Policy Directions and Māori Educational Transitions in Aotearoa New Zealand

• In Event: 42.071 - Achieving the Promise for Indigenous Peoples: Research on Transforming Systems of Education

Abstract

Early childhood education and schooling have played a strong role in assimilation and integration of Indigenous peoples. More recently early childhood education has become a focal point of Indigenous-driven efforts to retain and regenerate Indigenous languages and cultures. There is, however, relatively little by way of research on the impact of such programmes or on Indigenous educational transitions in early childhood and to schooling.
While the development of a robust corpus of research is still in progress, educational transition for Indigenous learners is a focus in policy directions and key reforms across a number of countries and continents. The paper examines current policy directions to transition in Aotearoa New Zealand as they pertain to Māori educational transitions.

Author

• Margie Kahukura Hohepa, The University of Waikato