Te Rōpū Āwhina: A Model for Building Post-Secondary Māori and Pacific STEM Capability in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Āwhina Revolution: A Bayesian Analysis of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Completion Rates from a Program for Māori and Pacific Success in STEM Disciplines

“…These include commitment to social justice of all relevant stakeholders; clear communication of the purposes, goals, and objectives of equity programs to all stakeholders; the development of partnerships between program staff and others both inside and outside the host institution; linkages between and among institutions aimed at diversifying the STEM workforce; a transformative pedagogy that shows learners that science is relevant to their lives and changes perceptions of who does science; developing and nurturing supportive communities of scholars and families (e.g., via mentoring); robust evaluation to provide strong evidence for program effectiveness; and continued research on effective or promising policies, programs, practices, and strategies that seek to diversify and enhance the STEM workforce. Richardson et al. (2017) argued that, given that promising initiatives and methods for their evaluation already exist, national policy responses might also be required.…”

Creative STEM Pathways - Supporting Pacific Learners through 3D Printing

“…Not only can these measures help address the underrepresentation of minority groups in STEM-related careers, but also help address issues of inequity (Tolbert, 2015). Since Pacific peoples are negatively represented in low socio-economic statistics, such as in housing, health and unemployment (Duncanson et al, 2018), supporting Pacific learners' success in STEM subjects is one way to assist these learners into higher-paid employment and enable them to contribute positively to their own communities (Fonua, 2018;Richardson et al, 2017).…”