Success for all: improving Maori and Pasifika student success in degree-level studies
Funding year:
2007
Duration:
2 years
Organisation:
Auckland UniServices
Sector:
Post school sector
Project start date:
January 2007
Project end date:
January 2009
Principal investigator(s):
Dr Airini
Research team members:
Deidre Brown, Elana Curtis, Odie Johnson, Fred Luatua, Mona O’Shea, Te Oti Rakena, Gillian Reynolds, Pale Sauni, Angie Smith, To’aiga Su’a Huirua, Matt Tarawa, and Meryl Ulugia-Pua
Research partners:
The University of Auckland, with the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences; and the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Careers Centre
Research Description
The Success for All project sought to examine the ways in which non-lecture teaching helps or hinders Māori and Pasifika student success in preparing for or completing degree-level studies. Good practice was to be identified.
Research Questions
- What teaching practices in non-lecture contexts help or hinder Māori and Pasifika success in degree-level study?
- What changes does research in this area suggest are needed in order to best support Māori and Pasifika success in degree-level studies?
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