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The schooling experiences of Pasifika students

The growing diversity of students in mainstream schools in Aotearoa New Zealand is challenging for educators and policy makers alike. Educational researchers in the 21st century have shown that...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Using focus groups to support conceptual development in social studies

Author(s): Jody Plummer
What supports students to develop their conceptual understanding? Taking part in focus groups helped the Years 9 and 10 Māori and Pasifika students in this study to focus on understanding the...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

“How can we teach them when they won’t listen?”: How teacher beliefs about Pasifika values and Pasifika ways of learning affect student behaviour and achievement

  This article describes a study in which a mirror was held up to the complexities of classroom interactions across cultures. Both the teachers and Pasifika students were able to discuss what...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Māori and Pacific secondary student and parent perspectives on achievement, motivation and NCEA

Author(s): James Graham
New Zealand’s previous examination-based secondary assessment system can be viewed as encompassing cultural values presenting unfair challenges for indigenous and other nonmajority students. The...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article