NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Berryman, Mere; Egan, Margaret; Ford, Therese – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
This paper discusses expectations, policies and practices that currently underpin education within the New Zealand context. It acknowledges the ongoing failure of this policy framework to positively influence reform for Indigenous Maori students in regular, state-funded schools and highlights the need for extensive change in the positioning and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bishop, Russell; Berryman, Mere; Cavanagh, Tom; Teddy, Lani – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
The major challenges facing education in New Zealand today are the continuing social, economic and political disparities within our nation, primarily between the descendants of the European colonisers and the Indigenous Maori people. These disparities are also reflected in educational outcomes. In this paper, an Indigenous Maori Peoples' solution…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Glynn, Ted; Berryman, Mere; Loader, Kura; Cavanagh, Tom – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2005
Teachers and community in a small rural Maori-medium school in New Zealand were concerned that their students who were highly literate in Maori experienced difficulties in reading and writing in English on entry to secondary school (where English was the medium of instruction). Consequently, this school and community introduced a 10-week…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Literacy Education, Feedback