A new Insights paper released today by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) examines teaching practices that help Māori and Pacific learners succeed in tertiary education.
The paper looks at six private training establishments (PTEs) with strong achievement outcomes for Māori and Pacific learners. It identifies four core practices that consistently support positive learner success.
NZQA Deputy Chief Executive, Quality Assurance, Emily Fabling, says the findings will be useful across the tertiary sector.
“Many tertiary providers will recognise elements of their own good practice in this paper, and may strengthen or adopt additional approaches that support Māori and Pacific learners,” Emily Fabling says.
“As NZQA moves to a new integrated quality assurance framework, emphasis is as much on strengthening capability and promoting education best practice, as it is on compliance and enforcement.”
The paper highlights the following core ingredients of culturally responsive tertiary education quality in practice:
- Governance and management embedding a clear purpose, ethos, principles and values into operational activity
- Learner engagement in a collaborative, connected learning environment
- The provision of holistic learner support to meet well-being needs.
- Achievement and outcomes that are of value to communities and iwi.
NZQA’s Insights papers draw on data and expertise to provide insights into qualification, assessment, and quality assurance matters.