanga. Koia ko te āhei o te ākonga ki te waihanga i te ara ka whāia e ia hei tūhura i tētahi kaupapa e whakararu ana i a ia, hei whakaputa i ngā momo otinga e pai ana ki a ia, e whaihua ana.
Pūkenga kaiārahi. He pūkenga ēnei e whakaaweawetia ai, e whakahaerehia ai, e whakahihikotia ai, e aratakina ai tētahi rōpū ki te mahi ngātahi i roto i tētahi kaupapa.
Pūkenga rakahinonga. Mā ēnei momo pūkenga e tutuki ai tā te tangata whakatū kaupapa, pakihi rānei, i runga anō i te whakaaro auaha, i te ngākau rorotu me tana āhei ki te whakatakoto rautaki, ki te ārahi hoki i ngā iwi e whai pānga ana ki te kaupapa.