MAI JournalPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2019.8.2.6
Correna M. Matika, C. Houkamau, C. Sibley
{"title":"Support for teaching te reo Māori in Primary Schools","authors":"Correna M. Matika, C. Houkamau, C. Sibley","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2019.8.2.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2019.8.2.6","url":null,"abstract":"Te reo Mäori, the Indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand Mäori, suffered great marginalisation due to British colonisation, the effects of which are still experienced today. We interpreted national probability data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study and constructed two models. Participants rated how strongly they supported teaching Mäori language in New Zealand primary schools, from 1 (strongly oppose) to 7 (strongly support). Model 1 assessed how demographics related to support in 2015 (N = 15,821). Level of education (ranging from no education to PhD qualification) was the strongest positively correlated factor, more so than ethnicity or recent contact with Mäori. Model 2 tested a latent growth model assessing the rate of change in support over six years (2009–2015; N = 10,437). Results indicate a steady increase in support over the six years and we predict this increase to continue.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87048566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.7
Eseta Tualaulelei, Judith McFall-McCaffery
{"title":"The Pacific Research Paradigm: Opportunities and challenges","authors":"Eseta Tualaulelei, Judith McFall-McCaffery","doi":"10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.7","url":null,"abstract":"Around the world, favourable social and political circumstances have encouraged the development of academically non-traditional ways of researching. This article explores the recent proliferation of research approaches from Pacific and Pasifika communities which, in some Australian and New Zealand contexts, are attracting increased interest from policymakers and researchers. We present a socio-historical account of how the Pacific research paradigm emerged and some key contemporary Pacific research approaches within this paradigm. We then critique aspects of the paradigm’s development by discussing opportunities and challenges. Our main argument is for researcher reflexivity and dialogue, important for the development and sustainability of research inspired by Pacific ways of knowing and being. We believe this will lead to research in which Pacific communities will recognise themselves and their aspirations for the future.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78682516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}