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

Senior Lecturer - Teacher Education

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
Institute of Education

I am the co-coordinator for the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching programme. I have responsibility for the teaching of the Learning Languages curriculum (primary) and Te Reo  Māori for Teachers (all endorsements). I visit a number of preservice teachers on practicum, lead a kaihāpai roopu for the programme and am available to be an advisor for students completing their Masters degree. I lead the MEd course, Educational Leadership in Action.

Ko Te Ātiawa, ko Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, ko Whakatōhea, ko Ngāti Manawa õku iwi. I come from a primary school teaching and principal background. I left the school sector at the end of 2021 to take up my role here at Ƶ. 

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Professional

Contact details

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

Qualifications

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

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, Ƶ

Research Expertise

Research Interests

My research interests include: critical educational policy, Māori philosophical theorising and the metaphysics of presence, Māori 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, Māori education, educational leadership, Māori 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: Carusi Jr, F., 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 agency in teacher continuous professional development in two countries
  • Kim Manukonga - Doctor of Philosophy
    'Ki nga whakaeke haumi' - Conceptualising effective interprofessional practice through Waka Ama to support teachers experiencing concerning behaviours.
  • Tania-Maree Kelly Roxborogh - Doctor of Philosophy
    Mana Orite - ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and Mātauranga Māori - Strategies to assist English teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand decolonize the teaching of Shakespeare