Title: Teacher education and globalisation : challenge for teacher education in the Pacific during the new millenium

Abstract: In his talk, Tupeni Baba focuses on the experience of Pacific states under globalisation and its associated neo-liberal policies, highlighting some implications on education generally and more specially on teacher education. He explores some ideas for a new agenda that might contribute not only to our understanding of the major changes occurring around us but also to how we could address these.

Title: Teacher education at the crossroads which path should we take?

Abstract: Chapter 1 of Pacific Education Series Book 3: Pacific voices: Teacher education on the move, edited by Priscilla Puamau. In this chapter, the author briefly discusses ten issues and challenges facing teacher education in the Pacific. The ideas are culled from her cumulative experience of over two decades of working in teacher education and in education in general in the Pacific region. The important question to ask is: Which path should Pacific countries take in their quest to have the best of both worlds? On the one hand is offered the possibility of an educational system and teacher education models that are solidly grounded and rooted in best traditional or indigenous cultural practices and epistemologies. On the other hand are ranged the best of the offerings of the west and the global world. Or perhaps, rather than 'either . . . or', we need to strive for some kind of blending or grafting of the best that each has to offer, to produce a system uniquely crafted to our particular needs and situations. In this way, and perhaps only in this way, can we make our education systems our own.

Title: Teacher education for cultural identity in Fiji

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between culture and education, and relates it to the South Pacific context, particularly Fiji. It argues that there is a need for balance between western education and the traditional education of Fiji’s non-western cultures. A first, important step in achieving this balance is to enable teachers to recognise and affirm their own cultural identities, and to understand and respect the cultural identities of those around them. The discussion moves to a case study focused on teacher education at the Fiji College of Advanced Education (FCAE) where trainees, predominantly from Fijian and Indo-Fijian cultural backgrounds, undertake a twoyear pre-service programme. Upon graduation, these diplomates teach in selected areas in junior secondary schools. During their course of study at FCAE, trainee teachers undertake core courses in education which are designed in such a way that their own cultural identity is affirmed and their cultural sensitivity towards others is heightened.

Title: Teacher education for new times reconceptualising pedagogy and learning in the Pacific

Abstract: Chapter 15 of Pacific Education Series Book 3: Pacific voices: Teacher education on the move, edited by Priscilla Puamau. The author was critical friend at the regional workshop co-organised by Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) held in Samoa in 2005. Teacher educators and policy makers from across the Pacific participated and, in this chapter, the author discusses their presentations and the issues that were discussed at the workshop.

Title: Teacher education in an aid project : the case of the Fiji-Australia Teacher Education Project (FATEP)

Abstract: Every Pacific Island country has experienced and benefited from aid projects. Nabobo examines one such project in Fiji, an Australian project which helped to make it possible to train teachers for the lower secondary level in order to ease the situation in the early 1990s of a dire shortage of teachers. Her article discusses some issues arising from the project that might have relevance for similar projects in the region.

Title: Teacher-pupil interaction during science lessons in two Western Samoan primary schools

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Teaching form 7 physics in secondary schools in Fiji : current difficulties and some proposed solutions

Abstract: This paper is based opening addresses given to secondary school physics teachers participating in in-service workshops. While many of the problems identified and the solutions proposed may apply to science subjects generally, the paper deals specifically with Form Seven physics in Fiji.

Title: Teaching the four operations for whole numbers and decimals

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Technical and vocational studies in Fiji secondary schools : a modular approach

Abstract: After an examination of the history of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Fiji and a description of the current, problematic situation, Dr Sharma suggests ways of improving TVET in Fiji. A ‘bottom-up’ approach, development programmes for teachers and administrators, integration of school-based TVET within mainstream schooling and the establishment of Institutes for early school leavers are among his proposals.

Title: Technologies and discourses of colonialism in education in the Republic of Kiribati

Abstract: The author critiques the dominant voices in the educational and colonial past in Kiribati and gives a post-colonial discourse analysis of the contradictory liberalism that began to inform decision-making after World War Two. He suggests that education can become more equitable if students, parents and teachers engage decision-makers in the politics of knowing.

