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Title: Eutia moa mai nanoa: navigating currents of literacy and numeracy in the Pacific

Author: Teaero, Teweiariki
Subject:  PRIDE Project (Fiji)
 Literacy|Oceania
 Numeracy|Oceania
 Literacy|Pacific Area
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.28, no.1-2, 2006
Collation: 98-120;

Abstract: This article is based on Chapter 13 of Pacific Education Series Book 4: The basics of learning; literacy and numeracy in the Pacific, edited by Priscilla Puamau and Frances Pene. The author was critical friend at the regional workshop co-organised by Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) held in Tonga in 2006. It was attended by senior curriculum and teacher professional development officers in the fields of literacy and mathematics at the primary level from 15 Pacific countries. In this chapter, the author discusses their presentations and the issues that were discussed at the workshop.

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Title: A literate and numerate society introduction

Author: Puamau, Priscilla Qolisaya
Subject:  Learning|Oceania
 Numeracy|Oceania
 Literacy|Oceania
 PRIDE Project (Fiji)
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.28, no.1-2, 2006
Collation: 92 - 97;

Abstract: The introduction to Pacific Education Series Book 4: The basics of learning; literacy and numeracy in the Pacific, edited by Priscilla Puamau and Frances Pene. In this introduction to the book, the author discusses what the terms literacy and numeracy mean today, and describes the background to the Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of Basic Education (PRIDE) Project and the regional workshop on literacy and numeracy that was held in Tonga in May, 2006.

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