Enhancing equity through inquiry

This book provides practical examples of what it means to teach for equity in Aotearoa New Zealand. It shows how research can become part of what teachers do in their everyday practice. The examples provide a practical guide to undertaking inquiry research projects that supports teacher professional learning in the service of all students learning, with a particular emphasis on increasing equity for educationally underserved students. The book draws on the findings of a 2-year collaborative inquiry research project which explored how we can teach in ways that support equitable outcomes for New Zealands super-diverse student population. The overall research question for the project was: How, and to what extent, can knowledge about teaching for equity be used to transform practice to improve learner outcomes? Two principals and seven teachers from two culturally and linguistically diverse Auckland primary schools situated in low socio-economic communities, and five New Zealand university teachers established collaborative inquiry research teams. Each team comprised school and university members who acted as critical friends for each other. There were two within school teams, and one across school team. The project was framed by the concept of facets of practice for equity derived from a synthesis of international empirical research. Each teacher inquiry had a facet of practice for equity as its focus. The case studies were developed from robust, multiple data sources and show the influence of teacher professional learning on student learning, and on whanau/parent engagement in the classroom/school.

• | Author: Lexie Grudnoff, Fiona Ell, Mavis Haigh
• | Publisher: NZCER Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 108 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1988542626
• | ISBN-13: 9781988542621