Taikākā | Optimising Māori academic achievement in a Māori-medium initial teacher education

This report details the development and evaluation of an evidence-based academic and cognitive skills programme for Māori students.

The accompanying teaching strategies resource presents some exemplars presented as ‘lesson plans’, intended for teachers to customise for their own courses and classes.

Resource download:

Report | Taikākā – Learning and teaching strategies to optimise academic achievement in a Māori-medium Initial Teacher Education Programme (PDF, 2Mb)

Taikākā | Teaching Strategies to improve academic learning for Māori-medium ITE (PDF, 3.5Mb)

Background:

A four-and-a-half-year project, completed in 2018, that aimed to develop an evidence-based academic and cognitive skills programme for Māori initial teacher education students, underpinned by a kaupapa Māori framework. The programme adapted elements of the AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) academic advancement programme to the New Zealand context.

A collaboration of University of Waikato and University of Auckland.

Report prepared by Jenny Lee-Morgan and Maia Hetaraka.

Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)