Mere Berryman

Ngāi Tūhoe

Mere Berryman, after years of teaching experience, both in English and bilingual settings, began work in the field of educational research. In 2003 she co-authored a book with Professor Ted Glynn that reported on one community's response to effective transition for their Year 8 students going from a kura kaupapa Māori to an English medium secondary school.

Two recent books, co-authored again with Professor Ted Glynn and Dr Janice Wearmouth from the United Kingdom, investigate how a better understanding of responsive social learning contexts can contribute greater support for students who are experiencing literacy and behavioural difficulties. Mere is currently the Project Director of the Ministry of Education (Special Education) Poutama Pounamu Education Research and Development Centre.



Biographical sources

  • http://www.huia.co.nz/huia-bookshop/authors/author/138 25 October 2016

    Non-fiction

  • Tatari tautoko tauawhi : a Maori language reading tutoring programme. SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1 (1995).
  • Pause, prompt, praise : training and evaluation of tutoring procedures for Māori children reading in English. Wellington, N.Z.: The Ministry of Education, 1995.
  • Co-authors Kathryn Atvars and E.L. Glynn.
  • School community iwi liaison literacy project. Proceedings of Te Oru Rangahau Maori Research and Development Conference, School of Maori Studies, Massey University, (7-9 July 1998): 341-344.
  • Co-authors Kathryn Atvars and Te Pumanawa Hauora.
  • Taku teina mōhio. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia, c1999.
  • Co-author Daniel Hobman.
  • "An ecological approach to understanding behaviour : comprehensive and culturally appropriate strategies towards student success." SET: Research Information for Teachers (2000): 35-38.
  • Helping kids in need : changing perspectives on positive training relationships between parents and educators for the new millennium. Berryman, Mere. Kairaranga, 1.1 (2000): 15-19.
  • The Rotorua home and school literacy project : research report to Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust & Ministry of Education. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, Research Division, 2000.
  • Co-authors Ted Glynn and Vin Glynn.
  • "Ngā Kete Kōrero: a framework for assigning levels of difficulty to existing and new Māori reading resources." SET: Research Information for Teachers (2001): 9-13.
  • Co-author Cath R.Rau and Ted Glynn.
  • Mātauranga motuhake. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2001.
  • Margaret Wilkie, with Mere Berryman, Trevor Himona and Temapuoterangi Paul.
  • Kawea te Rongo : the development and training. Tauranga, N.Z.: Specialist Education Services, 2001.
  • Teachers' perceptions and use of Aro Matawai Uranga-ā-Kura (AKA) : suggestions for improvements : report to the Ministry of Education. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, Research Division, 2001.
  • Co-authors Russell Bishop and Cath Richardson.
  • Te toi huarewa : effective teaching and learning strategies, and effective teaching materials for improving the reading and writing in te reo Māori of students aged five to nine in Māori-medium education : final report to the Ministry of Education. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, Research Division, 2001.
  • Co-authors Russell Bishop and Cath Richardson.
  • Transition from Māori to English : a community approach. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2003.
  • Co-author T. (Ted) Glynn.
  • Supporting students with literacy difficulties : a responsive approach. Maidenhead : Open University Press, c2006.
  • Co-authors Ted Glynn and Janice Wearmouth.
  • Culture speaks : cultural relationships and classroom learning. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia, 2006.
  • Co-author Russell Bishop.
  • "RĀPP : tape-assisted reading to support students' literacy in Māori in two bilingual schools." SET: Research Information for Teachers (2007): 19-23.
  • "Culturally responsive whānau relations for including Māori students in education." Kairaranga, 8.2 (2007): 46-52.
  • "Effective bicultural leadership : a way to restore harmony at school and avoid suspension." Set : research information for teachers (2008): 25-29.
  • Co-author Sonja Bateman.
  • "Effective bicultural leadership : a way to restore harmony at school and avoid suspension." Set : research information for teachers (2008): 25-29.
  • Co-author Sonja Bateman.
  • He hui whakatika : culturally responsive, self determining interventions for restoring harmony. Kairaranga 9.1 (2008): 6-12.
  • Co-author Sonja Bateman.
