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Dr Tafili Utumapu-McBride
Lecturer
Phone: 9219999 extn 7727
Email: tutumapu@aut.ac.nz
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Education & Sociology (University of Auckland)
- Master of Arts degree in Education (with Honours) (University of Auckland)
- Doctor of Philosophy degree in Education (University of Auckland)
- Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (Unitec)
Memberships and Affiliations:
New Zealand Association for Research in EducationTeaching Areas:
- Fonua 1: Pasifika Perspectives in Human Development
- Talanoa Ako: Principles of Learning & Teaching
- Kainga: ECE, Families and Communities
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Research areas:
- Pasifika Education
- Pasifika Early Childhood Education
- Pasifika pedagogy
- Pasifika research methodologies
- Samoan women, families, language and culture
- Pasifika postgraduate thesis supervision
Publications:
Utumapu, T. (1999). Pasifika students on the Travel and Tourism programmes at Unitec: A report. Auckland, New Zealand: Te Tari Awhina, Unitec.
Tuafuti, P., & Utumapu, T. (Eds.). (2002). Pacific stories from the heart. Auckland, New Zealand: Te Tari Awhina, Unitec.
Utumapu-McBride, T. (2004). The impact of Samoan language nests on mothers. Early education, 34(autumn), 31-39.
Utumapu-McBride, T. (2007). Fa’amalamalamaga o le feagaiga o Waitangi: Understanding the Treaty of Waitangi. Auckland, New Zealand: Te Tari Awhina, AUT.
Utumapu-McBride, T., Esera, E., Toia, S. F., So’oaemalelagi, F. L., & Tone-Schuster, L. (2008). Saili mo le lumanai: Research on Samoan students’ learning perspectives and the impact on their achievement. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, Special Edition(Special Issue), 149-172.
Last updated: 20 Dec 2011 4:30pm