Title: Technology in education : book review

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The Fiji form 7 perscription and the language needs of first year tertiary students

Abstract: This article is based on a study of how well students in Fiji are prepared by the Form 7 English Prescription to cope with the English language skills required in their first year at the University of the South Pacific (USP). It includes an analysis of the four major language skills in the Prescription and in the English for Academic Purposes course at USP. The views of several high school teachers and USP lecturers from different departments were also sought. Both the Form 7 and the USP students surveyed, although acknowledging certain difficulties, rate their ability in writing, reading, speaking and listening quite high. Teachers and lecturers are less positive, citing many problems they see in their students’ work. Although the Form 7 prescription does introduce students to the language skills that will help them in their first year at university, there seems to be a need to expand sections most relevant at the tertiary level. There are opportunities for teachers to create innovative strategies using material within the prescription to offer their students more challenging tasks.

Title: The Fiji secondary school sports and physical education status quo and its importance to tertiary curriculum development

Abstract: This study examined status quo of physical education and sport in secondary schools in Fiji and the level of confidence in the delivery of the Ministry of Education prescription, as well as issues that affect tertiary curriculum development in this area. Physical educators in 21 secondary schools filled in a questionnaire and three of the respondents were interviewed. The researchers visited schools and made field notes. Responses and field notes were coded for curriculum delivery, external connectivity and influence on curriculum development. Data analysis showed that all sampled secondary schools profess to have physical education, intramural, and inter-school sports; physical education teachers yearn for connectivity, particularly external connectivity; and they strongly support the development of the degree major in the University of the South Pacific.

Title: The Fiji secondary science education practical optimisation project

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The Ivolavosa and the codification of Fijian

Abstract: Dr Geraghty was closely involved with the compilation of the as yet unpublished Ivolavosa Vakaviti (Monolingual Fijian Dictionary). In his paper, he outlines the origin and development of Standard Fijian and describes its sociolinguistic environment. The dictionary is one of the first monolingual dictionaries of a Pacific language.

Title: The Pacific Area Technology and Health Project (PATH) : school based HIV/AIDS education in the South Pacific Region

Abstract: This article originally appeared In: Pacific-Asian Education, vol. 3 no. 1, 1991.

Title: The Pacific Islands literacy levels : some implications for learning and teaching

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The Pacific challenge : an overview of human resources development

Abstract: This article is adapted from the author’s presentation at the Second Conference of the Pacific Community held in New Caledonia in November, 2001. The theme of the conference was ‘The PacificIslands Challenge: Human Resource Development’. In this paper, the author takes a fresh look at HRD, emphasising the Pacific context and seeing it as a lifelong process, just as education and training are lifelong processes.

Title: The South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment and national fifth form certificates

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The big picture international perspectives on education for planners

Abstract: Chapter 1 of Pacific Education Series Book 1: Educational Planning in the Pacific: principles and guidelines, edited by Priscilla Puamau and G.R. (Bob) Teasdale. This chapter seeks to reconceptualise the planning and implementation of education in the Pacific by reviewing how people are thinking about education globally. What are the new ideas, the new trends, and how are they changing the ways that schooling is taking place in our global world? What are the implications of these different ways of thinking for the planning and reform of education in the Pacific? And for the work of the Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project?

Title: The community as an educational resource and the role of the educational administrator : part 1

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The conceptualisation of non-formal education

Abstract: Kedrayate presents a useful discussion on non-formal education, its relevance to and practice inthe Pacific, as well as ways in which it can and should be adapted to suit the Pacific culturalcontext.

Title: The creation of children's literature in Fiji

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The current situation: the case of the Cook Islands

Abstract: There is increasing concern about English becoming the dominant language and the use of Cook Islands Maori declining, but steps are under way to remedy the situation. The language policy implemented in schools is guided by the Cook Islands Education Policy, which has as one of its goals to develop all students as bilingual in Cook Islands Maori and English.

Title: The curriculum of school science

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The development of reflectivity in student teachers in Papua New Guinea

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The distinctive case of the Samoan learner of English : metacognition, learning style and culture

Abstract: Julian Fox, originally from Australia, has been teaching English at the Pacific Regional Seminary and at Corpus Christi Teachers’ College in Suva for the past few years. He has completed three of the four required courses for the Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics and expects to graduate in December 2001. In The distinctive case of the Samoan learner of English: metacognition, learning style and culture, Father Fox combines his knowledge of Samoan students and the Samoan language with his interest in the role of culture in second language acquisition.

