Collaborating to Meet Language Challenges in Indigenous Mathematics Classrooms

Students' views about writing in mathematics.- Challenges in writing to support mathematical thinking.- Chapter 7 The case of probability.- Students learning about probability.- Learning to think about probability.- Developing the idea of likelihood in the beginning school years.- Developing ideas about the probability of events at the end of primary school.- Developing ideas about the probability of events in Intermediate and High School.- Meeting the challenge of using language for thinking probabilistically.- Section C Meeting Community Challenges.- Maui.- Chapter 8 Using the mathematics register outside the classroom.- Te reo Maori and broadcasting.- The use of the mathematic register on Maori television.- The use of te reo Mäori by students once they finish their Mäori-medium schooling.- Using te reo Mäori for further study.- Using te reo Mäori in the work place.- Using te reo Mäori for socialising.- Meeting challenges.- Chapter 9 Teachers as learners of the mathematics register.- Language knowledge as part of pedagogical content knowledge.- Initial teacher education for Mäori-medium teachers.- Learning on the job: The situation at Te Koutu.- Strategies for learning the mathematics register whilst at work.- Professional development for teachers of mathematics in te reo Mäori.- Meeting the challenges of teachers learning the mathematics register.- Section D  Meeting pedagogical challenges.- Maui.- Chapter 10  They don't use the words unless you really teach them: mathematical Register Acquisition Model.- Mathematics Register Acquisition Model (MRA).- Kitenga/Noticing.- Taunga/Integration.- Putanga/Output.- Combining strategies for effectiveness.- Language acquisition strategies and year level.- The effect of the newness of the topic on strategy use.- Meeting the challenge of documenting how teachers supported students to acquire the mathematics register.- Chapter 11 "Mäori were traditional explorers": Mäori Pedagogical Practices.- What are pedagogical practices?.- What are Mäori pedagogical practices?.- Te Aho Matua.- Pedagogical practices at Te Koutu.- Te Reo.- Ngä Iwi.- Te Ao.- Ähuatanga Ako.- Te Tino Uaratanga.- Meeting the challenge of working within Mäori pedagogy.- Chapter 12 "And that's what you want to happen. You want the shift in classroom practice.".- The teachers' experiences of learning.-The wider societal structures as influences on the teachers' learning.- Perceptions of themselves within the immediate context as influences on teachers' learning.- Teachers' sense of self as an influence on their learning.- Meeting the challenge of changing teachers' practices.- Chapter 13 Collaborating to meet challenges.- The complexity of factors that interact when meeting challenges.- The stages in meeting challenges.- The features of collaboration that support meeting challenges.- Conclusion.

writing, having twice won the national prize for the writing of a short story in Mäori.

kohanga reo (language nest early childhood centres) and secondary school immersion units. Uenuku, along with Tony Trinick, was part of the team that developed the Mäori mathematics register and curriculum. He was also a coordinator and translator for senior examinations and standards. His other interests include the composition of Mäori song lyrics and writing, having twice won the national prize for the writing of a short story in Mäori.incipal and teacher of a Mäori immersion school in Rotorua, New Zealand, since 1998. Previously he had been involved with kohanga reo (language nest early childhood centres) and secondary school immersion units. Uenuku, along with Tony Trinick, was part of the team that developed the Mäori mathematics register and curriculum. He was also a coordinator and translator for senior examinations and standards. His other interests include the composition of Mäori song lyrics and writing, having twice won