Guest post by Cat Mitchell<\/p>\n
Ng\u0101 Wai a Te T\u016b\u012b, M\u0101ori and Indigenous Research Centre<\/a><\/p>\n Classroom design has undergone fundamental change in recent years. In the past, most of the classrooms built could be described as \u2018single-cell\u2019 structures designed for individual class groups and a single teacher. However, following international trends, the Ministry of Education now primarily builds larger and more-flexible classroom spaces that can accommodate multiple class groupings and a number of teachers. The establishment of modern learning environments (MLEs) or flexible learning spaces (FLSs), as they are often referred to as, is based on a recognition that spatial design can play a key role in learning and teaching. At the same time as these developments, Aotearoa has also seen significant growth in the numbers of M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori learning te reo M\u0101ori, including within English-medium schools. Indeed, a study published in 2019 found that there had been a 21% increase in the number of M\u0101ori students undertaking M\u0101ori-language learning between the years of 2008 and 2018, and even larger growth in the numbers of non-M\u0101ori (47%) learning te reo during the same period (Murphy et al., 2019). In this time of considerable growth, there are questions about how schools are responding to the demand for te reo M\u0101ori and the ways in which students are being engaged in language-learning pathways. Despite the significance of the MLE design and the rise in the numbers of students learning te reo, there has been little research that explores the intersection of these pedagogical and spatial developments.<\/p>\n In light of this, a project funded by the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) (2021\u201323) led by Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan has been initiated. This two-year kaupapa M\u0101ori research project investigates the ways that two M\u0101ori-medium (bilingual and full immersion) pathways work together in a newly built flexible learning space to progress te reo M\u0101ori and the aspirations of wh\u0101nau. Utilising a p\u016br\u0101kau case-study approach, the research team, which includes Ruia Aperahama, Jo Gallagher, Dr Jo Mane and Dr Hinekura Smith, are undertaking 40 interviews at Newton Central School with learners, teachers, wh\u0101nau and management. Drawing on a range of interviewee perspectives is important to provide broad insights into the learning experiences of students and to offer understandings about how M\u0101ori MLEs successfully facilitate dual M\u0101ori-medium pathways. This is critical research, as Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan says, because \u201cwh\u0101nau and schools continue to grapple with the best pathways to support M\u0101ori-language learning in mainstream schools. Due to a lack of information and research \u2026 wh\u0101nau often struggle to get it \u2018right\u2019, something that can have a major impact on school and wh\u0101nau time, and sometimes impacting on student experiences and outcomes.\u201d As Professor Lee-Morgan makes clear, research such as the current project is greatly needed to ensure that teaching pedagogy within these new learning spaces is underpinned by a sound knowledge base, and that our children are being provided with the best M\u0101ori-language learning experiences possible.<\/p>\n Reference: Guest post by Cat Mitchell Ng\u0101 Wai a Te T\u016b\u012b, M\u0101ori and Indigenous Research Centre Classroom design has undergone fundamental change in recent years. 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\nMurphy, H., Reid D., Patrick, A., & Bradman L. (2019). Whakanuia te reo kia ora: Evaluation of te reo M\u0101ori in English-medium compulsory education<\/em>. Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"