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Ilaisaane Foli Fakapulia; Willie Solomona Time; Genevieve TuiSamoa; Latika Samalia; Erik Wibowo – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Religion is an important aspect in Pacific cultures and may influence how Pasifika students learn anatomy. Traditional constructs in Pacific cultures, such as "tapu" (forbidden/taboo) and sacred relationships, and/or Christian values are where spirituality is most commonly perceived among Pacific people. Although Pacific people are not…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Foreign Countries, Pacific Islanders, Cultural Context
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Hart, Sarah M.; Hill, Mary F.; Gaffney, Janet S. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: This study investigated transition, or school leaving, as experienced by young adults living in Aotearoa New Zealand who had significant intellectual and developmental disabilities. Method: To investigate these typically unheard perspectives, qualitative methods were adapted to individual communication preferences. Personal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
OECD Publishing, 2020
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Test Results, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
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Nielsen, Marianne O.; Brown, Samantha – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
The data from a longitudinal study of seven indigenous justice service organizations in four colonized countries were analyzed to identify the characteristics that made them "indigenous." Although nine common organizational characteristics emerged, of these, four are essential and specific to indigenous organizations (dependency on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Definitions, Institutional Characteristics