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Sanga, Kabini F.

Title: A context-sensitive approach to educational aid

Author: Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  Educational planning
 Educational leadership
 Educational assistance
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.25, no.1-2, 2003
Collation: 28-39;

Abstract: This paper argues that the approach to educational aid must be sensitive to underlying fundamental contextual considerations within the communities aided. In Pacific Islands countries, these relate to weak leadership and, consequently, a lack of clear national vision and plan for education. This paper discusses the Re-thinking Pacific Education Initiative, its context-sensitive approach and its areas of innovation, significance and challenge

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Title: Internationalization and the status of teachers

Author: Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  Teachers
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.40, vol.21, no.1, 1999
Collation: p. 51-59 ;

Abstract: The author shares his thoughts, more accurately termed his “bare-footed impressions”, on the status of teachers. He discusses the changing environment within which teachers work, the demands imposed on teachers by that environment, and how we may respond to the changing environment and its demands in a manner likely to advance the status of teachers.

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Title: Negotiating indigenous participation in teacher education programme development

Author: Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  Solomon Islands College of Higher Education
 Teachers|Training of|Solomon Islands
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.35, vol.18, no.2, 1996
Collation: p. 57-66 ;

Abstract: At a time when consultancy work by Pacific Rim institutions is as great as ever, the author provides insight into the value of empowering local resource people to be fully involved in all aspects of aid-funded projects.

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Title: Partnership in an aid project : is it a teacher-learner relationship?

Author: Taylor, Lester, Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  Educational assistance|Social aspects|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.44, vol.23, no.1, 2001
Collation: p. 42-55 ;

Abstract: The relationship between donor consultants and local counterparts in an aid project has come under a lot of criticism, but the official records on which the research has so far been based do not include the perceptions of the individuals involved. The authors report on a study that investigated the extent to which the participants in an aid project in Solomon Islands perceived themselves as teachers and learners. The results might surprise the critics, as they show that, far from the consultants seeing themselves as experts, in this case they considered themselves learners throughout the project.

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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: Solomon Islands principalship: roles perceived, performed, preferred and expected

Author: Houma, Stanley, Sanga, Kabini F.
Subject:  Educational leadership
 School principals|Solomon Islands
 Education, Secondary|Solomon Islands
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.26, no.1, 2004
Collation: 55-69;

Abstract: This article provides a profile of the Solomon Islands secondary school principal. The article argues that the principal, as profiled, cannot be fairly expected to perform effectively as a school leader, as proposed in the academic literature. The article ends by lauding Solomon Islands principals for providing school leadership in spite of overwhelming odds.

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