Ma te huruhuru ka rere te manu: how can language and literacy be optimised for Maori learner success?

This report explores success in literacy and language learning for Maori adults. It captures the perspectives of Maori tutors and students who were undertaking, or considering, tertiary education at introductory, foundation or certificate level. The report focuses on how language and literacy can be optimised for Maori learner success for potential and existing students of Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec). It is framed around the four focus groups of interested participants (private training establishment tutors; current students; current tutors; and potential learners), who were the puna (sources) of knowledge that informed the research team. The choosing of this combination of groups came from a desire to fulfil one of Wintec's strategic objectives, which is to meet Maori and Pasifika educational outcomes and aspirations within the boundaries of Tainui, and to work collaboratively with community stakeholders.

Excerpts from published summary from the Education Counts website. Show less