Journal Articles: Recent submissions

  • Reflections of Identity in Multimodal Projects Teacher Education in the Pacific 
    Cappello, Marva (Caddo Gap Press, 2019)
    Contemporary societies, whether in the United States or the Pacific are overwhelming visual in character. Yet, schools at all levels continue to privilege written text as demonstrations of learning over any other form of ...
  • Science teachers accelerated programme model: a joint partnership in the Pacific region 
    Sharma, Bibhya; Lauano, Faatamali’i Jenny; Narayana, Swasti (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Crew, 2017)
    The paper heralds a new pedagogical model known as the Science Teachers Accelerated Programme as a platform to upgrade the qualifications of secondary school science teachers throughout the Pacific region. Based on a tripartite ...
  • Relational cultural identity and Pacific Language education 
    Kennedy, Juliet (International Education Journal, 2019)
    This article investigates how two Pacific language programmes in secondary schools outside of the broader region of Auckland, New Zealand, enabled an exploration, celebration, and deepening of vā (relational space) through ...
  • Beyond "migration" : Samoans population movement (malaga) and the geography of social space (vā) 
    Lilomaiava-Doktor, Sailiemanu (University of Hawai'i Press, 2009-01)
    New flows of population movements have called into question both conventional categories of “migration” and their assumptions, encouraged by concepts such as diaspora and transnationalism. Despite the incorporation of the ...
  • Analysis on Students’ Late-Coming Factors in Selected Secondary Schools in Zaria: Implications for Educational Managers 
    Jumare, Abubakare M; Maina, Bashir A; Ankoma-Sey, Vera Rosemary (2015)
    This study attempted to answer the following research questions among others: Has gender any relation with students’ late-coming to school? Has age any relation with students’ late-coming to school? Do senior students come ...
  • Women’s leadership in Samoa 
    Finau Pa'usisi, Silia (Pacific-Asian Education, 2019)
    Women are under-represented in village councils, the local judiciary of traditional village communities in Samoa. The participation rate of women leaders is relatively low as the total population of these forums is ...
  • Cleansing Western Samoa: Leprosy Control during New Zealand Administration, 1914–1922 
    Akeli, Safua (Journal of Pacific History, 2017-11)
    When New Zealand military forces occupied Sa ¯moa in 1914, there were 12 recorded leprosy sufferers isolated in a leprosy station established by the Imperial German government in the village of Falefa. By 1918, the leprosy ...
  • Consumption of antibiotics in a small Pacific Island nation: Samoa 
    Norris, Pauline; Nguyen, Hong Anh (Pharmacy Practice, 2007)
    High levels of antibiotic use contribute to development of antibiotic resistance. There is little known about levels of antibiotic use in Samoa, although anecdotally, there are high levels of use, and a strain of ...
  • Creativity and the Samoan student 
    Tele'a, Falealili V (American Samoa Dept. of Education, Pagopago, 1975)
    The conflict between Samoan culture and the development of'creativity among Samoan students is examined. Creativity is defined as the process of sensing gaps, finding a means of effecting closure, and formulating hypotheses ...
  • Culture X: addressing barriers to physical activity in Samoa 
    Heard, Emma Marie; Auvaa, Leveti; Conway, Brooke A (Oxford University Press, 2016-01)
    There is an urgent need to address the epidemic rates of non-communicable diseases globally, and the Pacific Island region is of particular concern. Increasing physical activity participation plays an important role in ...
  • Asian and Pacific Islander Cultural Values 
    A. McLaughlin, Linda; L. Braun, Kathryn (Oxford University Press / USA, 1998-05)
    As the United States becomes more ethnically diverse, health care practitioners must learn about the perspectives and values of a variety of cultural groups. Of interest is how these cultural values intersect with those ...
  • Education in a Pacific Context: Enhancing Ownership of the Processes of Education 
    Afamasaga, Gatoloaaifaaana Tilianamua (Pacific Asian Education Journal, 2007)
    The history of the Pacific is one of colonisation. As small Pacific nations have gained independence and political strength, they have also sought to reclaim their unique cultures, languages and knowledge systems. Education ...
  • Educational Needs Assessment Report for the Pacific Region 1997 
    Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) (PREL, 1997)
    To assess educational needs in the Pacific region, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) identified 9 general education areas to be examined through 47 survey items. These items were presented as a questionnaire ...
  • Culturally Responsive Instruction Leaves No Child Behind 
    Stoicovy, Catherine Eileen; Fee, Richard; Fee, Julie (International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2012)
    The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore the use of retelling as a culturally responsive literacy strategy for Juan, a Pacific Island (Chamorro) special needs student on the island of Guam. Data were ...
  • How to drive improvements by using data effectively. 
    Filion, Bill (The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. USA., 2018)
    It’s inevitable: Every campus, regardless of demographics, will need to solve a technology issue now or sometime in the future, to improve efficiency for faculty and administrators, and – most importantly –to enhance the ...
  • Siyafunda CTC: A model of sustainability 
    Ismael, Ahmed Smiley (Siyafunda CTC, 2006)
    An organisation in South Africa has developed a network of local and international partners to offer a broad range of technology services to underserved communities. The idea was to bring technology to underserviced areas ...
  • Talanoa with Pasifika youth and their families 
    Ioane, Julia (New Zealand Psychological Society, 2017-11)
    The Pasifika community in Aotearoa and abroad pride themselves on their relationships to their family, village and community. One’s ability to engage genuinely with Pasifika people will provide a pathway for meaningful ...
  • Engaging Students in the Pacific and Beyond Using an Inquiry-Based Lesson in Ocean Acidification 
    Gorospe, Kelvin D (National Association of Geoscience Teachers, 2013-11)
    We present a hands-on, inquiry-based activity exploring how CO2 input to seawater affects the skeletons of several species of reef-building corals and other marine organisms by testing for changes in pH and calcium ion ...
  • Transformations from within: Rethinking Pacific Education Initiative. 
    Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi (International Education Journal, 2013)
    The paper reports on an initiative undertaken by a group of Pacific educators – “insiders "who have undertaken various activities and work of embedding Indigenous graduate attributes into teacher education courses, in ...
  • Global influences on curriculum in Samoa: the case of Business Studies 
    Leituaso-Mafoa, Faalogo Teleuli; Mutch, Carol (Pacific Circle Consortium, 2011)
    Globalisation has become a strong force in all aspects of our lives. While it is now embedded in the economics, politics and culture of developed countries, developing countries such as the small island nations of the ...

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