  • "Siautu Alefaio. Claiming space and restoring harmony within hui whakatika." Claiming spaces : proceedings of the 2007 National Māori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium, 23rd-24th November 2007 : hosted by the Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, Hamilton. Levy, Michelle et al. Hamilton, N.Z.: Māori and Psychology Research Unit, Psychology Dept., University of Waikato, 2008.
  • Co-author Sonja Bateman.
  • "The Te Kotahitanga effective teaching profile." Set : research information for teachers (2009): 27-33.
  • Co-author Russell Bishop.
  • "The Te Kotahitanga effective teaching profile." Set : research information for teachers (2009): 27-33.
  • Russell Bishop
  • Tatari, tautoko, tauawhi. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, 2009.
  • Inclusion through participation in communities of practice in schools. Wellington, N.Z.: Dunmore Pub, 2009.
  • "Effective bicultural leadership : a way to restore harmony at school and avoid suspension." Culture of care.Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, c2009.
  • Co-author Sonja Bateman.
  • Scaling up education reform : addressing the politics of disparity. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press, 2010.
  • Co-authors Russell Bishop and Dominic O'Sullivan.
  • "Indigenous Knowledge: Traditional Responses to Contemporary Questions." Te Tatau Pounamu = The Greenstone Door : traditional knowledge and gateways to balanced relationships, 2008. June 8-11, 2008 Auckland, New Zealand. Ed. J. S. Te Rito and S. M Healy. Auckland, N.Z.: Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga, 2010.
  • "The Te Kotahitanga observation tool : development, use, reliability and validity." Waikato journal of education, 16.3 (2011): 81-94.
  • "Early intervention services : effectively supporting Māori children and their families." Kairaranga, 12.1 (2011): 3-9.
  • Co-author Paul Woller.
  • "Hui whakatika : indigenous contexts for repairing and rebuilding relationships." Responsive pedagogy : engaging restoratively with challenging behaviour. Comp. Margrain, Valerie, Ed.Angus H Macfarlane. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER, 2011.
  • Co-author Sonja Macfarlane.
  • "Responsive socio-cultural contexts : supporting five year olds to become literate in a second language." Waikato journal of education, 17.2 (2012): 79-90.
  • "Aromatawai reo ā-waha : oral Māori language assessment tools." research information for teachers (2012): 54-56
  • "Editorial : culturally responsive pedagogies as transformative praxis." Waikato journal of education, 18.2 (2013): 3-10.
  • Te Kotahitanga : towards effective education reform for indigenous and other minoritised students. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press, 2014.
  • Co-authors Russell Bishop and Janice Wearmouth.
  • The Te Kotahitanga Effective Teaching Profile. Set: research information for teachers : 40th anniversary collection. Ed. Marie Cameron. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER, 2014.
  • Co-author Russell Bishop.
  • "Relational and culturally responsive supervision of doctoral students working in Māori contexts : inspirations from the Kingitanga." Waikato journal of education, 20.2 (2015): 69-77.
  • Co-author Ted Glynn.
  • "Developing collaborative connections between schools and Māori communities." Set : research information for teachers (2015): 18-25.
  • Co-authors Therese Ford and Margaret Egan.
  • "Leadership : going beyond personal will and professional skills to give life to Ka Hikitia." Journal of educational leadership, policy and practice, 30.2 (2015): 56-68.
  • "Hei āwhina mātua : a kaupapa Māori response to behaviour." Working with Māori children with special education needs : he mahi whakahirahira. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press, 2015.
  • "Conclusion : relationships of interdependence - making the difference together." Working with Māori children with special education needs : he mahi whakahirahira. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press, 2015.
  • "Akoranga whakarei : learning about inclusion from four kura rumaki." Working with Māori children with special education needs : he mahi whakahirahira. Wellington, N.Z.: NZCER Press, 2015.
  • "The Te Kotahitanga observation tool: development, use, reliability and validity." Waikato journal of education = Te hautaka mātauranga o Waikato. Special 20th anniversary collection 2015. Ed. Clive McGee. Hamilton, N.Z.: Faculty of Education, The University of Waikato, 2015.
  • Co-author Russell Bishop.

    • Reviews

  • Kairaranga book reviews. Kairaranga, 6.2 (2005): 56-57.