Kaiako and stakeholders’ perceptions about Māori partial-immersion environments’ contribution to Māori-medium education

Abstract

The contributions partial-immersion Māori programmes offer to the wider educational landscape of Aotearoa is essential to Māori achieving as Māori. In this article, partial-immersion settings are defined as Level 2 immersion (51%–80% te reo Māori instruction) and Level 3 immersion (31%–50% te reo Māori instruction). While lower levels of immersion can be less effective for language acquisition than full-immersion Māori environments (May et al., 2004), this study finds that partial-immersion programmes are perceived to produce beneficial outcomes in terms of ahurea tuakiri and culturally empowering practice.

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Jones, K.-L., Fickel, L., King, J., Torepe, T., Fletcher, J., & Macfarlane, S. (2021). Kaiako and stakeholders’ perceptions about Māori partial-immersion environments’ contribution to Māori-medium education. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 3–11. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0191
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