Journal Articles: Recent submissions

  • The role of religion in local perceptions of disasters 
    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 ...
  • No (wo)man is an island 
    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 ...
  • A second chance in education 
    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 ...
  • Love Shouldn’t Hurt – E le Sauā le Alofa 
    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 ...
  • Being Bashed: Western Samoan women's responses to domestic violence in Western Samoa and New Zealand 
    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. ...
  • Popular political attitudes in Samoa: Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey 
    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 ...
  • Gender and candidate selection in a weakly institutionalised party system: the case of Samoa 
    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 ...
  • (Student) teacher views: Impact of technology on teaching and learning during Covid-19 in Samoa 
    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 ...
  • Why teachers should care about beauty in science education 
    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 
    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 ...
  • Impact of diversity in training rsources on self-confidence in diagnosing skin conditions across a range of skin tones 
    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 ...
  • Revisiting the meaning of leadership 
    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 ...
  • Standard operating procedures for ESPEN guidelines and consensus papers 
    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 ...
  • Access, usage and influence of mass media on students’ academic performance. 
    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 ...
  • Microbial Contamination Survey of Environmental Fresh and Saltwater Resources of Upolu Island, Samoa 
    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 ...
  • Applications of structural equation modeling (SEM) in ecological studies 
    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 ...
  • Thirty years of global education 
    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. ...
  • “You have got to get off your backside; otherwise, you’ll never get out”: older male carers’ experiences of loneliness and social isolation 
    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 ...
  • Working back to the future: strengthening radical social work with children and young people, and their perspectives on resilience, capabilities and overcoming adversity 
    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 ...
  • When design meets power: design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking 
    Lewis, Jenny M; McGann, Michael; Blomkamp, Emma (Policy Press, 2020-01)
    Responding to the need for innovation, governments have begun experimenting with ‘design thinking’ approaches to reframe policy issues and generate and test new policy solutions. This paper examines what is new about design ...

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