3.3 Questionnaire data
3.3.6 Professional development
Questions 25-29 asked participants to provide information about the following three
areas: (i) professional development areas they believe they need to know more about, (ii) any in-service development courses they have attended, (iii) as well as any type of
wānanga in which they have participated. In particular, Question 25 provided
participants with twelve (12) different areas related to professional development and asked them to identify which areas they were interested in or felt they needed to know more about. Seventeen (17) respondents answered this question with five (5) providing comments in connection with it (see Appendix 19 for comments). Their responses are summarised in Table 3.17 below.
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Table 3.17: Areas respondents believe they need to know more about
Q25: Areas of professional development Number of entries (74)
from respondents (17)
Assessment (formative & summative) 9 (12%)
Teaching methodology in general 9 (12%)
Tasks for speaking 7 (9%)
Tasks for reading 7 (9%)
Textbook / materials evaluation 6 (8%)
Phonology 6 (8%)
Tasks for four integrated skills 6 (8%)
Structure / form 5 (7%)
Tasks for listening 5 (7%)
Teaching vocabulary 5 (7%)
Tasks for writing 5 (7%)
Other 4 (5%)
Question 26 asked participants whether they had attended any in-service professional
development training courses related specifically to the teaching of te reo Māori. Seventeen (17) respondents answered this question with four (4) providing comments in connection with it. Eight (8/47%) respondents answered in the affirmative and were directed to Question 27 which asked participants to provide details about the courses they had attended. Two (2) comments were provided in connection with this question. The responses are summarised in Figure 3.5 and Table 3.18 below.
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Figure 3.5: Number of respondents who have attended in-service courses related to te reo Māori teaching
The four (4) comments provided in response to Question 26 include:
N/A now, but I attended many in-service courses to help the effectiveness of my teaching;
Kura Reo117 run by TPK118 (Te Puni Kōkiri – Ministry of Māori
Development);
Not in the last fifteen years;
hui whakangugnu [sic] (training sessions) of te ataarangi held here in Nelson.
117 Kura reo provide total immersion courses aimed at intermediate to advanced speakers of te reo
that run 3-4 times per year at different sites throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand and last for up to five days.
118 TPK, or Te Puni Kōkiri, is a governmental organisation that advises the government on public
policies and legislation affecting Māori wellbeing (see Te Puni Kōkiri, 2017). Yes; 8; 36%
No; 9; 41% No answer; 5; 23%
Teachers who have attended in-service te reo
Māori teaching courses
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Table 3.18: Frequency and provision of in-service courses
Respondent: How often do the
courses run?
Who offers the courses?
1 Annually TPK (Te Puni Kōkiri)
2 Fortnightly Work colleagues
3 1 every year approximately
AUT [Auckland University of Technology] internal courses
4 twice a year Te Ataarangi
5 3-4 times per year Kura Reo
6 At least once a year Different language mentors and IT specialists who help with our intranet
7 internally once or twice a year
our organisation Te Wananga o Aotearoa
8 5 kaiako
The two (2) comments provided in response to Question 27 include:
I have attended one course only and found it challenging (answered
“Annually – TPK” and judged their language proficiency as between band 6 and 7, that is, a combination of ‘competent’ and ‘good user’);
Also attending wānanga at Te Panekiretanga every two months (answered
“3-4 times per year – Kura Reo”).
Question 28 asked participants whether they had attended any wānanga in the last
three years. Seventeen (17) respondents answered this question with one (1) providing a comment in connection with it. Of the thirteen (13/76%) respondents who answered in the affirmative, they were directed to Question 29 which asked them to indicate what kind of wānanga they had attended. An additional respondent who did not answer the previous question also answered this question. The responses are summarised in Figure 3.6 and Table 3.19 below.
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Figure 3.6: Number of teachers who have attended wānanga in last three years
The one (1) comment provided in response to Question 28 is as follows:
Kura reo and Nga Pae o Te Māramatanga Conferences119; Wānanga Reo
a Iwi (Language development workshops and Māori Centre of Research
Excellence Conferences; Tribal language discussions/ meetings/ deliberations).
119 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) describes itself as “New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research
Excellence (CoRE) funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and hosted by The University of Auckland” (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2017). Not only does it play a key role in research that relates to Māori, but its contributions have far-reaching implications for other indigenous communities on a global scale.
Yes; 13; 59% No; 4; 18%
No answer; 5; 23%
Teachers who have attended wānanga (in last
3 years)
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Table 3.19: Type of wānanga attended by respondents in the last three years
Type of wānanga No. of
references (37) from respondents
(14)
Comments from respondents
wānanga related to iwi, hapū and marae
6 (16%) Tribal wānanga Hapū Wānanga Marae Tangihanga Marae Wananga Runanga Wananga Poukai
wānanga reo 5 (14%) Wānanga reo - Te Aka Reo, looking at all
of our papers we teach and how we teach them
Wananga Reo - a -Iwi : Wānanga for tikanga, waiata, reo held in Auckland for people of Hokianga and specifically - Otaua, Taheke and Waima. These three areas are linked by whakapapa.
Kura reo 5 (14%) -
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
4 (11%) Tauggt [sic] for a time at the Wānanga o Aotearoa
te pinakitanga course TWOA Te Putaketanga
Te Aupikitanga workshop
Te Ātaarangi 3 (8%) Te Ataarangi National & Regional
Immersion Hui
Taitokerau Kaiawhina Ataarangi Wananga
wānanga related to religion
2 (5%) Paimarire Wananga
As a Minita-a-iwi I attend Te Taha Maori Methodist Wananga throughout the country
wānanga related specifically to professional development
2 (5%) Maori & Pasifika Adult and Community Professional Development Hui / Fono PD Workshops for compulsory school te reo Maori teachers
Te Panekiretanga o te reo 2 (5%) - wānanga tikanga 2 (5%) - noho marae 2 (5%) - Te Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
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Table 3.19 (cont.): Type of wānanga attended by respondents in the last three years
Type of wānanga No. of
references (37) from respondents
(14)
Comments from respondents
Te Wānanga o Raukawa
1 (3%) visited…Raukawa on occasions
wānanga related to kapa haka
1 (3%) Kapa Haka wananga
wānanga rangahau [research]
1 (3%) -