Angus Macfarlane

{{Short description|New Zealand psychologist and academic (died 2024)}}

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| name = Angus Macfarlane

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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|FRSNZ|size=100%}}

| birth_name = Angus Hikairo Macfarlane

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| birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date|2024|11|27|df=y}}

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| spouse = Sonja Macfarlane

| workplaces = {{ubl|University of Waikato|University of Canterbury}}

| alma_mater = University of Waikato

| thesis_title = Culturally inclusive pedagogy for Māori students experiencing learning and behaviour difficulties

| thesis_url = https://waikato.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/64WAIKATO_INST/10hutka/alma994827483503401

| thesis_year = 2003

| known_for = Contribution to Māori research and education

| awards = University of Canterbury Research Medal (2013)

| caption = Macfarlane in 2020

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Angus Hikairo Macfarlane {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|FRSNZ}} (died 27 November 2024) was a New Zealand academic and professor at the University of Canterbury.

Early life

Macfarlane had mixed Scottish and Māori ancestry, and was born in Rotorua into a family of 14 siblings. His family identify with Ko Te Arawa e waru pumanawa, the "eight beating hearts" of the Te Arawa tribe from the Bay of Plenty region in central North Island.Macfarlane, A. H. (2004). Kia Hiwa Ra! Listen to Culture: Maori students' plea to educators. Wellington, New Zealand Council For Educational Research.

Academic career

Before a career in tertiary education, Macfarlane was a secondary teacher, head teacher, Liaison Officer for the Ministry of Education, and Advisor for Special Education Services.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013|title=Professor Angus Macfarlane and Professor Dave Kelly|url=https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/news/awards/research-medal-content-blocks/research-medal/professor-angus-macfarlane-and-professor-dave-kelly/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124102646/https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/news/awards/research-medal-content-blocks/research-medal/professor-angus-macfarlane-and-professor-dave-kelly/|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The University of Canterbury|language=en-nz}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2010|title=Citation for Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti 2010 – Angus Macfarlane|url=https://www.nzare.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Award-Citations-/Te-Tohu-Pae-Tawhiti-Award-/Angus-Macfarlane-Te-Tohu-Pae-Tawhiti-Award-2010-citation.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027092730/https://www.nzare.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Award-Citations-/Te-Tohu-Pae-Tawhiti-Award-/Angus-Macfarlane-Te-Tohu-Pae-Tawhiti-Award-2010-citation.pdf|archive-date=27 October 2020|access-date=10 January 2021|website=The New Zealand Association for Research in Education}}

His tertiary education career began in 1995 with lectureship and associate professorship positions at the University of Waikato.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=14 September 2015|title=Canterbury University lecturer wins national award for excellence|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/72030633/canterbury-university-lecturer-wins-national-award-for-excellence|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828142951/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/72030633/canterbury-university-lecturer-wins-national-award-for-excellence|archive-date=28 August 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Stuff|language=en}} He received a PhD titled Culturally inclusive pedagogy for Māori students experiencing learning and behaviour difficulties in 2003.{{Cite thesis|title=Culturally inclusive pedagogy for Māori students experiencing learning and behaviour difficulties|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156140598|date=2003|language=English|first=Angus H|last=Macfarlane|oclc=156140598 }}

Macfarlane moved to the University of Canterbury in 2009. He was the professor of Māori research and the director of the Te Ru Rangahau: Maori Education Research Laboratory.{{Cite web|title=Angus Macfarlane|url=https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/education-and-health/contact-us/people/angus-macfarlane.html|access-date=9 January 2021|website=The University of Canterbury|language=en-nz}}

Research

Macfarlane's research focused on the organisation of teaching and learning in schools where structures and engagement emphasise Māori preferred ways of teaching and learning.{{Cite web|last=Taipari|first=Greg|date=31 December 2013|title=Te Maori: Medal for Professor Angus Hikairo Macfarlane|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/te-maori-medal-for-professor-angus-hikairo-macfarlane/SIILQF42LTLEM5K7BRWEC5XSWQ/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104102503/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/te-maori-medal-for-professor-angus-hikairo-macfarlane/SIILQF42LTLEM5K7BRWEC5XSWQ/|archive-date=4 January 2021|access-date=4 January 2021|website=Rotorua Daily Post (NZ Herald)|language=en-NZ}}

