Home » Research » Themes » Māori and education

Māori and education

Theme contact person: 

NZCER's Māori and education work

Māori and education has the following subthemes:

Research projects for: Māori and education

Project Project leader(s) Summary
He whanau matau, he whanau ora - adult literacy development and whanau transformation

Currently in New Zealand there is a strong focus on raising overall literacy levels – from young children in schools to adults in the workplace. However, understanding and improving Māori literacy rates requires approaches that focus, not on individuals in isolation, but on the wider, whānau-based context.

This project plans to investigate whānau literacy development, particularly the connections between parental literacy development, tamariki literacy development, and wider whānau development and transformation.
Language, Literacy & Numeracy Skills in the Workplace Jenny Whatman

This research project for the Department of Labour (DoL) looked at how (and if) language, literacy and numeracy skills (LLN) from workplace training initiatives transfer to and in the workplace. It was part of a much larger suit of research projects the government has put in place to ascertain the effects of government initiatives to improve adult LLN.

Research outputs for: Māori and education

full-text
Assessing Adult Learning: Literacy and Numeracy Competencies: Conference Proceedings, 2010
2010
NZCER
Conference proceedings

NZCER Conference Proceedings August 2010

This book is the proceedings from the NZCER conference, Assessing Adult Learning: Literacy and Numeracy Competencies, held in Wellington in August 2010. The day was focused on assessment in literacy and numeracy, at individual, organisational, national and international levels. It also explored the role of the new national assessment tool for adult learners, which was made available earlier in 2010.

full-text
Faction or fiction: Using narrative pedagogy in school science education
Jane Gilbert, Rosemary Hipkins, and Garrick Cooper
2005
NZCER
Conference paper

Feminist and post-colonial research have highlighted learning issues for students who do not see a place for themselves within science, as this is traditionally represented in school science education.

The use of narrative pedagogy is seen by some as a means of overcoming some of these issues, but translating the intention to use narrative into actual classroom resources is less well understood.

full-text
Cultural issues that challenge traditional science teaching
2002
NZCER
Conference paper

Māori and Pasifika students are over represented amongst students who are underachieving in school science.  New Zealand's science curriculum aims to be inclusive of these students and to that end suggests contexts for learning that take account of different types of life experiences.  While equity is intended, such approaches may stereotype students, appropriate their cultural backgrounds, and alienate them from experiences of school science learning that could encourage their subsequent participation in science-related careers and/or democratic debates. 

full-text
Benefits of immersion education
Peter Keegan
1996
NZCER
Literature review

Immersion education plays a distinct role in language and cultural revitalisation of Māori and other indigenous peoples.

This book summarises research findings on the benefits of immersion education for Māori, their whānau, and their communities.