Tania Ka'ai

Tania M. Ka'ai, sometimes known as Tania Kaai-Oldman,[1] is a New Zealand Education academic. She is of Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Native Hawaiian, Cook Island Māori, and Sāmoan descent[2] and is a full professor of Language Revitalisation at the Auckland University of Technology.[3]

Tania Ka'ai
Other namesTania Kaai-Oldman
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Scientific career
InstitutionsAuckland University of Technology
Thesis

Academic career

Ka'ai earned a 1995 education PhD from the University of Waikato, with thesis titled ' Te tātari i te kaupapa' , looked at ways the New Zealand qualifications framework could be used as a tool for indigenous knowledge to be integrated and recognised as a valid part of the education system in New Zealand[4] After working at the University of Otago,[5][6] Ka'ai moved to the Auckland University of Technology with John Moorfield.[3]

Ka'ai's research is centred on learning of indigenous languages (particularly te reo) in formal and semi-formal educational settings. She is a strong advocate for te reo being compulsory in New Zealand schools.[7]

Selected works
  • Ka'ai, Tania. Introduction to Māori culture and society. Longman, 2004.
  • Ka'ai, Tania M., and Rawinia Higgins. "Te ao Māori–Māori world-view." Ki Te Whaiao–An Introduction to Māori Culture and Society. Auckland: Pearson Education (2004): 13-25.
  • Jenkins, Kuni, and Tania Ka’ai. "Maori education: A cultural experience and dilemma for the state–a new direction for Maori society." The politics of learning and teaching in Aotearoa–New Zealand (1994): 79-148.
  • Ka’ai, Tania. "Te hiringa taketake: Mai i te Kohanga Reo i te kura= Maori pedagogy: te Kohanga Reo and the transition to school." MSc Thesis, ResearchSpace@ Auckland, 1990.
  • Ka'ai, Tania. "Te mana o te reo me ngā tikanga: Power and politics of the language." (2004).

References
  1. "He kupu arotau : loanwords in Måaori /". Worldcat.org. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Professor Tania Ka'ai » Te Ipukarea. National Māori Language Institute". Teipukarea.maori.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. "Professor Tania Ka'ai". AUT. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. "Professor Tania Ka'ai". AUT. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. "History of Te Tumu, Te Tumu, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. "Tānia Ka'ai - Tertiary Teaching Excellence Teaching Profile". Ako Aotearoa. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "Survey shows te reo should be compulsory in primary schools | Māori Television". Maoritelevision.com. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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