Author(s): Peter Caccioppoli

Maori Books

<i>Maori Education</i> discusses how to raise Maori student achievement in the compulsory school age years. It is written for teachers, trustees, and parents in a direct readable style that is free from jargon. The authors take issue with the comfortable assumption made by many in the education sector that the reasons for low Maori achievement are entirely located in Maori students, Maori parents, and Maori homes. There is much that schools, teachers, communities, bureaucrats, and politicians can do to lift Maori achievement. The authors draw heavily on their experience as educators, and their own innovative provision in Papakura which has Maori ten year olds achieving unit standards in mathematics and computing, and Maori students unwilling to have holidays or breaks at the weekend. First published July 2006.