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Te Kauhua
This project has now finished.
More information about this project:
Education Counts - Evaluation of the Te Kauhua Māori Mainstream Pilot Project
Te Kauhua means the supports on the floor of a waka.
Here, it was used as a metaphor for participants supporting each other on the same journey.
Te Kauhua is a project that supports school-based action research projects.1 These projects help schools and whānau to work together in ways that improve outcomes for Māori learners.
Schools’ action research projects are based on data they collect about their Māori learners. Projects may be curriculum-specific or of another nature that impacts on effective teaching.
Schools support these projects by establishing an inclusive learning community, strong participatory leadership, and strong links to whānau.
Te Kauhua history
Te Kauhua Phase 1: The pilot phase
Commissioned by the Ministry of Education in January 2001 and concluded in December 2003.
Over the past seven years, more than 30 schools and 350 teachers, principals, and communities have participated in Te Kauhua.
Te Kauhua Phase 2:2004–2005
Began in 2004 and was facilitated, managed, and evaluated in schools, for and by teachers, using action research models.
Each school appointed a project facilitator(s) for the two-year project duration.
Te Kauhua Phase 3
Began in 2006, and in 2008 the Ministry commissioned an evaluation of the project.
This evaluation informed the Ministry about the current programme and possible next steps.
For 2009, a contestable research fund was launched for action research extension projects. Six proposals were successful, involving eight Te Kauhua schools in extension projects over the 2009 school year.