Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs)
This paper argues that the teaching/learning environments of most formal educational institutions in Pacific Islands Nations (PINs) are culturally undemocratic: that is, they do not take into consideration the way most Pacific people think, learn and communicate with one another. This is true not on...
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Georgia Southern University
2009-07-01
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| description | This paper argues that the teaching/learning environments of most formal educational institutions in Pacific Islands Nations (PINs) are culturally undemocratic: that is, they do not take into consideration the way most Pacific people think, learn and communicate with one another. This is true not only of the values that underpin the curriculum but also the methods that most teachers use, and the way in which student learning is assessed and evaluated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2186851241c47ab8280c85ae7d5a7be2022-12-22T03:52:43ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1931-47442009-07-013210.20429/ijsotl.2009.030206Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs)Konai ThamanThis paper argues that the teaching/learning environments of most formal educational institutions in Pacific Islands Nations (PINs) are culturally undemocratic: that is, they do not take into consideration the way most Pacific people think, learn and communicate with one another. This is true not only of the values that underpin the curriculum but also the methods that most teachers use, and the way in which student learning is assessed and evaluated.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol3/iss2/6Cultural democracy in teaching and learningPacific Island NationsRethinking Pacific education initiative by Pacific for Pacific |
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| title | Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs) |
| title_full | Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs) |
| title_fullStr | Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs) |
| title_short | Towards Cultural Democracy in Teaching and Learning With Specific References to Pacific Island Nations (PINs) |
| title_sort | towards cultural democracy in teaching and learning with specific references to pacific island nations pins |
| topic | Cultural democracy in teaching and learning Pacific Island Nations Rethinking Pacific education initiative by Pacific for Pacific |
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