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Directions: Journal of Educational Studies Pacific Curriculum Network
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Samoa

Title: We need to use both : the place of the indigenous language in science lessons in Western Samoa

Author: Barker, Miles, Lee-Hang, Desmond
Subject:  Multicultural education|Samoa
 Science|Study and teaching (Higher)|Samoa
 Education, Bilingual|Samoa
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.36, vol.19, no.1, 1997
Collation: p. 100-121 ;

Abstract: Lee Hang and Barker address the key issue of the potential value of using students’ vernacular language as well as English in teaching a subject such as science at the secondary level. While acknowledging the complexity of the issue, the authors suggest that judicial use of both Samoan and English can not only enhance students’ acquisition of concepts, but may also promote enquiry/critical thinking among students which are regarded by most as central to science teaching-learning.

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