Title: The education and care of 0 - 8 year-olds building strong foundations for the future

Abstract: Chapter 2 of Pacific Education Series Book 5: Early childhood care and education in the Pacific, edited by Priscilla Puamau and Frances Pene. The author describes the background to the regional workshop on ECCE co-organised by the Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project and held in Solomon Islands in 2007. The theme of the workshop was 'Supporting learning from 0-8, creating the future'. Attending the workshop were 42 participants, representing government policy makers and NGOs engaged in ECCE in all the Forum countries except Palau.

Title: The effect of listening to stories on comprehension and reading achievement

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The environmental comparator

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The ethics of parental participation in school management

Abstract: Since the mid-1960s there has been a steady, although sometimes haphazard, growth of interest in greater parental participation in schooling (Watson, 1979). The arguments for parental participation in schooling and school management in particular rest on social and political considerations but are given focus with the welfare of the child. The social and political considerations of parental participation are those involved with the concept of democracy. In this context the primary function of a school management is concerned with the personal, social and political development of all those within its sphere of responsibility. This article takes the view that a school, for both ethical and practical reasons, must also address the developmental needs of parents, besides those of children and teachers (the latter two are not the concern of this article). It argues that their participation is both their right and duty. First, the article looks at the concept of participation. Next, it discusses the ethical arguments for parental participation in schooling. Lastly, it examines the degree of parental participation in school management in Fiji. Although the discussion is based on my educational experience in Fiji, it is intended to have wider relevance.

Title: The female distance learner : motivation, persistence and success in pre-degree English courses.

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The flight of the Amokura : book review.

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The forgotten context : culture and teacher education in Oceania

Abstract: In her keynote address, Konai Thaman, who holds the UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education and Culture, spoke on making the education environment in the Pacific more culturally democratic. She urges education policy makers to show more consideration for and tolerance of the realities of teachers and students whose cultural identities are not those that dominate the processes of formal education systems in the Pacific, which are largely based on Anglo-American and Eurocentric perceptions of learning and teaching.

Title: The gaining knowledge school

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The influence of home background variables on the achievement of Fijian and Indian children

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The introduction to Pacific education series book 1 educational planning in the Pacific: principles and guidelines

Abstract: This introduction gives background information about the Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project and the regional workshop on educational planning that was held in September 2004 in Fiji.

Title: The language context of pacific countries: a summary

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The language factor in mathematics education

Abstract: Language is an important factor in the learning and teaching of mathematics. While for most students a mathematics lesson is generally a language lesson within the mathematics part, the sequence seems more complicated for second-language learners. For many Pacific Islanders, learning in English and Mathematical English creates serous cognitive difficulties. Using appropriate language(s) in context must be a consideration.

Title: The learning contract : a means of improving student comprehension in the study of literature

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The learning organisation : promise and potential

Abstract: The author recommends the Learning Organisation as a meritorious concept for application to educational settings generally, and to the Pacific educational context in particular. He also acknowledges, however, that it is a concept which poses challenges to our administrators and is one which needs to be adapted to suit each country’s cultural context.

Title: The long-term effects of a book flood on children's language growth

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The making of a precedent : the evolution of Cook Islands school certificate

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The need for change

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The online experience . the students. perspective

Abstract: The School of Law delivers the majority of its courses both online and face-to-face. This article, which is based upon research material gathered in 2004 and 2005, identifies the main concerns of first year law students who are new to online study, and the main benefits that they perceive to gain from online study. Strategies to overcome concerns of first year students who are being introduced to online study for the first time are also discussed.

Title: The practicalities of implementing adult literacy programs in Pacific countries

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The primary education improvement project of Vanuatu: a model for teacher development in the pacific

Abstract: The Ministry of Education in Vanuatu has recently completed the first phase of the Primary Education Improvement Project (PEIP), a PRIDE-funded sub-project aimed at developing a decentralised in-service training system for teachers in rural and remote schools. PEIP is .Pacific grown. and presents a cascade model for capacity-building with .essential elements. important for diffusion of new teaching practices in island communities. PEIP is the result of an extensive process of questioning and critical thinking that has been inclusive at all levels of the education community. The project utilises existing human resources and builds their capacity to deliver teacher professional development interventions and monitor programme quality and classroom practice. Preliminary findings reported here suggest that PEIP is making a significant and measurable impact on teaching practice and student learning. The PEIP model may be of particular interest to educators of Pacific Island countries looking for appropriate and relevant models of approach for teacher development.

