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Title: Autonomy in student thinking

Author: Mackie, Margaret
Subject:  Critical thinking|Study and teaching|Oceania
 Pacific Islanders|Education
 Independent study|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.7, 1981
Collation: p. 36-40 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Weaving rainbows in oceania: multiculturalism in Pacific education

Author: Koya-Vaka'uta, Cresantia Frances
Subject:  Inclusive education
 Pacific Islanders|Education
 Multicultural education
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.24, no.2, 2002
Collation: 24 - 39;

Abstract: The author explains why multicultural education is vital to enable children to see how diverse communities function through effective interaction. Such social learning will ultimately prepare them for the local, regional and global contexts they encounter. A modular approach to multicultural education is proposed to address issues of diversity through an inclusive education.

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Title: Knowledge, schooling and post-school opportunities : an exploration of i-Kiribati parents' perceptions of secondary

Author: Burnett, Greg
Subject:  Pacific Islanders|Education
 Education|Kiribati
 Education, Secondary|Evaluation|Kiribati
 Educational anthropology|Kiribati
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.41, vol.21, no.2, 1999
Collation: p. 83-99 ;

Abstract: This article reports on a study of the range of aspirations for knowledge, schooling and postschool opportunities held by I-Kiribati parents for their secondary school aged children. In particular, the study explores which aspects of knowledge, both I-Kiribati and western, parents perceive as most important for their children to possess. It also examines the role of the secondary school and the body of knowledge that parents perceive the school should be responsible for transmitting to their children. Furthermore, the study seeks to establish parents’ post-school aspirations and expectations as far as employment and life chances for their children are concerned.

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Title: Education crisis in the South Seas

Author: Helu, 'I Futa
Subject:  Pacific Islanders|Education
 Educational anthropology|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.5, 1980
Collation: p. 17-21 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Re-placing Oceania roots in our teacher education programmes : a critical appraisal of the roles of indigenous educational ideas

Author: Teaero, Teweiariki
Subject:  Pacific Islanders|Education
 Teachers|Training of|Oceania
 Educational anthropology|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.41, vol.21, no.2, 1999
Collation: p. 24-45 ;

Abstract: The majority of our teacher education programmes in Oceania are based largely on western models. However, teachers who graduate from these training institutions inevitably find themselves teaching in situations where indigenous forms and notions of education exist. Moreover, these teachers were products of primary and secondary education systems that disregarded indigenous forms of education, thereby compounding the problem. Focussing on indigenous thought processes rather than bodies of knowledge, this paper discusses the constraints and the prospects pertaining to the study of indigenous education in Oceania. It is argued that teacher education programmes must include systematic studies of indigenous philosophies and processes of education. A thorough grounding in this and exogenous philosophies of education would provide a stronger and more realistic foundation for teachers to practise their profession more effectively in the future in complementary ways that are firmly grounded in local realities.

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Title: School changes and the Solomon Islands secondary school principal

Author: Maneipuri, Joash, Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  School principals
 Education|Solomon Islands
 Pacific Islanders|Education
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.24, no.2, 2002
Collation: 40 - 59;

Abstract: In recent years there has been a great deal of change in the secondary schools in Solomon Islands as, within a four-year period, 63 community high schools opened their doors to students who would otherwise not have had access to secondary education. The authors of this article examine how this remarkable increase in the number of schools affects the role of the school principals, and suggest that those who understand the changed nature of secondary schooling are more likely to become effective leaders in their schools.

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Title: The role of research : a personal perspective

Author: Taufe'ulungaki, 'Ana Maui
Subject:  Education|Oceania
 Pacific Islanders|Education
 Educational anthropology|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.45, vol.23, no.2, 2001
Collation: p. 3-13 ;

Abstract: Dr Taufe’ulungaki, herself a researcher of renown in the Pacific, interrogates the way that Pacific research has been largely undertaken by westerners, using western methodology, and underpinned by western belief systems and epistemologies. She argues that Pacific research should be undertaken by Pacific Islanders who interpret their cultures and experiences through Pacific ‘lenses’, and it should have as its primary purpose the reclamation of Pacific values and knowledge for Pacific peoples. If development plans are to be more successful than hitherto, they must be grounded in a Pacific worldview.

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Title: Technologies and discourses of colonialism in education in the Republic of Kiribati

Author: Burnett, Greg
Subject:  Pacific Islanders|Education
 Education|Kiribati
 Education and state|Kiribati
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.24, no.2, 2002
Collation: 10-23;

Abstract: The author critiques the dominant voices in the educational and colonial past in Kiribati and gives a post-colonial discourse analysis of the contradictory liberalism that began to inform decision-making after World War Two. He suggests that education can become more equitable if students, parents and teachers engage decision-makers in the politics of knowing.

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