The second edition addresses new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial
publication, including the burgeoning influence of globalization and the relentless rise of …

During the last decade the New Zealand government and its education, health, and welfare
sectors have increasingly focused their attention on gaps between Maori, non-Maori, and …

Te Kohanga Reo ('the'+'nest'+'language', language nest) is an early-childhood language
immersion program developed by the Maori community in response to the realization that …

For te iwi Māori the theory of Māori Human Development Learning has been passed on by
kaumātua to the following generations. It is present in songs and stories and mentioned in …

Abstract Te Kohanga Reo is an indigenous educational intervention aiming to recover Maori
language usage; a need anticipated in early research by Clay (1968). This paper argues …

This thesis presents the results of a study of constructions of quality in different early
childhood settings. From the Otago region in New Zealand, four kindergartens, three …

The aim of this research is threefold. First, a review of the history of te reo Māori since
contact with European, and the outcome for the language since colonisation. Since …

This paper examines some of the policy issues arising from behavioural approaches to
involving parents in improving their children's learning at school. Issues raised include (a) …

This article presents the findings from a Teacher Led-Innovation Fund (TLIF) project where
kaiako set out to develop and then explore Ngā kōrero tuku iho as an assessment approach …

After six decades of supposed equal resource sharing among all cultural groups, in 1982 the
first Maori-initiated and operated child care center opened in New Zealand. Called a" …