Title: The principal and staff development

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The problems of educational administration in the South Pacific : a tentative position

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The purposes of industrial arts education in Western Samoa

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The reading recovery project

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The relationship between English proficiency and academic success at the University of the South Pacific

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The role of education in national development

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The role of ethnomathematics and reflective learning in mathematics education in Papua New Guinea

Abstract: Rex Matang makes a plea – do not teach in a vacuum, do not ignore the cultural context. Mathematics educators must begin with the students’ understanding of mathematics which they learn from meaningful experiences in the cultural context of their home, rather than teach abstract concepts which have no contextual reality for them. This calls for adopting a more reflective and inter-active approach to mathematics teaching. While Matang writes about PNG, mathematics teachers everywhere in the Pacific will find this article stimulating.

Title: The role of ethnomathematics in mathematics education in Papua New Guinea : implications for mathematics curriculum

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The role of research : a personal perspective

Abstract: Dr Taufe’ulungaki, herself a researcher of renown in the Pacific, interrogates the way that Pacific research has been largely undertaken by westerners, using western methodology, and underpinned by western belief systems and epistemologies. She argues that Pacific research should be undertaken by Pacific Islanders who interpret their cultures and experiences through Pacific ‘lenses’, and it should have as its primary purpose the reclamation of Pacific values and knowledge for Pacific peoples. If development plans are to be more successful than hitherto, they must be grounded in a Pacific worldview.

Title: The role of the Forum Secretariat in education

Abstract: When it became clear in the last decade that the goals of poverty alleviation and sustainable development are unlikely to be met if social issues are ignored, the Forum Secretariat added education to its agenda. Dr Tavola describes how the ‘Basic Education Action Plan’, which the Forum Secretariat is mandated to implement, came to be formulated, and what its key features are. This regional programme will include both formal and non-formal education, and will be complementary to national education programmes, the countries of the region participating in initial discussions so that they have a sense of ownership of and commitment to the programme.

Title: The role of the academic in the South Seas

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The role of the writer as educator

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The shared book experience and ESL

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The story of the Fijian story-teller

Abstract: Apolonia Tamata is Lecturer in Linguistics in the Pacific Languages Unit – a section of the Department located in Port Vila, Vanuatu. She is currently working towards her PhD at USP’s Laucala Bay campus in Suva. She has published a number of articles on Fijian and has interests in phonology, syntax, and orature. In The story of the Fijian story-teller, she tells a story of her own on an often overlooked genre of anecdotes which she calls ‘snippets’.

Title: The study of primary education in Fiji : how does it meet the needs of Fiji children

Abstract: Modh and Lanstrom highlight many ways in which basic education in Fiji meets the general needs of education, including acculturation, preparation for life and inculcation of appropriate attitudes and values among students. While suggesting some ways of better fulfilling basic educational goals in Fiji, they also express the view that no educational system in the world would be fully attaining all desired goals.

Title: The teaching and learning of legal writing skills: observations from Emalus

Abstract: The University of the South Pacific has long been conscious that English is a second language for many of its students, and that this creates special challenges for teaching and learning. In law, where language is often technical and needs to be used with great precision these challenges are particularly apparent. This article, which is based upon the author.s experiences in teaching at the University of the South Pacific, discusses different approaches to the teaching of legal writing, and identifies some strategies for improving teaching and learning in this area.

Title: The team approach to extension courses

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The theory and practice of education as seen through Western eyes and its relevance to the East

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The third person

Abstract: Ximena Abarca-Espina, from Chile, graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics in 1999. She is currently living in New Zealand. In The Third Person, she tries to find out why a ‘simple’ error – the lack of the third person singular present tense suffix -s, seems to persist in the English of many advanced learners of English. Her fieldwork is based on data from her own ESL students at a seminary in Suva.

Title: The underprivileged : some strategies for the educational development

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The "value-added" factor : towards an understanding of the nature and extent of school effectiveness

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The way forward for ECCE in Pacific Island countries

Abstract: Chapter 11 of Pacific Education Series Book 5: Early childhood care and education in the Pacific, edited by Priscilla Puamau and Frances Pene. As critical friend to the regional workshop on ECCE co-organised by the Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project and held in Solomon Islands in 2007, the author critically discusses the presentations at the workshop and puts forward her own ideas about strategies for future action.

