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  • Literature review on the effective engagement of Pasifika parents and communities in education (PISCPL)

    This literature review was designed to complement and inform an evaluation of the Ministry's PISCPL project. The review explored barriers to Pacific Island parent/community engagement and strategies that can support home-school engagement.…

    Author(s): Dr. R. Gorinski and C. Fraser

    Date Published: 2006

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  • Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project Case Study

    The purpose of the PISCPL project is to encourage a closer relationship between Pacific Islands communities and schools and to improve and increase Pacific Islands student achievement across the curriculum. The Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project Case Study…

    Author(s): Ruth Gorinski Pacific Coast Applied Research Centre. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: September 2005

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  • Strengthening education in Mangere and Otara

    Strengthening Education in Mangere and Otara (SEMO) is a Ministry of Education intervention designed to increase the capacity of the schools and communities of Mangere and Otara to offer high quality learning environments for children. This is the third and…

    Author(s): Viviane Robinson and Helen Timperley in association with Lorrae Ward, Lili Tuioti, Violet Tu'uga Stevenson, Sue Mitchell. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: 2004

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  • Bilingual | Immersion education: Indicators of good practice

    Based on a review of national and international research on bilingualism and bilingual/immersion education, this report explores effective approaches for bilingual education. While the focus was on Māori-medium education, the indicators of good practice can also be applied to other…

    Author(s): Stephen May, Richard Hill and Sarah Tiakiwai, University of Waikato. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: 2004

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  • Language Acquisition Research

    This research report is a compilation of papers presented at the Language Acquisition Forum held in 2003. The papers were written and presented by educationalists who have had wide experience in both research and teaching in the field of language…

    Author(s): Research Division, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: 2004

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  • Evaluation of professional development for Pacific teachers which supports the Arts in the New Zealand curriculum

    Author(s): Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited. Report Prepared for the Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: July 2003

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  • Pasifika education Research Toolkit

    The Pasifika Education Research Toolkit is a resource for Pasifika researchers and those researching in Pasifika education contexts. It aims to assist these researchers by providing short descriptions of current research and information about Pasifika learners, and other information and…

    Author(s): Pasifika Education Research Team.

    Date Published: 2003

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  • The sustainability of professional development in literacy Part 1: Changing and sustaining teachers’ expectations through professional development in literacy

    This report forms Part One of the report to the participating schools and the Ministry of Education on the sustainability of professional development in literacy. It examines the ways in which teachers’ expectations of student achievement changed over the course…

    Author(s): Helen Timperley, University of Auckland; Gwenneth Phillips, Child Literacy Foundation and Joy Wiseman.

    Date Published: 2003

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  • Pasifika early childhood education

    This scoping report was commissioned with the inter-relationship between children’s language acquisition, their cognitive development, and quality teaching in immersion and bilingual settings as the broad topic area for investigation. The report is comprised of three components: the first compiles…

    Author(s): Anne Meade, Hellen PuhiPuhi, Susan Foster-Cohen, Anne Meade Associates Wellington.

    Date Published: January 2003

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  • Shifting the focus: Achievement information for professional learning: Summary

    This publication is a summary of The Sustainability of Professional Development in Literacy, Parts 1 and 2, research commissioned by the Ministry of Education and led by Dr Helen Timperley, University of Auckland. The research was part of a much…

    Author(s): Dr Helen Timperley, Joy Wiseman and Irene Fung, University of Auckland and Gwenneth Phillips, Child Literacy Foundation.

    Date Published: 2003

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  • Pacific peoples and tertiary education: Issues of participation

    This research focused on the participation patterns of Pacific students in tertiary education and barriers to their participation. It has three parts: a literature review on the experiences of Pacific tertiary students; analysis of national data and information from tertiary…

    Author(s): Melani Anae, Helen Anderson, John Benseman and Eve Coxon, Auckland Uniservices Limited, University of Auckland.

    Date Published: February 2002

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  • Pathways over the transition to schools: Studies in family literacy practices and effective classroom concepts for Māori and Pasifika children

    Two outcomes of research and development are described in this report. One is the development of a set of resources suitable for family literacy education. The second is a set of research goals involving Māori and Pasifika families.…

    Author(s): Lavinia Turoa, Ema Wolfgramm, Lonise Tanielu and Stuart McNaughton, Auckland UniServices Limited.

    Date Published: January 2002

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  • Picking up the Pace

    This research project delivered concentrated professional development in literacy instruction to groups of early childhood and new entrant teachers in decile one schools in Mangere and Otara. The outcome was a substantial lift in the reading and writing achievement of…

    Author(s): Gwenneth Phillips, Stuart McNaughton, Shelly MacDonald and Michael Keith, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: January 2002

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  • Literature review on Pacific education issues

    This Literature Review on Pasifika Education Issues was commissioned to provide valuable information about those issues for Pacific education which have been researched, and those which have not in order to address policy requirements. It covers research since 1990 related…

    Author(s): Eve Coxon, Melani Anae, Diane Mara, Tanya Wendt-Samu and Christine Finau

    Date Published: January 2002

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  • Pasifika education research guidelines

    These guidelines are for researchers working with Pacific peoples and subjects in education research. The Ministry contracted Auckland UniServices to produce the guidelines, published in August 2002.…

    Author(s): Melani Anae, Eve Coxon, Diane Mara, Tanya Wendt-Samu and Christine Finau.

    Date Published: December 2001

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