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  • Holmgaard, Sanne Bech (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-11-15)
    This paper explores religious perceptions of disasters and their implications for post-disaster processes of religious and cultural change. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in post-tsunami Samoa, this study investigates how ...
  • Persson, Klara; Zampoukos, Kristina; Ljunggren, Ida (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-20)
    This paper revolves around women tourism entrepreneurs in the Pacific island nation of Samoa where an ancient way of living (fa’a Samoa) co-exists with colonial heritage and a growing tourism industry. By adopting a ...
  • Earl, Kerry; Fa'ava'a, David Taufui Mikato (Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Te Kura Toi Tangata Division of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2021)
    A second chance in education is becoming more and more infrequent in the region. The study is the first in Samoa and makes references to existing literature on teacher upgrade. This paper investigated whether the Teacher ...
  • Mannell, Jenevieve; Tevaga, Pepe; Heinrich, Sina; Fruean, Sam, et al (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-04-13)
    Despite the widespread adoption of Theories of Change (ToC) for programme evaluation, the process of collaboratively developing these theories is rarely outlined or critical analysed, limiting broader methodological ...
  • CRIBB, Jo (Carfax Publishing Ltd, 1999)
    Given the large impact that domestic violence has on many women’s lives, it is surprising that research in this area has largely neglected the ways in which women respond to this problem in different cultural contexts. ...
  • Leach, Michael; Julien, Barbara; Chan Mow, Ioana; Vaai, Sina; Mudaliar, Christopher, et al (Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd., 2022-07-20)
    Popular political attitudes surveys have been conducted globally for several decades, but the Pacific region remains an exception. This paper presents the findings of the first Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), conducted in ...
  • Baker, Kerryn (Australian Political Studies Association, 2017-12-14)
    Women’s political representation has historically been low in Samoa, as in much of the Pacific region. Candidate selection is viewed as a crucial factor in women’s under-representation globally. This article contends that ...
  • Tupu TUIA, Tagataese; ESERA, Epenesa (Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2023)
    O le tali atu a Samoa i le Koviti-19 sa faigata ona o tagata ma meafaaletino e pei o tekonolosi ma auala sa fa'aaogaina mo le a’oa’o atu ma le a’oa’oina aua e le’i fa’ataitaia, pe na mautu se fa’ aaogaina muamua e o’o mai ...
  • Mehta, Rohit; Keenan, Sarah (Research Gate, 2016-06)
    This article explores the role of beauty in science education. The authors use research in scienceeducation to highlight the importance of teachers consciously making connections to aesthetic aspects inscience. Caring about ...
  • TESSA english, key resources (The Open University, 2016-05)
    New technologies, often in educational contexts meaning information and communication technologies (ICTs), offer huge potential for classroom use. Although the availability of such technologies is limited in many African ...
  • Buonsenso, Danilo; Liu, Jo-Fen; Shanmugavadivel, Dhurgshaarna...et.al. (Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022-02-25)
    Medical images are invaluable in facilitating recognition of clinical signs. Recent studies highlight a lack of diversity of skin tone images used within medical education. However, there is a paucity of data on the impact ...
  • Podolny, Joel M; Khurana, Rakesh; Hill-Popper, Marya (Elsevier Ltd, 2005-01-26)
    During the past 50 years, organizational scholarship on leadership has shifted from a focus on the significance of leadership for meaning-making to the significance of leadership for economic performance. This shift has ...
  • Bischoff, Stephan C; Singer, Pierre; Koller, Michael..et.al (Elsevier Ltd, 2015-07-01)
    The ESPEN Guideline standard operating procedures (SOP) is based on the methodology provided by the Association of Scientific Medical Societies of Germany (AWMF), the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), and ...
  • Unknown author (Cogent OA, 2022-07-21)
    Previous studies on the influence of mass media on students’ academics are common, but none relating to private missionary schools with core values such as these has been rigorously evaluated. To determine the medium ...
  • Ochsenkuhn, Michael A; Amosa, Patila; Fei, Cong (Enviroments, 2021-10-25)
    Analysis of microbe diversity in freshwater resources and nearshore seawater samples of Upolu Island was performed to investigate the distribution of harmful bacteria. For this, 124 samples were collected from 23 river ...
  • Fan, Yi; Chen, Jiquan; Shirkey, Gabriela ...et.al. (Springer Open, 2016)
    Aims: This review was developed to introduce the essential components and variants of structural equation modeling (SEM), synthesize the common issues in SEM applications, and share our views on SEM’s future in ecological ...
  • Hicks, David (Carfax Publishing, 2003)
    With the Department for International Development (DfID) funding being made available to support a ‘global dimension’ in the school curriculum it seems an appropriate time to review the field of global education in the UK. ...
  • Willis, Paul; Vickery, Alex; Symonds, Jon (Policy Press, 2020-08)
    Loneliness is framed as an enduring problem for carers of all ages, including older carers; however, there is little examination of older men’s experiences of caring, loneliness and social isolation. Based on interviews ...
  • Larkins, Cath; Satchwell, Candice; Davidge, Gai ...et.al. (Policy Press, 2021-08)
    Using data from participatory storytelling research with 65 young people, this article provides a co-created theoretical grounding for radical social work with children and young people. The problems and solutions social ...

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