Journal Articles: Recent submissions

  • Political; change in Tahiti and Samoa: An exercise in experimental anthropology. 
    Hanson, Allan F (University of Pittsburgh. Commonwealth System of Higher Education., 1973)
    The experimental method is often taken to be a private domain of natural science. Indeed, many hold it to be responsible for the fabled progress and exactitude of the natural sciences as contrasted with the more intuitive ...
  • Strategies for blended TVET IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 
    Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020)
    Technical and vocational education and training’ (TVET) is understood as comprising education, training and skills development relating to a wide range of occupational fields, production, services and livelihoods. TVET, ...
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning, Reflective Practices and Collaborative Learning for a Better Employability of Vocational Education Students in the UAE 
    AlSuwaidi, Hanadi (TVET, 2014)
    This paper gives an overview of my doctoral studies related to the introduction of reflective practices and collaborative learning into the emerging vocational education system of the UAE, aiming at increasing the employability ...
  • Access to a nutritious diet in Samoa: local insights. 
    Farrell, Penny; Thow, Anne Marie; Schuster, Suzie; Vizintin, Pavle; Negin, Joel (Routledge and Taylor & Francis., 2019-04-08)
    The adult obesity prevalence in Samoa is the third highest globally, and diet is a significant contributor. Our study aimed to explore the behavioral and demographic factors which influence diets in Samoa. The most important ...
  • Dealing with Deans and academic medical center leadership. 
    Sanfilippo, Fred; Powell, Deborah; Folberg, Robert (Sage, 2018-02-11)
    The 2017 Association of Pathology Chairs Annual Meeting included a session for department chairs and other department leaders on “how to deal with deans and academic medical center leadership.” The session was focused on ...
  • Quality of Education, Comparability, and Assessment Choice in Developing Countries 
    Wagner, Daniel A. (2010)
    Over the past decade, international development agencies have begun to emphasize the improvement of the quality (rather than simply quantity) of education in developing countries. This new focus has been paralleled by a ...
  • An Assessment of Distress Levels of Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Q1 Treatment and Surveillance During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
    Albano, Denise; Feraca, Melissa; Nemesure, Barbara (Elsevier, 2020)
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 has affected more than Q3 5,119,711 patients with more than 163,651 confirmed deaths reported. The mass media coverage and widespread eruption of illnesses ...
  • Paradise locked. 
    McLane, John Ryan (University of Otago, Dunedin, N.Z., 2013)
    The 1918 influenza pandemic killed roughly five percent of the global population. In Polynesia death rates were worse, reaching as high as a quarter of inhabitants in Western Samoa. Despite being less than 50 km from the ...
  • Climate change, human security and violent conflict. 
    Barnett, Jon; Adger, W Neil (Elsevier, 2007)
    Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem, and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. This paper integrates three disparate but well founded bodies ...
  • Constraints and prospects of agricultural mechanization in Samoa. 
    Ullah, Md. Wali (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering., 2006)
    This paper discusses the Samoan topography, soil type, climate, farming systems preferred by farmers and crops cultivated. The constraints and potential of mechanization have been pointed out. Some suggestions have been ...
  • Understanding the teacher upgrade programme in Samoa: Contextual challenges for in-service teachers, school principals and Ministry personnel. 
    Tuia, Dr Tagataese Tupu; Esera, Epenesa; Faavae, Dave (National University of Samoa, Apia., 2019)
    This article discusses the challenges involved in Samoa’s teacher upgrade programme. The teacher upgrade initiative came about because of the Samoan Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture’s aim for all in-service primary ...
  • Changing Morphology of Graves and Burials in Samoa. 
    Lilomaiava-Doktor, Saili (The Polynesian Society. University of Auckland, N.Z., 2016-06)
    Of the most important ritual events among Samoans, referred to as fa‘alavelave, funerals are often the most elaborate. In this article, I examine the factors that influence decisions about graves and the location of grave ...
  • Competent performances of situated identities: Adult learners of English accessing engaged participation 
    Warriner, Doris S. (Elsevier, 2009)
    The Communities of Practice (CofP) framework and theories of engaged participation have profoundly shaped how we theorize, investigate, and represent a variety of learning and teaching processes, both in and out of classroom ...
  • Everyday Life Sociology 
    Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter; Fontana, Andrea (JSTOR, 1987)
    Everyday life sociology comprises a broad spectrum of micro perspectives: symbolic interactionism, dramaturgy, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and existential sociology. We discuss the underlying themes that bind these ...
  • English Language Learners Who Struggle With Reading: Language Acquisition or LD? 
    Klingner, Janette K; Artiles, Alfredo J.; Barletta, Laura Méndez (Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006)
    We review empirical research on English language learners (ELLs) who struggle with reading and who may have learning disabilities (LD). We sought to determine research indicators that can help us better differentiate between ...
  • Challenges of Sustainable and Commercial Aquaponics 
    Goddek, Simon; Delaide, Boris; Mankasingh, Utra ...et.al (Sustainability, 2015)
    The world is facing a number of serious problems of which population rise, climate change, soil degradation, water scarcity and food security are among the most important. Aquaponics, as a closed loop system consisting of ...
  • Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with obesity: a nationwide study in Sweden 
    Lindberg, Louise; Hagman, Emilia; Danielsson, Pernilla ...et.al. (BMC Magazine, 2020)
    Anxiety and depression are more common in children with obesity than in children of normal weight, but it is unclear whether this association is independent of other known risk factors. Interpretation of results from ...
  • Photography and Sociology 
    Becker, Howard S. (Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, 1974)
  • Foundation Level Workplace Training Programmes c 
    Alkema, Anne (2020)
    This paper outlines the scale of the adult literacy and numeracy issue in New Zealand and describes a policy intervention designed to upskill employees in workplaces to help resolve the issue for them. This is the Workplace ...
  • Social economy and the COVID-19 crisis: current and future roles 
    OECD (OECD Publishing, Paris, 2020-07)
    The “social economy” has played an important role in addressing and mitigating the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on economy and society. In the short term, social economy actors have assisted the ...

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