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Mere Berryman

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Mere Berryman
Berryman in 2016
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
Thesis

Mere Anne Berryman ONZM is a New Zealand kaupapa Māori academic. She is Māori, of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, and Ngāti Whare descent and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.[1]

Academic career

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Berryman attained a master's degree at the University of Waikato in 2001.[2] After a 2008 PhD titled 'Repositioning within indigenous discourses of transformation and self-determination' at the same institution,[3] Berryman rose to full professor at the university.[1]

In the 2016 New Year Honours, Berryman was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and education.[4]

In 2017, Berryman was a finalist in the New Zealander of the Year[5]

Selected works

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  • Bishop, Russell, Mere Berryman, S. Tiakiwai, and Cath Richardson. "Te Kotahitanga: The experiences of year 9 and 10 Maori students in mainstream classrooms." Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education (2003).
  • Bishop, Russell, and Mere Berryman. Culture speaks: Cultural relationships and classroom learning. Huia Publishers, 2006.
  • Bishop, Russell, Mere Berryman, Tom Cavanagh, and Lani Teddy. "Te kotahitanga: Addressing educational disparities facing Māori students in New Zealand." Teaching and Teacher Education 25, no. 5 (2009): 734–742.
  • Bishop, Russell, Dominic O'Sullivan, and Mere Berryman. Scaling up Education Reform: Addressing the Politics of Disparity. New Zealand Council for Educational Research. PO Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New Zealand, 2010.
  • Berryman, Mere, Suzanne SooHoo, and Ann Nevin, eds. Culturally responsive methodologies. Emerald Group Publishing, 2013.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mere Berryman – Staff Profiles: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz.
  2. ^ Berryman, Mere (2001). Toitū Te Whānau, Toitū Te Iwi: A Community Approach to English Transition (Masters thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/7989.
  3. ^ Berryman, Mere (2008). Repositioning within indigenous discourses of transformation and self-determination (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/2565.
  4. ^ "New Year honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Mere Berryman: NZer of the Year Finalist 2017". inner.kiwi.