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Taylor, Neil

Title: Environmental education in Kiribati : constraints and future prospects

Author: Taylor, Neil
Subject:  Environmental education|Study and teaching|Kiribati
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.26, vol.14, no.1, 1992
Collation: p. 69-78 ;

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Title: Investigating tertiary level teacher-student interactions in Fiji using the questionnaire on teacher interaction (QTI)

Author: Taylor, Neil, Coll, Richard K., Ali, Sadaquat
Subject:  Classroom interaction|Fiji
 Interaction analysis in education|Fiji
 Teacher-student relationships|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.45, vol.23, no.2, 2001
Collation: p. 91-112 ;

Abstract: The research reported in this inquiry consists of the application of a previously validated learning environment questionnaire developed in a western context to a culturally diverse context, namely, the Pacific Islands. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) instrument was administered to intact classes of first and second year science students (n=257) at a regional university in the Pacific Islands, catering for a total of 12 ethnicities. The data reveal that the QTI instrument holds good reliability for all scales, and this may be due to the simple nature of the questions on the QTI. Surprisingly, there were few differences in perceptions of teacher-student interaction based on ethnicity, but substantial differences based on gender; females perceived their environment more favourably than males. The data for the QTI reveal that the students perceive their classrooms to be highly teacher dominated, consistent with previous naturalistic studies of secondary schools and exploratory studies at the tertiary level in Fiji. Since almost all the graduates from this institution become science teachers, a cycle is completed.

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Title: Science at the University of the South Pacific : a learning or a teaching problem?

Author: Taylor, Neil
Subject:  Educational tests and measurements|Fiji
 Achievement tests|Fiji
 Science|Study and teaching (Secondary)|Fiji
 Science|Ability testing|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.24, vol.13, no.1, 1991
Collation: p. 25-35 ;

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Title: Using a constructivist approach to enhance conceptual understanding of science : the pre-service training of Fiji primary school teachers

Author: Taylor, Neil
Subject:  Science teachers|Training of|Fiji
 Science|Study and teaching (Secondary)|Fiji
 Science|Study and teaching (Elementary)|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.41, vol.21, no.2, 1999
Collation: p. 3-23 :

Abstract: Science teaching in Fiji is often very formalistic and didactic. This is in part due to an extremely competitive examination system, but work by Muralidhar (1989) has also indicated that at the primary and lower secondary level, teachers’ content knowledge of physical science is often lacking. This in turn impacts on the teachers’ confidence, and often results in a teacher-centred approach in which there is little deviation from the set text. This paper outlines an innovative science programme which was developed and trialled with Fiji preservice primary teachers in an attempt to improve their content knowledge of physical science. It also reports some of the student teachers’ views on the various teaching strategies employed during the programme.

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