Project Details

Information and resources related to improving learning, engagement, motivation and progression rates of Māori and Pacific learners. Covers topics such as extending learners’ vocabulary, strategies for decoding unknown words, and comprehension.

Key Points to Note:

  • The project uses the richness of the wharenui environment to engage and support Māori and Pacific learners in their literacy and language learning.
  • These resources aim to support the use of Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning.
  • To get started watch the ‘Using Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning’ video.

Presentation

Utilising Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning

A NCLANA Symposium presentation that accompanies the professional development teaching YouTube video, ‘Using Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning’. Presented by Unitec Institute of Technology/Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka.

  • 19 June 2012
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Resource

Using Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning – resource guide

A supporting resource for the professional development teaching YouTube video, ‘Using Māori and Pacific pedagogies in literacy learning’. Presented by Unitec Institute of Technology/Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka.

  • 19 June 2012
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Video

Māori Learner Success, Using Māori Pedagogies

A YouTube video explaining how the wharenui can be used to teach literacy. 

(YouTube, 12.43 mins, 240p).

  • 30 October 2012
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