Sailiga tomai ma malamalama’aga fa’a-Pasifika—Seeking Pasifika Knowledge to Support Student Learning: Reflections on Cultural Values Following an Educational Journey to Samoa (2021)

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Springer Science and Business Media LLCISSN
0028-82762199-4714
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Transforming practices in initial teacher education and school and early childhood education contexts to support the success of Pasifika students and children can be challenging. Palagi educators, in particular, may find their practices are constrained by bureaucratic systems, processes and professional norms in ways that limit thinking about and responses to different ways of being and doing. Drawing from the experiences of a diverse group of educators during an educational journey to Samoa led by an esteemed Samoan leader, colleague and mentor, this article argues culturally based pedagogy holds the key to thinking and moving beyond some of these constraints. The article suggests that understanding Pasifika cultural values and integrating these into pedagogy is a critical first step for educators, before concluding with several practice messages. While these messages focus on Pasifika communities, students and children, they can be adapted for other ethnic groups.
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Surtees N, Taleni LT, Ismail R, Rarere-Briggs B, Stark R Sailiga tomai ma malamalama’aga fa’a-Pasifika—Seeking Pasifika Knowledge to Support Student Learning: Reflections on Cultural Values Following an Educational Journey to Samoa. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies.This citation is automatically generated and may be unreliable. Use as a guide only.
Keywords
Pasifika student achievement; culturally based pedagogy; cultural valuesANZSRC Fields of Research
45 - Indigenous studies::4514 - Pacific Peoples education::451403 - Pacific Peoples curriculum and pedagogy45 - Indigenous studies::4514 - Pacific Peoples education::451401 - Cultural responsiveness and working with Pacific Peoples communities education
45 - Indigenous studies::4514 - Pacific Peoples education::451405 - Pacific Peoples educational methods
39 - Education::3901 - Curriculum and pedagogy::390102 - Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390307 - Teacher education and professional development of educators
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