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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the past, current and future success of Maori and Pasifika peoples in tertiary education within Aotearoa New Zealand. Diverse issues are canvassed, from the countries colonial history, to Maori and Pasifika identity, student support initiatives, special populations, pedagogy and mentoring, the experiences of mature students, to student engagement with new technologies. The book represents the struggle of Maori people to claim space within the academy and how successful claims are now reaping rewards. The volume will inform an international audience about local initiatives, including the responsiveness of 'mainstream' tertiary provider organisations (e.g. universities) to Maori and Pasifika higher education aspirations, responses to higher education provision, and, the reclaiming of traditional higher education spaces by Maori.
Table of ContentsTe Tapuae o Rehua: Iwi engagement in higher education in Te Waipounamu. Index. Copyright page. M?ori and Pasifika higher education horizons. List of Contributors. Diversity in higher education. M?ori and Pasifika higher education horizons. Whaia i te maramatanga – seek knowledge. Indigenising the academy: A case for intercultural institutional mediating structures for Aotearoa/New Zealand. W?nanga – A distributive action. Ranga – An indigenous cognitive development framework. Te Timata – The first step to M?ori succeeding in higher education. Realising indigenous imperatives through institutional transformation. Intangible knowledge systems: Their application in tertiary institutions and the impact they have on Iwi M?ori staff. Decolonising the academy: The process of re-presenting indigenous health in tertiary teaching and learning. Dreaming ourselves into places of higher learning: Indigenous psychologies at the University of Waikato. ?whina reloaded: Updated results from a programme for M?ori and Pacific tertiary graduate and postgraduate success in science, engineering, and architecture and design. Optimising M?ori academic achievement (OMAA): An indigenous-led, international, inter-institutional higher education initiative. The development of mentoring relationships for Pacific students in a New Zealand university: Possibilities for leadership. From schools in low-income communities to university: Challenges of transition for M?ori and Pacific students. Samoan women in tertiary education and ethnic identity. Hinerauwh?riki: The collective higher education experiences of four M?ori women. Journeys into higher education for M?ori students with impairments: Charting the terrain of inclusive higher education in Aotearoa. He mihi mutunga – Closing words. My sixth sense tells me….
