Category Archives: Māori learner success

Kia Matatau ki te Reo: Factors influencing the development of proficiency in te reo Māori with adult learners

Research to investigate the factors that help or hinder adult Māori second language learners to become proficient speakers of te reo Māori. Continue reading →

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Te Toka Herenga Waka: Increasing Māori learner success at WITT

Research that explores reasons that lead to Māori student withdrawal, as a basis for enhancing the effectiveness of tertiary teaching and support services for Māori at WITT. Continue reading →

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Te Kāwai Kūmara

Research on the development and synchronous delivery of a postgraduate programme in te reo Māori across multiple sites. Continue reading →

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Māori design and Tertiary Education

A project to identify and collate specific methods, practices and strategies for use in tertiary design teaching and disseminate important ideas relating to te Ao Māori and Māori design principles, practices and processe. Continue reading →

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Key tutor practices that are positively associated with successful completion for Māori PTE students

A project to identify key tutor practices, in relation to delivery of content, student engagement, and cultural awareness, that correlated to successful outcomes for Māori students in a PTE. Continue reading →

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Kaiako Pono

A project to review mentoring of Māori learners in the tertiary education sector. Continue reading →

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Culturally relevant peer support for Māori and Pasifika student engagement, retention and success

A project to trial a programme of culturally relevant peer support with first-year Māori and Pasifika students studying in degree and diploma programmes. Continue reading →

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Whare Tapa Rima – The five-sided home

This comprehensive report provides an outline of the Whare Tapa Rima model as well as guidance and support for implementing the model into your practice.  Continue reading →

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A Māori perspective for embedding literacy and numeracy within adult education programmes

This resource describes the training experiences of 20 adult educators who attended He Mana Ako Training workshops aimed at embedding literacy and numeracy in courses designed for Māori learners. Continue reading →

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Treaty of Waitangi education kit

This resource contains teaching guides and resources to support the provision of Treaty of Waitangi education in the tertiary sector. Continue reading →

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How Māori distance students can have a sense of belonging

This report explores the effectiveness of an online mentoring space combining kaupapa Māori and peer mentoring principles to provide culturally relevant support for Māori students in distance learning. Continue reading →

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The Wave

The Wave is a tool to facilitate learning when either the characteristics of learners or the subject matter may generate resistance. The Wave can be applied to a range of educational settings and subjects. Continue reading →

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Tātou Tātou | Success for all

This project investigated Māori student success in degree-level tertiary education, focused on health settings. Continue reading →

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Ngā Taonga Whakaako

A set of teaching and learning tools to build bicultural capability in the early childhood education (ECE) sector. Continue reading →

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The impact of Te Atakura on teaching practice

Te Atakura is a culturally responsive relationships-based approach, guided by kaupapa Māori values. This report contains observation data from kaiako progressing on their Te Atakura journey. Continue reading →

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Activating Aotearoa histories

This research aimed to investigate how participation in the Poutama Pounamu Blended Learning (PPBL) Programme – a professional learning and development initiative with educators from Te Kura Toi Tangata, the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato – has influenced the underlying cultural beliefs and attitudes of participating educators. Continue reading →

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