Russell Bishop

Russell Bishop

Russell Bishop is Emeritus Professor of Māori Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. He is well known for directing the development of Te Kotahitanga, a large New Zealand Ministry of Education funded research and professional development project from 2001 to 2012. This project demonstrated how teachers and other school leaders could improve the educational achievement of Māori students in mainstream classrooms by implementing a culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. Since his retirement from the University of Waikato, he has developed the notion of relational pedagogy and leadership further in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.  He is the author or co-author of eight books and approximately 90 other quality-assured publications. He has delivered over 100 keynote addresses, nationally and internationally, and has won numerous awards for his work, including a recent ONZM.