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Dr Timu-o-te-rangi Niwa EdD, MEd

Senior Lecturer - Teacher Education

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
Institute of Education

I currently teach across of range of programmes in the IoE. I currently have responsibility for the leading of the Learning Languages curriculum (primary) and Te Reo M膩ori for Teachers (all endorsements) for the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching. I visit a number of student teachers on practicum across the primary and secondary endorsements.

I teach on the Master of Education - Educational Administration and Leadership endorsement, leading the course, Educational Leadership in Action. I also supervise a number of students completing their master’s thesis. Some of the kaupapa of current/past students include: cultivating Te Ao M膩ori in mainstream school environments; decolonising art history in mainstream high schools; exploring the experiences of Tangata Tiriti in M膩ori-medium education. I also act as advisor for students completing their Professional Inquiry for the Master of Education. Some of the kaupapa of current/past students include: how the actions and approaches of senior leaders impact the wellbeing of teachers in Abu Dhabi elementary school contexts; impacts of funding cuts to M膩ori education on teaching and learning in bilingual primary schools; factors that impact M膩ori members of NZ primary school Boards of Trustees when giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in their governance role.

I also act as a co-supervisor for PhD students. Some of the kaupapa of current students include: imbuing Shakespeare with m膩tauranga M膩ori; conceptualising interprofessional practice through Waka Ama; A Bourdieusian analysis of teacher learning in NZ secondary school English Departments.

He uri ahau n艒 Te 膧tiawa, Taranaki T奴turu, Te Wh膩nau-膧-Apanui, Te Whakat艒hea, Ng膩ti Manawa, me Ingarangi. I have been a senior lecturer in the Institute of Education since 2022. For the 20+ years previous to that I was a primary school teacher and principal.

 

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Professional

Contact details

  • Location: Level 5, Social Science Tower
    Campus: Manawatu

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Education - 暴风资源 (2022)
  • Master of Education, Second Class Honours (Division I) - 暴风资源 (2007)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, 暴风资源

Research Expertise

Research Interests

My research interests include: critical educational policy, Ma虅ori philosophical theorising and the metaphysics of presence, Ma虅ori issues in education and research, theoretical issues in educational research, educational leadership, policy in the professional lives of teachers and principals.

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Education (130000)

Keywords

critical educational policy, M膩ori education, educational leadership, M膩ori philosophical theorising

Research Outputs

Journal

Carusi, FT., & Niwa, T. (2020). Learning not to be poor: the impossible position of teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand education policy discourse. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 48(1), 30-44
[Journal article]Authored by: Niwa, T.

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

263400 Learning and Teaching 1

263401 Learning and Teaching 2

278410 Professional Practice 1 (Primary)

278411 Professional Practice 2 (Primary)

278412 Curriculum and Pedagogy A (Primary)

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Co-supervisor 3 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Pavithradevi Ramasamy - Doctor of Philosophy
    A Bourdieuan analysis of teacher learning practice in secondary schools in New Zealand.
  • Kim Manukonga - Doctor of Philosophy
    'Ki nga whakaeke haumi' - Conceptualising effective interprofessional practice through Waka Ama.
  • Tania-Maree Kelly Roxborogh - Doctor of Philosophy
    Mana 艑rite m艒 te m膩tauranga M膩ori: Towards authentic and transformative approaches to teaching Shakespeare with M膩ori knowledge in secondary English education