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The Influences of Indigenous Heritage Language Education on Students and Families in a Hawaiian Language Immersion Program
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Luning, Rebecca J. I.; Yamauchi, Lois A. – Heritage Language Journal, 2010
Papahana Kaiapuni is a K-12 public school program in which the Hawaiian language is the medium of instruction. In 1987, parents and language activists started the program in response to the dwindling number of speakers that resulted from a nearly century-long ban on the indigenous language. This study examined how participation in this indigenous…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, School Activities, Immersion Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Family Involvement in a Hawaiian Language Immersion Program
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Yamauchi, Lois A.; Lau-Smith, Jo-Anne; Luning, Rebecca J. I. – School Community Journal, 2008
This study investigated the ways in which family members of students in a Hawaiian language immersion program were involved in their children's education and identified the effects of and barriers to involvement. A sociocultural theoretical approach and Epstein's framework of different types of involvement were applied. Participants included 35…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Malayo Polynesian Languages