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Mrs Diane Margaret Gordon-Burns

School of Teacher Education

Fields of Research

  • Biliteracy teaching and learning.
  • Tiriti based curriculum.
  • Tainui women, their position, place and disposition.
  • Inclusive early childhood environments.

Researcher Summary

PhD research involves Māori oral tradition and Māori tribal histories specifically in relation to Tainui women.
Early childhood education/environments inclusionary practice from a sociocultural, poststructual perspective particularly around language, culture and disabilities.
Di teaches into te reo Māori me ngā tikanga courses so second language acquisition theories and issues are also explored.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Future Research

  • Attitudinal impacts on the learning and ongoing teaching of te reo Māori me ngā tikanga for pre and post graduates in early childhood envirnoments.
  • Inclusive education in early childhood.

Key Methodologies

  • Kaupapa Māori
  • Practitioner research
  • Study of manuscripts
  • Oral traditions via chronology of manuscripts and publications.

Affiliations

Research Service

  • Member of planning committee for early childhood education convention 2011. (2009-present)
  • Member of organising committee for NZARE 2007 (2007)

Publications


  • Gordon-Burns, D. (2012) "Te Hokioitanga" Significant Tainui Ancestresses. Lincoln University: MAI Doctoral Conference, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2012. (Oral Presentation)
  • Rarere-Briggs, B., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2012) 'Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?' (In)exclusionary discourses used in early childhood settings and their implications for teacher education. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 10(1): 37-59. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. and Campbell, L. (2012) Inakitia rawatia hei kakano mō āpōpō: Early Childhood Student Teachers Encounter with te ao Māori. Wellington, New Zealand: TUIA Conference, 29-30 Mar 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Gunn, A.C., Purdue, K. and Surtees, N. (2012) Introduction: Thinking differently about early childhood inclusive education in Aotearoa New Zealand. In D. Gordon-Burns, A.C. Gunn, K. Purdue and N. Surtees (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 1-20. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2012) Key factors in creating inclusive early childhood settings for children with disabilities and their families. In D. Gordon-Burns, A.C. Gunn, K. Purdue and N. Surtees (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 155-173. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Gunn, A.C., Purdue, K. and Surtees, N. (2012) Puzzling over inclusion: Concluding remarks. In D. Gordon-Burns, A.C. Gunn, K. Purdue and N. Surtees (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 175-191. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Gunn, A.C., Purdue, K. and Surtees, N. (Ed.) (2012) Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington: NZCER Press. xix+206pp. (Edited Book)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. (2012) Whakaotirangi - Ancient Leader. Hamilton, New Zealand: Theatre of the Impossible Charitable Trust (TOTI) Trust, 28 Aug 2012. (Oral Presentation)
  • Stark, R., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Turnock, K. (2011) "I'm scared of that baby (child with disabilities)": Children's understandings and experiences of disability, inclusion and exclusion in early childhood education. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 11, 18-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Turnock, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Stark, R. (2011) "I'm scared of that baby": How adults and environments contribute to children's positive or negative understandings and experiences of disability in early childhood. New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education (14): 23-37. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. and Campbell, L. (2011) Indigenous Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand: Take Two Inakitia rawatia hei kakano mō āpōpō: Students encounter with bicultural commitment. Hualien City, Taiwan: International Conference on Indigenous Education, Health and Culture, Aug 20-24 2011. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Stark, R., Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B. and Turnock, K. (2011) Other parents' perceptions of disability and inclusion in early childhood education: Implications for the teachers' role in creating inclusive communities. He Kupu 2(4): 4-18. http://www.hekupu.ac.nz/Journal%20files/Issue1%20March%202011/1.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. and Taonui, R. (2011) Whakaotirangi: A canoe tradition. He Pukenga Korero 10(2): 10-18. (Journal Article)
  • Purdue, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) "Do I accommodate his developmental age or do I want him to be with his peers?" Disability discourses and theories of child development used in early childhood settings: Implications for the teaching and inclusion of children with disabilities. Melbourne, Australia: Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 10, 18-20 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. (2010) Investigating the stories of Tainui Ancestresses: A work in progress. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Ngā Kete a Rēhua: Inaugural Māori Research Symposium - Te Waipounamu, 4-5 Sep 2008. In Ngā Kete a Rēhua Inaugural Māori Research Symposium Te Waipounamu Proceedings Book 61-64. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Purdue, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: Early Childhood Council Annual Conference, 7-9 May 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Implications of a sociocultural curriculum. Christchurch, New Zealand: 12th Annual New Zealand Early Childhood Research Symposium, 6 May 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Rarere-Briggs, B., Stark, R. and Turnock, K. (2010) Quality inclusive early childhood education for children with disabilities and their families: Learning from research. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood 8(1): 53-68. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. (2010) The 1/2 truths of Tainui women's involvement in history. Honolulu, HI, USA: 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 13-16 Jan 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Purdue, K., Gordon-Burns, D., Gunn, A., Madden, B. and Surtees, N. (2009) Supporting inclusion in early childhood settings: Some possibilities and problems for teacher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 13(8): 805-815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603110802110743. (Journal Article)
  • Gordon-Burns, D. (2008) Notable descendant ancestresses of Tainui - their stories and how these have been maintained. Bangkok, Thailand: International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities, 1-3 Jul 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Gordon-Burns, D., Purdue, K., Madden, B., Surtees, N. and Gunn, A. (2006) How might teacher education support inclusion in early childhood settings? Rotorua, New Zealand: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Conference, 30 Nov-4 Dec 2006. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)