An opportunity for kaupapa Māori researchers: New call for Whatua Tū Aka Full Proposal applications

Today, the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) announced a new call for Full Proposal applications to the Whatua Tū Aka pathway. 

The TLRI funds research projects that aim to improve outcomes for learners. Today’s announcement reflects the TLRI Advisory Board’s commitment to improving equity for Māori learners by supporting kaupapa Māori educational research and building kaupapa Māori research capability. If you have an idea for a project that could improve equity for Māori learners, please apply.

Examples of current Whatua Tū Aka projects are:

• Ngā pūrākau o Te Kura o Tuahiwi: a project investigating the impact of place-based pūrākau on early literacy teaching and learning, and the sociocultural impact of these pūrākau on ākonga, whānau, and kaiako.

• Tikanga and mātauranga Māori, paramount in effective speech language therapy for tamariki and whānau Māori: a project exploring what whānau and kaiako Māori of Te Aitanga a Mahaki know about speech language therapy and the speech language and communication needs of tamariki Māori. This project will generate iwi-specific resources to support the speech language and communication needs of tamariki.

Full Proposal applications to the Whatua Tū Aka pathway are due by 5pm, Thursday 25 August 2022. Applications are invited in either te reo Māori or English. Further information and guidance about how to submit a Full Proposal application to the TLRI’s Whatua Tū Aka pathway can be found here. 

Please note that this call for Full Proposals is not for the Open Pathway, where a shortlisting process is currently underway.

The TLRI is funded by the New Zealand Government and administered by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER).

He whāinga wāhi mō ngā kairangahau kaupapa Māori: He karanga hou tēnei mō ngā Puka Tono mō Whatua Tū Aka

I tēnei rā, i whakapuakina e te Kōkiri Rangahau Whakaakoranga, Akoranga hoki (TLRI) tētahi karanga hou mō ētahi Puka Tono mō te ara o Whatua Tū Aka.

Ko tā te TLRI he whāngai pūtea ki ngā kaupapa rangahau e anga ana ki te whakapiki putanga mā ngā ākonga. Hei whakaata te whakapuaki o tēnei rā i te ngākau ū o te Poari Kaitohutohu a TLRI kia whakapikia te whiwhinga ōrite mō ngā ākonga mā te tautoko i ngā rangahau mātauranga kaupapa Māori, me te whakapakari i ngā pūmanawa rangahau kaupapa Māori. Mehemea he whakaaro ōu mō tētahi kaupapa whakapiki i te whiwhinga ōrite mō ngā ākonga Māori, tēnā tono mai.

Inā ētahi tauira o ngā kaupapa o Whatua Tū Aka o nāianei:

• Ngā pūrākau o Te Kura o Tuahiwi: he kōkiri tūhura i te pānga o ngā pūrākau anga-ki-tētahi-wāhi ki ngā akoranga reo matatini, me te pānga ā-pāpori, ā-ahurea o ēnei pūrākau ki te ākonga, ki te whānau me te kaiako. 

• ​He mea tiketike ngā tikanga me te mātauranga Māori i roto i ngā taurimatanga reo kōrero mā te tamariki me te whānau Māori: he kōkiri tūhura i ngā āhuatanga e mōhiotia ana e ngā whānau me ngā kaiako Māori o Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki mō te taurimatanga reo kōrero, me ngā hiahia reo kōrero, whakawhiti whakaaro hoki o te tamariki Māori. Mā tēnei kōkiri ka hua ake ētahi rauemi hāngai ki ēnei iwi hei tautoko i ngā hiahia reo kōrero, whakawhiti whakaaro hoki o te tamariki.

Me tae mai ngā Puka Tono mō te ara o Whatua Tū Aka i mua i te 5pm, Tāite/Rāpare 25 Ākuhata/Hereturikōkā 2022. E pōwhiritia ana ngā tono i te reo Māori, i te reo Ingarihi rānei. Ka kitea ētahi atu mōhiotanga, aratohu hoki me pēhea te tāpae Puka Tono ki te ara Whatua Tū Aka o TLRI ki konei.

Kia mōhio koe, ehara tēnei karanga mō ngā Puka Tono i te karanga mō te Huarahi Tuwhera, kua tīmata kē tētahi hātepe whakarite rārangi poto i reira.

He mea tautoko te TLRI e te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa, he mea whakahaere hoki e te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZCER).