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Title: Of daffodils and hilala : understanding cultural contexts in Pacific literature

Author: Thaman, Konaiholeva Helu
Subject:  Pacific Island literature|Study and teaching
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.36, vol.19, no.1, 1997
Collation: p. 3-16 ;

Abstract: Helu Thaman raises the need to view Pacific literature in its socio-cultural context, rather than judge it from criteria developed to critique western literature. The article provides valuable food for thought for both students and teachers of Pacific literature.

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Title: Of gaps and bridges: educational challenges for the South Pacific

Author: Auxier, Clarence
Subject:  Educational anthropology
 Students|Social conditions
 Teacher-student relationships
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.25, no.1-2, 2003
Collation: 17-27;

Abstract: This paper contributes to the dialogue regarding a perceived cultural gap in the learning experiences of South Pacific higher education students. The gap is suggested to be the conflict between students. home cultures at one pole, and a combination of globalisation, internalised colonisation, and the transition to tertiary education at the other pole. Culture is defined as a process of understanding, and the implication for interpersonal understanding between teachers and students is presented as a means for bridging the cultural gap in South Pacific higher education.

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Title: On the relationship between research and writing

Author: Munro, Doug
Subject:  Research
 Report writing
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.29, vol.15, no.2, 1993
Collation: p. 3-16 ;

Abstract: Doug Munro looks critically at research and the relationship between research and writing, stressing that research and writing require different skills. He discusses how research and writing skills may be utilised to help produce a finished manuscript.

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Title: Open and flexible learning for whom? : rethinking distance education

Author: Thaman, Konaiholeva Helu
Subject:  Distance education|Cross-cultural studies|Oceania
 Distance education|Social aspects|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.44, vol.23, no.1, 2001
Collation: p. 3-22 ;

Abstract: Distance education is put under the microscope in this first two article. Thaman examines how it has affected equity and access in the University of the South Pacific region and, while acknowledging the well-known arguments for distance education, she urges Pacific Island educators to resist the lure of standardised, homogenised, packaged education, dominated by foreign educational philosophies. Instead, distance education offered by USP should be culturally inclusive, so that it serves to develop, rather than marginalise, Pacific cultures.

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Title: Opinions and attitudes of students on the goals of USP

Author: Kauraka, Kauraka
Subject:  The University of the South Pacific|Planning
 Students|Attitudes|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.16, vol.8, no.1/2, 1986
Collation: p. 93-95 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Organisation and drop-out rates in distance education : a preliminary study of the Fiji Centre of USP's extension services

Author: Prasad, Biman Chand
Subject:  The University of the South Pacific|Extension Services
 Distance education|Oceania
 College dropouts|Oceania
 University extension|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.10, no.2, 1988
Collation: p. 146-159 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Other peoples' flowers: some personal reflections on researching as an outsider

Author: Robbins, Christopher
Subject:  Teaching|Aids and devices
 Information technology
 Educational technology|Pacific Area
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.26, no.1, 2004
Collation: 13-20;

Abstract: The author shares his experiences, and limitations, in doing research in a culture of which he was not a part. His experience in developing educational technology in the Pacific region taught him that, rather than developing prescriptive strategies, it was better to develop and adaptive toolset which empowered students and teachers to customize learning materials to their own cultural contexts.

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Title: Outcomes document preamble

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Subject:  Education and state|Pacific Area
 Educational planning|Congresses|Oceania
 Inclusive education
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.29, no.1-2, 2007
Collation: 56 - 63;

Abstract: Chapter 14 of Pacific Education Series Book 6: Inclusive education in the Pacific, edited by Priscilla Puamau and Frances Pene. Compiled by several of the participants at the regional workshop on inclusive education held in Fiji in 2007, this document was presented to the Forum Ministers of Education at their meeting in Auckland in November 2007. The document (Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, 2007:3-4) noted that key areas that needed to be addressed at the national level included policy, collaboration, research, budget/finances, implementation of policy and training as well as school level initiatives.

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