Dr Peter Keegan

Dr Peter J Keegan Te Kura o Te Puna Wänanga Te Puna Wänanga, School of Mäori Education	telephone	:	+64 9 623 8899 ext. 84406
	fax	:	+64 9 623 8897
	office	:	D18
	email	:	p.keegan@auckland.ac.nz
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He pepeha

Ko Pirongia te maunga
Ko Waipa te awa
Ko Ngati Apakura/Ngati Hikairo nga hapu
Ko Purekireki Wiwi te marae

Qualifications

PhD (Applied Linguistics) - Victoria University of Wellington, 2003
M.Phil (Linguistics) - The University of Waikato, 1996
B.A Hons (Linguistics)- Victoria University of Wellington, 1993
B.A. (Linguistics/Maori)- The University of Waikato, 1992

Research Interests

Measurement/assessment, research methodologies, Maori word formation, Maori vocabulary, Maori phonetics/phonology, Maori-medium education and Maori language acquisition. Educational achievement of Maori and minority students.

Major Research Projects 2008-2009

The impact of sound change on the rhythm of Maori: women’s role in language transmission and change. A Marsden fund project (2008-2010) building on earlier Marsden project (The pronunciation of Maori and the influence of English: A longitudinal study(2004-2006).

This project involves researchers from the University of Auckland, the University of Canterbury and the University of Waikato.
Teacher Education Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes to Maori Language, Maori Culture & the Treaty of Waitangi. This is a quantitative/qualitative research programme studying first year students at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education (Epsom Campus). I am the principal investigator, assisted by other researchers in the Faculty of Education.
Building Evaluative Capacity in Schooling Improvement Project.
A Joint Faculty of Education/NZCER project examining school clusters especially their abilities to build their own evaluative capacity. I am a member of a large research team.

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Selected Publications

Books

2008 Brown, G. T. L., Irving, S. E., & Keegan, P. J. An Introduction to educational assessment, measurement, and evaluation: Improving the quality of teacher-based assessment 2nd Edition. Auckland: Pearson Education.
2006 Project asTTle Team. asTTle In Focus: Achievement in Pangarau. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
2006 Project asTTle Team. asTTle In Focus: Achievement in Panui. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
2006 Project asTTle Team. asTTle In Focus: Achievement in Tuhituhi. Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Selected Chapters and Journal Articles

McKinley, E., & Keegan, P. J. (2008). Curriculum and language in Aotearoa New Zealand: from science to putaiao. L1—Educational Studies in Language and Literacy, 8(1), 135-147.
Trinick, T., & Keegan, P. J. (2007). Te Ara Poutama: The impact of Te Poutama Tau project on mathematics achievement. In Ministry of Education (Ed.), Te Poutama Tau Evaluation report 2007: Research findings in Pangarau for years 1 -10 (pp. 12-21). Wellington: Learning Media.
Keegan, P. J. (2005). Maori Vocabulary, in Bell, A., Harlow, R. & Starks D. (eds) Languages of New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Press. pp. 131-148.
McNaughton, S., Keegan, P. & MacDonald S. (2005) The Socialisation of Language and Literacy Development, in Low, J. & Jose, P. (eds). Lifespan Development: The New Zealand Context. Auckland: Pearson. pp. 78-88.
Hattie, J. A. C., Brown, G. T. L., Ward, L., Irving, S. E., & Keegan, P. J. (2006) Formative evaluation of an educational assessment technology innovation: developers' insights into assessment tools for teaching and learning (asTTle). Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 5, 1-56.
Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M., & Watson C. (2005) Te whakahuatanga i te reo Maori: Kua ahatia e tatou i roto i nga tau 100 kua hipa nei? The pronunciation of Maori: What have we done to it in the last 100 years? He Puna Korero, Journal of Maori & Pacific Development, 6, 1, 45-57.
Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. , & Watson C. (2004) New Zealand English influence on Maori pronunciation over time. Te Reo, Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand, 47, 7-27.
Brown, G. T. L., Hattie, J. A. C., & Keegan, P. J. (2003) A national teacher-managed, curriculum-based assessment system: Assessment Tools for Teaching & Learning (asTTle). International Journal of Learning, 10, 771-778.