Research on Māori in Higher Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand

This document gives a comprehensive list (as at May, 2008) of published and unpublished work on the experience of Māori in higher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is intended to provide researchers in the field of higher education with an overview of the state of the literature in the area.

A HERDSA (NZ) Project coordinated by Neil Haigh (AUT University) and Barbara Grant (University of Auckland) with assistance from Sophie Reissner (University of Auckland) and Alison Kirkness (AUT University)

The list has been gathered by searching various websites and databases and contacting key people in the sector.

Contents

Bibliography

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    • A Literature Review on Kaupapa Māori and Māori Education Pedagogy
    • Critical Success Factors and Effective Pedagogy for e-learning in Tertiary Education 2004
    • Statistical Profile of Māori in Tertiary Education and Engagement in e-learning
    • Understanding the Needs of Māori Learners for the Effective Use of eLearning
    • Critical Success Factors for Effective Use of e-Learning with Māori Learners
    • Report on a hui attended by Māori learning and e-Learning experts which aimed to build on the learning in the reports above.
    • Online course material to assist professional developers in tertiary institutions train educators. Go to Toi Whakaoranga: Effective Use of e-learning with Māori learners
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  • Walker, R. (2001). Review of Manukau Institute of Technology compliance on Treaty of Waitangi obligations to Maori. Auckland, N.Z.: Manukau Institute of Technology
  • Walker, T. (2005). Valuing Maori ways of knowing and being. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledges Conferemce, University of Victoria.
  • Ward, A., & Shueng, W. L. (1992). Equity, education and design in New Zealand: The Whare Wananga project. Research Unit for Maori Education, University of Auckland.
  • Webber, B. (Ed.). (1996). He paepae korero: Research perspectives in Maori education. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
  • Whiu, L. (1999). Bicultural legal education: the reality of being Maori at Waikato Law School. Paper presented at the 5th Tri-Annual World Indigenous People's Conference on Education.
  • White, P, & Grice, J. (2008). Participation and performance by Maori and Pacific peoples researchers in the performance-based research fund, 2003-2006. A working paper contributing to the independent strategic review of the Performance-Based Research Fund. Retrieved from www.tec.govt.nz/upload/downloads/pbrf-maori-pacific-working-paper.pdf
  • Wilkie, M. (2005). Indigenous Maori research, theory and intervention in New Zealand tertiary education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA).
  • Williams, L. Tuhiwai Smith, L., Kidman, J., Wilkie, M., Phillips, H., & McKinley, E. (2004). The Maori and indigenous doctoral support programme. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA).
  • Williamson, A. (2004). Emancipatory Learning via the Internet: A Model for Reducing Maori Socio-Economic Exclusion in Aotearoa/NZ. In Kim et.al. (eds.). The Human Society and the Internet: Internet Related socio-economic issues (pp. Xx-xx).. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
  • Wilson, N.R. (2003). Maori in Western institutions. HERDSA News, 25(3), 5-6.
  • Zapalska, A., Brozik, D., Dabb, H., & Keiha, P. (2002). Teaching Maori students business issues: An experential approach. Education and Training, 44(3), 138-143.
  • Zepke, N.,  Leach, L. (2007). Educational quality, institutional accountability and the retention discourse. Quality in Higher Education, 13(3), 237-248.
  • Zepke, N., & Leach, L. (2007). Improving student outcomes in higher education: New Zealand teachers’ views on teaching students from diverse backgrounds. Teaching in Higher Education, 12(5-6), 655-668.

Research Centres

International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education, The University of Auckland

Established at The University of Auckland in 1996, IRI’s aim is to develop research that improves Maori and Indigenous people’s lives. In particular its concern is to develop practical ‘intervention measures’ to alleviate the educational crises faced by many Maori, and thereby contribute to the general betterment of Maori and New Zealand society as a whole. No projects currently logged on the Institute web-site concern tertiary education.

The National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori Development and Advancement: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (Horizons of Insights)

Hosted by Auckland University. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga also incorporates staff from the University of Otago, The University of Waikato, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, Auckland War Memorial Museum, and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.

Publications of the Institute include:

  • Lee, J. B. J. (2005). Articulating ako: Maori pedagogy in New Zealand education. The International Journal of Diversity. Proceedings of the Diversity Conference 2004, UCLA, LA.
  • McKinley, E. (2004, April 12-16). Maori Science and Mathematics Education: Issues of Knowledge, Language and Identity. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference held in San Diego, California, USA
  • McKinley, E. (2005). Brown bodies, white coats: Postcolonialism, Maori women and science. Discourse, 26(4), 481-496.
  • McKinley, E. (2005). Locating the Global: Culture, Language and Science Education for Indigenous Students. International Journal of Science Education, 27(2), 227-241.
  • McKinley, E., & Aikenhead, G. (2005). Comments on “Thinking differently about cultural diversity: Using postcolonial theory to (Re)read science education”. Science Education,  89(6), 901-906.
  • Kincheloe, J. L., McKinley, E., Lim, M., & Barton, A. C. (2005). Forum: A Conversation on ‘Sense of Place’ In Science Learning. Cultural Studies in Science Education, 1 (1).
  • Smith, L. T. (2005), Building a research agenda for indigenous epistemologies and education. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 36(1), 93-95.
  • Williams, L. R. T., Smith, L. T., Kidman, J., Wilkie, M., Phillips, H., & McKinley, E. (2004, July 4-7). The Maori and Indigenous Doctoral Support Programme. Proceedings of the HERDSA Conference: Transforming Knowledge into Wisdom: Holistic Approaches to Teaching. Curtin University campus at Miri, Sarawak.

Te Kotahitanga Research Unit, School of Education University of Waikato - http://edlinked.soe.waikato.ac.nz/departments/index.php?dep_id=20

Te Mata o Te Tau - http://temata.massey.ac.nz

He Pārekereke - an Institute for Research and Māori Development within the School of Education, Victoria University
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/institutes/hp/hp.aspx

Te Ako Hikohiko - http://tiki-rau.twor.ac.nz/?q+node/241/view

A TEC funded project  to explore how e-Learning:

  • Facilitates the Tangata whenua role of Māori and supports the geographic distribution of our population.
  • Facilitates whakawhanaungatanga of all Māori globally.
  • Facilitates the dissemination of Pukengatanga among Māori to support:
    • Lifelong learning
    • Increased choice of learning options
    • Significantly improve accessibility of programmes
    • Improvement in successful educational outcomes

Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) - http://www.tlri.org.nz

The MOE has contracted the New Zealand Council of Educational Research (NZCER) to manage the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) fund. Projects currently underway include:

  • Arini  Success for all: Improving Maori and Pasifika student success in degree-level studies.
  • McKinley, E. and Grant, B.  Teaching and learning in the supervision of Maori doctoral students.

University Centres