Russell Bishop (academic)
Russell Bishop | |
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.jpg) Bishop at his investiture in 2016 as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, given by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae | |
| Born | Alan Russell Bishop |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Employer | University of Waikato |
| Title | Professor of Māori Education |
| Awards | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2016) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Otago (PhD) |
| Thesis | Collaborative research stories : whakawhanaungatanga (1995) |
| Influences | Ted Glynn |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Māori education education |
Sub-discipline | Culturally-appropriate pedagogy, Te Ao Māori, Mātauranga Māori, Kaupapa Māori |
School or tradition | Kaupapa Māori praxis |
Doctoral students | Fiona Te Momo |
Main interests | Indigenous self-determination, kotahitanga and tikanga in classrooms, collaborative research |
Notable ideas | Te Kotahitanga, Teaching to the North-East, Leading to the North-East, whakawhanaungatanga as a research metaphor |
Alan Russell Bishop ONZM commonly known as Russell Bishop is a New Zealand academic. He is a professor of Māori education at the University of Waikato,[1] and the director of Te Kotahitanga, a research programme.[2]
Early life and education
He has a PhD from the University of Otago, where he was employed as a lecturer from 1990 in a joint position in the Māori Studies programme and the education department.[3][4]
Career
He co-authored Culture Counts: Changing Power Relations in Education (ISBN 1842773364) with Ted Glynn, another University of Waikato professor who had been his doctoral advisor. Notable doctoral students of Bishop's include Fiona Te Momo, professor at Massey University.[5]
In the 2016 New Year Honours, Bishop was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.[6]
References
- ↑ "School of Education, University of Waikato - SoE Staff - Russell Bishop". Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ↑ Nichols Lane (30 March 2007). "'Big gains' in Maori education standards". The Dominion Post. p. 5.
- ↑ Bishop, A. R. (1995). Collaborative research stories : whakawhanaungatanga (PhD thesis). OUR Research, University of Otago.
- ↑ Calendar. Dunedin: University of Otago. 1991. p. 45.
- ↑ Te Momo, O. H. F. Demystifying a relationship between voluntary work and Māori (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.
- ↑ "New Year honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2018.