Title: Threshold concepts in legal education

Abstract: This paper examines the idea of .threshold concepts. in relation to legal education. The notion of threshold concepts relates to major concepts that involve a transformation of a student.s worldview and that need to be acquired in order to succeed in studying in a particular discipline.

Title: Tokelau education sector strategic plan 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2014

Abstract: This volume of Directions: Journal of Educational Studies brings to readers the strategic plans for education of four small islands states in the Pacific.Niue, Nauru, Tokelau and Tuvalu.and an introductory chapter by Dr Helen Tavola, Social Policy Advisor for the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The Forum Basic Education Action Plan (FBEAP, now the Pacific Education Framework, PEDF) is a regional plan for education and the Pacific Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project is the main vehicle of implementation of FBEAP. Assisting counties with education planning has been a key part of the work of PRIDE. Dr Tavola.s chapter elaborates on the development of FBEAP and PRIDE and highlights the role education strategic plans play in strengthening the capacity of each Ministry of Education to plan and deliver quality basic education. The chapter focuses on the unique challenges faced by small island states in addressing the capacity constraints in implementing the FBEAP/PEDF and their national educations strategic plans. The editors are very grateful to the Directors of Education in Nauru, Niue, Tokelau and Tuvalu for permission to print their plans in this volume.

Title: Towards a culture-sensitive model of curriculum development for Pacific Island countries

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Towards quality in education : a viewpoint on education in Catholic schools in Kiribati

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Towards real communication in English lessons in Pacific primary schools

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Towards the formulation of a language policy for Pacific preschools : a survey of language use by parents and teachers

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Tradition, education and literary environments

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Training for national examiners : where does it start?

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Training teachers to cope with computers in schools

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Transparent rings atomic model (TRAM): s,p,d,f, notation made simple

Abstract: This article describes the Transparent Rings Atomic Model, a teaching model that the author developed to help students visualise atomic energy levels and understand the electronic structure of the atom in a meaningful way. The article begins with a discussion of some misconceptions that students have about core chemistry concepts. It then looks at the usefulness of the traditional .zig-zag. algorithm as an instructional tool for teaching students how to write electronic configurations and how the TRAM can complement its use. A description of how to use this model in the classroom is included at the end of the article.

Title: Trends in school development in the Pacific with special reference to school size

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Trends in teacher education in New Zealand since 1990

Abstract: Finally to New Zealand, from where Noeline Alcorn gives an account of trends in teacher education since 1990, and their causes. The trend towards diversity of teacher education providers and provision has given rise to the pressing need to maintain and assess quality in teacher education by setting standards. Then there are ongoing challenges, such as the need for teachers who will be able to teach in increasingly culturally diverse classrooms. The article shows how teacher education in New Zealand has changed as goals have changed, and how planners need to keep pace with the new challenges that will face the profession in the next millenium. This article is sure to interest education planners in the Pacific, who must also be facing challenges.

Title: Tuku 'ae vaka kae fai e kakau : traditional health practices in nurse education in Tonga

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Tutors' views on adult literacy, 1990-91

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Tuvalu strategic plan 2006 - 2010 Tuvalu Department of Education

Abstract: This volume of Directions: Journal of Educational Studies brings to readers the strategic plans for education of four small islands states in the Pacific.Niue, Nauru, Tokelau and Tuvalu.and an introductory chapter by Dr Helen Tavola, Social Policy Advisor for the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The Forum Basic Education Action Plan (FBEAP, now the Pacific Education Framework, PEDF) is a regional plan for education and the Pacific Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project is the main vehicle of implementation of FBEAP. Assisting counties with education planning has been a key part of the work of PRIDE. Dr Tavola.s chapter elaborates on the development of FBEAP and PRIDE and highlights the role education strategic plans play in strengthening the capacity of each Ministry of Education to plan and deliver quality basic education. The chapter focuses on the unique challenges faced by small island states in addressing the capacity constraints in implementing the FBEAP/PEDF and their national educations strategic plans. The editors are very grateful to the Directors of Education in Nauru, Niue, Tokelau and Tuvalu for permission to print their plans in this volume.