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Pōwhiri: A ritual of encounter framework for engaging with whānau

English-medium schools often find successful engagement with their Māori hapori and whānau challenging. This article endeavours to provide guidance to schools wanting to successfully and...

| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

He awa whiria—braided rivers: Understanding the outcomes from Family Start for Māori

In Aotearoa New Zealand a braided rivers—he awa whiria metaphor is facilitating conversations between Māori (indigenous peoples) and non-Māori researchers about the integration of knowledge systems....

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

EM2018_165.pdf | Content type: Evaluation Matters article

Collaborating with children and whānau in assessment for learning

Currently early childhood teachers often ask parents or whānau to write comments in response to their child’s Learning Story. However, it can be difficult to obtain a contribution that leads...

| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Enacting a whakawhanaungatanga approach in early childhood education

The findings of a recent Teaching and Learning Research Initiative project. Researchers used a collaborative whakawhanaungatanga approach to explore how early childhood educators in settings other...

| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

Multi-age grouping

The principal of Mangere Central School describes his school's transition to multi-age grouping and gives advice for other schools contemplating a change in class structures.

| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

A Whanau in Action

Secondary schools can be organized in a variety of ways. A whanau organization subdivides a large school into largely self-contained units or whanaus to gain the social advantages of a small school...

| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Recognising rangatahi as active agents in advocating for their rights to whānau ora and collective wellbeing in education

Educators have a central role in the advocacy and implementation of children’s rights. In reframing Western notions of wellbeing, rights, and student voice from a Māori view, educators are more...

| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Engaging whānau with children's science learning

Author(s): Asri Parkinson, Bronwen Cowie, Jude Doyle, Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Ted Glynn

When their funds of knowledge and experiences from home and the community are connected to their school learning, students' learning is supported. In this study teachers used "home learning books" to...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

He Kupu nā ngā Ētita - Editorial

Author(s): Jessica Hutchings, Nicola Bright

Ka nui te rekareka o Te Wāhanga ki te tuku i tēnei putanga motuhake o set, ko Te Haere a ngā Ākonga Māori i ngā Ara Rapu Mātauranga te arotahinga. Katoa ngā tuhinga o tēnei putanga, mō ngā kaupapa...

| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

set2012_2_001.pdf | Content type: Set article

Mehemea ka moemoeā tātou, ka taea e tātou

Teachers, educators and leaders have privileged roles in responding to the educational aspirations of our Māori learners, whānau, hapū, iwi and communities. This article considers the...