Tīrou, is the figurative waka as the publication and the articles within the publication move the waka sideways or in different directions but align to the kaupapa and purpose.
Chief Editor: Scott Klenner
Scott Klenner is Tumuaki: Rakahau Māori at Otago Polytechnic Ltd | Te Kura Matatini ki Otago. He has been working as an educator since 1998, initially in the tertiary sector. He entered primary teaching in 2002, later completing an MA in Education. Scott has been a syndicate leader, Dean and Deputy Principal in primary education. Scott is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Otago. His research interests include Māori education, dialogic teaching, student agency and gifted and talented education.
Email: scott.klenner@op.ac.nz
We wish to acknowledge with gratitude everyone who has contributed to the journal Scope: Kaupapa Kāi Tahu, which has been published biannually since 2011. Under the guidance of the Kaitohutohu we have changed the name of the journal to reflect the aim of reaching out to kairangahau Māori across the motu. As such, we warmly welcome expressions of interest for Scope: Tīrou to be launched in 2025.
Scope: (Tīrou) seeks to provide a platform for new and emerging kairangahau to publish on topics of importance to hapū, iwi, Māori and to our communities. Each issue attends to a broad theme. Scope: (Tīrou) is published every two years.
Please send your EOI in the first instance to Nikita.Rewha@op.ac.nz or Scott.Klenner@op.ac.nz
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Scope: (Tīrou) seeks to provide a platform for new and emerging kairangahau to publish on topics of importance to hapū, iwi, Māori and to our communities. Each issue attends to a broad theme. Scope: (Tīrou) is published every two years.
Scope: Contemporary Research Topics is a series of peer-reviewed open access journals published annually online by Otago Polytechnic Press, with the print edition co-published with General Editions Studio.