Cochrane, Jennifer

Waikino School

To investigate primary schools that have developed an effective environmental education programme, which is authentic and engages students in learning, and to look at setting up and implementing a quality eco-school model which will integrate the local Māori perspective and enhance the well-being of individuals, whānau and the community.

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Fraser, Linda

West Gore School

To investigate the identification of and provision for gifted students, with a particular focus on Māori giftedness.

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Fraser, Neil

Leithfield School

Investigate how smaller rural South Island schools can better cater for and recognise Māori students when they are already keeping par with their peers academically.

Horne, Susan

Maungatapu School

Investigate culturally responsive leadership practices that support Māori student achievement in primary schools.

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Irving, Paul

Riccarton School

To investigate what initiatives and programmes are being utilised by best practice primary schools in New Zealand to be culturally responsive to Pasifika learners and to improve Pasifika achievement.

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Maihi, Shirley

Finlayson Park School

Update and further knowledge of bilingual education and strategies for gauging student achievement.

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McArthur, Jill

Whakamaru School

To investigate what different schools do to make learning exciting and relevant for Māori and Aboriginal learners. To discover what the successes, fallacies, and failures are of other school's systems in New Zealand and Australia.

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McMenamin, Michael

New Plymouth Boys' High School

To improve educational outcomes for Māori students by investigating successful practices in North Island schools and to learn more about moving a school from a monocultural to a bicultural base.

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Morgan, Andy

Kihikihi School

To study what schools who include mixed teaching mediums (Te Reo Māori and English) are implementing and using as strategies, principles and creative solutions to facilitate success for learners across the whole school.

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Read, Sharren

Waitara Central School

To investigate how our Positive Behaviour 4 Learning Programme and The Ka Hikitia Strategy can be linked to improve student-learning outcomes.

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