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Title: Race is not the only issue in education in Fiji

Author: Tavola, Helen Goodwill
Subject:  Motivation in education|Fiji
 Education|Cross-cultural studies|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.27, vol.14, no.2, 1992
Collation: p. 34-40 ;

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Title: Reading and writing development in the early years (0-6 years) : the role of the adult

Author: Campbell, Robin
Subject:  Children|Books and reading
 Reading|Parent participation
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.32, vol.17, no.1, 1995
Collation: p. 38-53 ;

Abstract: The role of the adult as a support for children’s literacy development is of considerable importance. Recently Frank Smith (1992) indicated that ‘ethods can never ensure that children learn to read. Children must learn from people’. That quote encapsulated, very neatly, the key role of adults. Those adults, often parents at home and teachers at school, will provide and then support children in a variety of literacy activities, which serves to facilitate the children in their literacy development (Campbell 1990). What are some of those literacy activities – especially in the early years? And how do the adults at home, in pre-school playgroups, in nursery classrooms and infant school classrooms use the literacy activities to support the children’s learning? There are, of course, many different opportunities for children to engage with literacy. However, six particular activities will beemphasised in this article. They are story reading, using environmental print, momentary engagements with print, shared book experience, shared reading and opportunities for writing.

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Title: Ready to read in the South Pacific

Author: Lumelume, Sereima, Moore, Barbara
Subject:  Reading (Primary)|Fiji
 Language experience approach in education|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.24, vol.13, no.1, 1991
Collation: p. 54-64 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Rediscovering the school as a learning organisation : becoming a community of inquiry

Author: Velayutham, Thillainayakam
Subject:  Organizational effectiveness
 Educational change
 School improvement programs
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.34, vol.18, no.1, 1996
Collation: p. 15-23 ;

Abstract: This article amplifies and builds on Bhindi’s theme, by similarly endorsing the appropriateness of the Learning Organisation concept, saying that schools individually can be agents of major and beneficial reforms and changes. He highlights the potential benefit of all members of the school team perceiving themselves as learners and leaders, working also in closer partnership with the communities they serve.

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Title: Reflections on teacher education in Pacific for the next millennium

Author: Chandra, Rajesh
Subject:  Teachers|Training of|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.40, vol.21, no.1, 1999
Collation: p. 3-12 ;

Abstract: In his opening address, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, touched on USP’s commitment to regional collaboration in the field of teacher education, some of the most important declarations on education and teacher training (the Delors Report, for example), the importance of the information revolution, the concept of education as a lifelong process, and the importance of quality.

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Title: Reflections on the strategy of changing a school system

Author: Beeby, C. E.
Subject:  Education
 Curriculum change
 Teachers|Training of
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.8, 1982
Collation: p. 1-16 ;

Abstract: Informal talk given at Seminar on Regional Co-operation in Teacher Education (1981 : Western Samoa Secondary Teachers College) sponsored by IOE, USP.

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Title: Reform and innovation in higher education.

Author:
Subject:  Education, Higher|Aims and objectives
 Education|Developing countries
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.10, no.2, 1988
Collation: p. 160-173 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Reform of the New Zealand education system and responses by the indigenous Maori of New Zealand

Author: Smith, Graham Hingangaroa
Subject:  Multicultural education|New Zealand
 Educational anthropology|New Zealand
 Maori (New Zealand people)|Education
 Kura kaupapa Maori
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.40, vol.21, no.1, 1999
Collation: p. 60-72 ;

Abstract: This paper examines the development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori of New Zealand to the dual crises of educational under-achievement on the one hand and the loss of Maori language, knowledge and culture on the other. In particular, this paper considers the critical intervention and change role played by Kaupapa Maori (Maori philosophy and practice), the significant component of which is centred on the use of traditional and contemporary notions of whanau (extended family) values, practices and structures.

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Title: Reforms in schooling : problems and challenges

Author: Muralidhar, Srinivasiah
Subject:  Educational change
 School improvement programs
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.31, vol.16, no.2, 1994
Collation: p. 75-83 ;

Abstract: Ways of enhancing overall educational quality are explored by Dr Muralidhar. He makes a variety of suggestions relating to teachers, students, and the curriculum, mainly arguing for more creativity, flexibility and attention to student and staff morale.

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Title: Relating formal instruction to prior knowledge : the case of decimal fractions

Author: Sharma, Sashi
Subject:  Fractions|Study and teaching (Elementary)|Fiji
 Decimal fractions|Study and teaching (Elementary)|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.34, vol.18, no.1, 1996
Collation: p. 57-71 ;

Abstract: This paper is part of a study that arose from a concern about children’s difficulties with decimal numbers and the role of calculators. The study was designed to gain information on how calculators affect children’s understanding of decimal numbers in decimal concepts, computations, estimation and problem-solving. Data from interviews and other sources indicated that children generated links with their whole number and fraction ideas while working with decimals. This paper discusses research into how prior whole number and fraction knowledge influences the learning of decimals, and provides evidence to support this view. The paper concludes with some suggestions for teachers and curriculum developers in Fiji.

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Title: Relating to recommendations on ways of being

Author: Maas, Jeannette P.
Subject:  Culture conflict|Fiji
 Ethnocentrism
 Primitive societies
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.9, 1982
Collation: p. 23-31 ;

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: Report on field trial of a kit of simple, inexpensive science equipment

Author: Mason, Herbert I.
Subject:  Scientific apparatus and instruments
 Science|Equipment and supplies
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.10, 1983
Collation: p. 1-11 :

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Research on the effects of early childhood education : a review

Author: Stewart, Robert A. C.
Subject:  Child development|Research
 Education, Preschool|Research
 Early childhood education|Research
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies vol.10, no.1, 1988
Collation: p. 18-24 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Response to Babu Prasad

Author: Todd, Liz
Subject:  Mathematics|Study and teaching (Secondary)|Fiji
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.24, vol.13, no.1, 1991
Collation: p. 50-53 ;

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

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Title: Running a mathematics resource unit : some reflections

Author: Muralidhar, Sundari
Subject:  The University of the South Pacific|Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
 Mathematics|Study and teaching (Higher)|Oceania
Volume: Directions: Journal of Educational Studies no.29, vol.15, no.2, 1993
Collation: p. 73-84 ;

Abstract: The author reflects critically on the role and functions of the Mathematics Resource Unit which operates within the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching in the University of the South Pacific.

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