Development and intellectual property
LEAP was commissioned in 2003 as part of the Ministry of Education’s Pasifika Education Plan (2001). This plan aims to address the specific educational needs of Pasifika students in New Zealand schools.
The Ministry of Education would like to thank the core research and development team at WMIER (Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato), which developed the materials in the resource over the period 2004–06. In particular, the ministry would like to thank the writers: Johanne McComish, Professor Stephen May, and Dr Margaret Franken.
These materials are copyright © Crown, 2007. Please acknowledge the authors when referring to any or all of the content on this website.
The authors acknowledge the support received from the Ministry of Education; the external reviewers, Professor Colin Baker (University of Wales) and Professor Patricia Duff (University of British Columbia); and the teachers involved in trialling the materials. They also acknowledge the support received from these WMIER staff: Emilie Sila‘ila‘i, Margaret Drummond, Thelma Miller, Ariana Donaghy, Ann Harlow, Ruth Kapoor, and Carolyn Jones.
Corresponding author ('Pasifika in New Zealand' and 'Being bilingual')
Professor Stephen May
Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER)
School of Education, University of Waikato
s.may@waikato.ac.nz
Corresponding author ('What helps students to learn?', 'Language and school' and 'Supporting language development')
Dr Margaret Franken
School of Education, University of Waikato
franken@waikato.ac.nz
