Journeys into higher education for Māori students with impairments: Charting the terrain of inclusive higher education in Aotearoa

Abstract

Since 2002 there has been strategic focus on inclusive tertiary provision as a means of addressing the issues of student groups who have historically not fared well in higher education. Equity groups include Māori, Pasifika and students with disabilities. This chapter charts the terrain of inclusive higher education in Aotearoa through the critical reflections of Kahurangi, a Māori student with a vision impairment. Despite a strategic focus on inclusive provision and Kahurangi’s success his experiences suggest that there is some way to go. The authors argue that given the limited ways in which inclusion and its underpinning theory of disability are theorised inclusive higher educational settings are unlikely to be realised.

Citation

Phillips, H. and Tibble, K. (2014), "Journeys into higher education for Māori students with impairments: Charting the terrain of inclusive higher education in Aotearoa", Māori and Pasifika Higher Education Horizons (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 253-269. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-364420140000015023