He Pukenga Korero, Vol 8, No 2 (2007)

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The challenge of incorporating ethnic minority values in majority-funded research: A story of special education research in Maori total immersion schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Jill Bevan-Brown, Winston Bevan-Brown

Abstract


He Whakarapopoto
Ko tēnei tuhinga whakapae he mea whakaatu tuatahi
ki te Kaupapa Rangahau Matauranga o Amerikana o
huimanga. Ko te pūtake o tēnei huimanga, ko ngā uara
mete mātāpono ki roto i ngā kaupapa rangahau e tirohia
ai e noho hāngai ana ki te kaupapa o te rangahau ngā kitenga ki roto i ngā mahi kaupapa motuhake tiaki mā ngā tauira Māori kei roto i ngā Kura Kaupapa o Aotearoa. Ko te hiringa matua mō te kohikohi i ngā kōrero ahurea kawhakamāramatia me ōnā hononga ka whakamāramatia.
Ko tā tēnei rangahau i kite, ahakoa anō ngā kaupapa
mātauranga e whakaatu ana kia ōrite te manaaki, tuku
rātonga āwhina ki ngā taitamariki e hiahia ana i te
mātāpono mātauranga mā rātau, ko ngā tamariki kei roto
i ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori kāre i te tau tika aua rātonga
āwhina mātauranga mua rātau. Ko te pūtake i pēnei ai
kāre i te tae pai atu aua kōrero, he kaiā te wā whakatutuki i aua mahi, mete kore e maha ngā kaupapa ahurea, tāngata tōtika ki roto i aua kaupapa āwhina. Ko te rārangi kōrero e kī ana ko te tino pūtake, uara o te rangahau, ēhara ma te nui, wāriu ki ngā kairangahau me ngā taurite, ēngari ko rātau e noho mai rā i roto i ngā tūranga kei te kite i ēnei kaupapa rangahau hei tuku āwhina, rawa ki ērā kei te "rangahautia."

Abstract
This article explores value and validity in research as
it relates to the methodology and findings of research
into special education provisions for Māori learners in
total immersion schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The
process involved in gathering culturally valid data is
described and related issues are discussed. The research
found that, despite a new national special education policy aimed at providing equitable services to all children with special needs, Māori students in total immersion schools were not being adequately provided for. This was due to ineffective infmmation dissemination, time-consuming referral procedures and a widespread shortage of culturally appropriate provisions and culturally competent special education professionals. The contention is made that ultimately the value of research findings is determined not by their importance and usefulness to researchers and participants but rather by whether those in power use the findings to benefit the researched.

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