EAN: 9781433114700

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CULTURALLY RESPONS...

The work presented here is a large-scale evaluation of a theory-driven school reform project in
New Zealand  which focuses on improving the educational achievement of Maori students in public
secondary schools. The project's conceptual underpinnings are based on Kaupapa Maori research 
culturally responsive teaching  student voice  and relationship-based pedagogy. Data were
produced by a research team who conducted a three-year external evaluation of the project in 22
of the 33 schools implementing its professional development initiative. The book shows the
extent to which a well-conceptualized and culturally grounded program in culturally responsive
pedagogy  supported by a well-conceptualized professional development program  can shift
teacher practices and understandings. These shifts lead to a reduction in the achievement
disparities of minoritized students  as well as support for the students as culturally located
human beings. While the professional development project in this book addresses Maori students'
educational achievement  the study's findings and messages are applicable far beyond New
Zealand  because the educational experiences of Maori people are common to many Indigenous and
other minoritized peoples in countries around the world.

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