= The Educultural Wheel =

Macfarlane's research around these topics resulted in his creation of the "Educultural Wheel", which was first seen in his 2004 book, Kia hiwa ra! Listen to culture: Maori students plea to educators. It was initially a management strategy, designed to increase the development of successful teacher/student interactions with Maori students. It derived from previous research which showed that what Maori students identified as being most beneficial to their learning, was the relationships they had with their teachers.Bishop, Berryman, Richardson, & Tiakiwai. (2002). Te Kotahitanga: the experiences of year 9 and year 10 Maori students in mainstream classrooms. Report to the Ministry of Education, September 2002. Hamilton: University of Waikato When put into practice, the theory showed significant benefits for not only Maori students, but for students of all cultures. This theory of student management strategy was based around the research and beliefs of many of Macfarlane's favourite theorists from his educational psychology background.Bishop, R., & Glynn, T. (1999). Culture Counts: changing power relations in education. Palmerston North: Dunmore pressDurie, M. (1994). Whaiora: Maori health development. Auckland: Oxford University PressJones, F. (1987). Positive Classroom Instruction. New York: McGraw – HillKounin, J. (1987). Discipline and group management in classrooms (Revised ed.) New York: Holt, Rinehart & Wilson.

According to Macfarlane, in relation to the Educultural Wheel:

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"these concepts do not exist in isolation from each other – more often than not, they co-exist or are amalgamated. Since Maori insist on wholeness, this is quite natural".}}

The Educultural Wheel is made up of five interwoven concepts that cover the bases of all aspects of the classroom, these are: Whanaungatanga (Building relationships), Kotahitanga (Ethic of Bonding), Manaakitanga (Ethic of care), Rangatiratanga (Teacher effectiveness), and Pumanawatanga (General classroom morale, pulse, tone).

Personal life and death

Macfarlane's wife Sonja Macfarlane is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury. He died on 27 November 2024, and was buried at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongotahā.{{cite press release |date=28 November 2024 |title=Principals Honour The Legacy Of Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (CNZM) |url= https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED2411/S00052/principals-honour-the-legacy-of-angus-hikairo-macfarlane-cnzm.htm |location= |publisher=New Zealand Principals' Federation |agency=Scoop |access-date=29 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=He maimai aroha: Angus Hikairo Macfarlane |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/he-maimai-aroha-angus-hikairo-macfarlane/ |publisher=Royal Society Te Apārangi |access-date=29 November 2024 |date=28 November 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://spatial.rdc.govt.nz/IntraMaps22B/?configId=7a62bcf0-5f08-442d-a679-edd12f7f1342&project=RLC%20Public&module=Cemeteries |title=Cemeteries search |publisher=Rotorua District Council |access-date=4 December 2024}}

Awards and honours

File:Angus Macfarlane CNZM investiture.jpg by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 14 December 2021]]

In 2010, Macfarlane received the Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research for outstanding contributions to Māori research.{{Cite web|title=Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award|url=https://www.nzare.org.nz/awards/te-tohu-pae-tawhiti-award/|access-date=9 January 2021|website=NZARE|language=en-US}} In 2013, he was awarded the University of Canterbury Research Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Māori research and education. He was the first Māori to be awarded the medal. Macfarlane was elected Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2018.{{Cite web|title=Centenary cohort of Fellows announced|url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/centenary-cohort-of-fellows-announced/|access-date=8 January 2021|website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}

In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Macfarlane was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education, psychology and Māori.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2021 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2021 |date=7 June 2021 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=7 June 2021}}

Selected works

Macfarlane A. (2004) Kia hiwa rā! Listen to culture: Māori students' plea to educators. Wellington: NZCER Press. {{ISBN|978-1-877293-29-0|}}
Macfarlane AH. (2007) Discipline, Democracy and Diversity: working with students with behaviour difficulties. Wellington: NZCER Press. 204pp. {{ISBN|978-1-877398-26-1|}}
Macfarlane A., Christensen J. and Mataiti H. (2010) Above the clouds: A Collection of readings for identifying and nurturing Māori students of promise = Ka rewa ake ki ngā kapua. Christchurch: Te Waipounamu Focus Group, University of Canterbury. 231pp. {{ISBN|978-0-473165-13-0|}}
Margrain V. and Macfarlane A. (2011) Responsive pedagogy: Engaging restoratively with challenging behaviour. Wellington: NZCER Press. 273pp. {{ISBN|978-1-927151-15-0|}}
Macfarlane A, Macfarlane S, Teirney S, Kuntz JR, Rarere-Briggs B, Currie M, and Macfarlane R. (2019) The Hikairo Schema: Culturally responsive teaching and learning in early childhood education settings Wellington: NZCER Press. 32pp. {{ISBN|978-1-988542-64-5|}}

References

External links

University of Canterbury [https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/education-and-health/contact-us/people/angus-macfarlane.html staff] and [https://researchprofile.canterbury.ac.nz/researcher.aspx?researcherid=4045249 research profile] web pages

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