Category Archives: Inclusive teaching

This category contains resources supporting culturally responsive and inclusive teaching practice.

Includes approaches tailored to Māori, Pacific, and international learners; and working with neurodivergent or disabled learners.

Learning with Google Earth in the Te Kawa a Māui Atlas Project

A project to enhance the learning experiences of students at Te Kawa a Māui (School of Māori Studies), Victoria University of Wellington, through their involvement in courses that require them to read, critique and make maps that contribute to a school-wide Atlas. Continue reading →

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Ka nanakia hoki ‘ki’ te numeracy

Research to explore the relationship between te reo, kaupapa, mātauranga, and Māori achievement in numeracy and how cultural pedagogies might enhance numeracy teaching and learning in Wānanga. Continue reading →

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Kaikaikaroro – Enhancing student success within Wānanga

A research project to better understand which features of the Wānanga experience contribute to student achievement and success. Continue reading →

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Implementing and evaluating the Pasifika success toolkit within Canterbury tertiary organisations

This project is a continuing collaboration of the University of Canterbury, Ara Institute of Canterbury and Lincoln University, and focused on amplifying the Pasifika student perspective through the completion and implementation of a Pasifika Resource kit. Continue reading →

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Integrated assessment for Māori youth learners entering tertiary education for the first time

Research exploring the use of integrated assessment with Māori learners entering tertiary education for the first time. Continue reading →

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Inakitia Rawatia hei Kakano mō Āpōpō: Students encounter with bicultural commitment

Research to better understand ITE students’ encounters with biculturalism and their understanding of te ao Māori. Continue reading →

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Improving participation, retention and progression of Māori tertiary learners in the Whanganui region

Research to investigate how two PTEs could improve participation, retention and progression of Māori tertiary learners. Continue reading →

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Hūtia Te Punga | Lift up the anchor

Hūtia te Punga (lift up the anchor) was a two year collaborative project which provides research insights from three very different tertiary programmes. It highlights both challenges faced and examples of best practice. Continue reading →

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Huakina ngā tatau o tōku whare

This project designed, delivered and evaluated the delivery of Mātauranga Māori to Māori students, with content delivered in Te Reo Māori across the subject areas of Health, Education and Social Sciences in a tertiary setting. Continue reading →

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Huakina Mai: Doorways toward culturally responsive education

This report documents the outcomes from a summer course for educators to engage in responsive ways with cultural diversity. Continue reading →

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How ITP/Polytechnic teachers can create better graduate outcomes for Māori learners

This research sought to understand teacher influence on qualification outcomes for Māori students within the Certificate in Fitness programme. Continue reading →

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The higher education Pacific peer review quality project

A project to share good practice and areas for improvement in teaching quality, programme quality and student voice across the Pacific region. Continue reading →

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The Supported Training Programme: Supporting learners with intellectual disabilities

A project describing NMIT’s Supported Training Programme that provides support for learners with intellectual disabilities. Continue reading →

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The impact of Tertiary Education Strategies on Pacific learning success

This research evaluates the impact of three successive tertiary education strategies on Pasifika learning success. Continue reading →

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Hei Toko i Te Tukunga – Enabling Māori learner success

This report will assist tertiary education organisations by supporting educators to develop and embed an evaluative approach to kaupapa Māori teaching and learning good practice. Continue reading →

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Hei Taunaki i te Ako

Research to establish good practice in terms of assessing and moderating te reo Māori at the tertiary level. Continue reading →

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Training manual for teachers working with Pacific students

Research to develop a training manual to assist teachers to engage with Pacific learners in tertiary settings. Continue reading →

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Developing an authentic Samoan lens

This report seeks to investigate teacher education methods, aiming to improve professional practice courses and teaching processes that specifically address the assessment of learning among Samoan children. Continue reading →

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Weaving the mat | Data-informed initiatives to enhance Māori and Pacific student achievement

Research to develop new teaching and learning initiatives for Māori and Pasifika students that are informed by a learner analytics system, combined with student voice data and cases studies of success. Continue reading →

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Cultural confluence and capacity in training providers intending to work cross-culturally within Māori and Pasifika contexts

Research to explore pedagogical models and research methodologies specific to Māori and Pasifika contexts. Continue reading →

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Bridging to tertiary study

Research to identify effective support for Māori students, particularly those involved in study at first degree level, who need to develop skills in writing assignments in English in a range of academic subjects. Continue reading →

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Tū Te Ngana Hau – Breath of endeavour

A community-driven project that focused on building skills for Māori to complete education and transition into the workplace. Continue reading →

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A training programme for deaf tutors

A project to develop a training programme for Deaf/hard of hearing tutors that teaches about Deaf identity, culture and language. Continue reading →

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Assessing Hauora Māori in medical students in clinical settings

A research project to develop effective assessment methods, tools and staff development processes that can be used to assess Māori health competencies in clinical settings. Continue reading →

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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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Teaching New Zealand Sign Language to hearing learners

This report explains the benefits of teaching New Zealand Sign Language to both hearing and hearing impaired students using full immersion teaching. Continue reading →

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Empowering students’ futures: Learners with dyslexia, dyspraxia, and other learning disorders

Research describing Y’s Words, a programme shown to enhance literacy and numeracy among students with learning disorders. Continue reading →

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Engaging Pacific learners in literacy, numeracy and financial literacy

A project to assist literacy and numeracy providers understand how to better engage learners from Pacific Island countries in literacy, numeracy and financial literacy training. Continue reading →

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