Mates at the school gates:Investigating peer relationships among rangatahi Māori

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dc.contributor.advisorCrocket, Kathie
dc.contributor.advisorKotzé, Elmarie
dc.contributor.authorKnowles, Anthea Heather
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-06T01:22:03Z
dc.date.available2019-09-06T01:22:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2019-09-06T01:10:35Z
dc.description.abstractAs a teacher, I have found that while some rangatahi feel connected to school, many others do not. In an attempt to reduce the gap between Māori and non-Māori educational achievement, there have been significant nationwide initiatives implemented into schools across New Zealand. These programmes have been centred mostly around improving school engagement. Despite these efforts, school attendance rates among Māori continue to decline. This thesis explores the role of peer relationships among rangatahi Māori, including how these relationships may influence various domains of engagement at school, such as participation, belonging and orientation to learning. This research involves focus group interviews with six rangatahi Māori aged 17-18, and in Years 12 and 13 in a small-town New Zealand High School. The wāhine Māori who contributed to the study, had been identified by the school as successfully engaged through regular attendance and participation of school activites. The findings from this study identify some critical aspects to building strong peer relationships, including: having a social space to gather, practicing manaakitanga, recognising equity, maintaining connection with each other, and welcoming humour. The rangatahi in this study value their peers and social relationships and they freely access these resources as needed. In doing so they are able to collectively critique experiences of marginalisation and acquire a collective source of resilience. The participants in this study then draw on this collective resilience during challenging situations.
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dc.identifier.citationKnowles, A. H. (2019). Mates at the school gates:Investigating peer relationships among rangatahi Māori (Thesis, Master of Education (MEd)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12836en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/12836
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Waikato
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dc.subjectschool attendance
dc.subjectengagement
dc.subjectpeer relationships
dc.subjectmentoring
dc.subjecttruancy
dc.subjecthigh school
dc.subjectschool transitions
dc.subjecthumour
dc.subjectbelonging
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectschool participation
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectgroup work
dc.subjectMāori success
dc.subjectsocial relationships
dc.subjectschool relationships
dc.subjectsocial space
dc.subjectmotivation
dc.subjectrangatahi
dc.subjectnew zealand education
dc.subjectte reo
dc.subjectschool competition
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectmarginalisation
dc.subjectMāori research
dc.titleMates at the school gates:Investigating peer relationships among rangatahi Māori
dc.typeThesis
pubs.place-of-publicationHamilton, New Zealanden_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Waikato
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (MEd)
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