NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 12 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reddy, Pritika; Chaudhary, Kaylash; Sharma, Bibhya; Chand, Darren – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
In the digital age, advocating and improving digital literacy is a global challenge. There have been scales developed to measure individuals' digital literacy competencies; however, intervention programs have been only a few. This research paper articulates design details, validity, reliability and effectiveness of a new online modulated digital…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Intervention, Technological Literacy, Pacific Islanders
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McPhillips, J. Clark; Melvin, N. E.; Carlyon, T.; Fisher, A.; Merry, R. – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2023
In response to community and sector needs, in 2020 an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) provider in Aotearoa/New Zealand developed a Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) programme with a unique design as an alternative pathway into the profession. The design elements of the programme included being field-based, online, and with a bicultural kaupapa. This…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Biculturalism, Program Implementation, Alternative Teacher Certification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Annie Te One; Maria Bargh – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2023
Social and political change is occurring in Aotearoa New Zealand and tikanga, matauranga, te reo Maori (the Maori language) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) are increasingly being recognised in diverse political and legal contexts. This article explores whether the political science discipline in Aotearoa New Zealand is keeping pace…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Treaties, Political Science
MacDonald, Jo; Bright, Nicola; Alansari, Mohamed; Li, Mengnan – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2022
"Sorted in Schools, Te whai hua -- kia ora" is a financial capability programme for secondary school students in English-medium (EME) and Maori-medium (MME) education settings. The programme aims to equip all young New Zealanders for their financial future. The first resources were piloted in 2018, and schools and kura started to use the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Language of Instruction, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yeh, Christine J.; Borrero, Noah E. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2012
The authors evaluated a health careers program in a U.S. urban public high school. After small subgroups of the original sample were removed, participants included 162 Asian American and Pacific Islander students. Analyses of covariance indicated that, compared with the comparison group, the treatment group reported significantly higher levels of…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity, Health Occupations, Asian Americans
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bishop, Russell; Berryman, Mere; Wearmouth, Janice; Peter, Mira; Clapham, Sandra – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This paper considers the relationship between a professional development programme designed to bring about changes in teacher practice through iterative cycles of implementation and evaluation and associated changes in Indigenous students' educational performance. The paper does this by documenting the outcomes of the implementation of the Te…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hynds, Anne; Sleeter, Christine; Hindle, Rawiri; Savage, Catherine; Penetito, Wally; Meyer, Luanna H. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This article presents a case study of a unique New Zealand professional development programme, Te Kotahitanga, for mainstream secondary school teachers. Findings discussed are drawn from an independent evaluation of the programme across 22 secondary schools. The professional development approach attempted to reposition the relationship between…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maebuta, Jack – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2011
The Learn and Play Project was initiated by Solomon Islands Football Federation and aimed at educating and providing football skills training for primary school dropouts. The aim of this paper is to report the implementation of the programme in a case study school. Because the project is still being implemented, this paper is not intended to…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Team Sports
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lee, Sun-A; Borden, Lynne M.; Serido, Joyce; Perkins, Daniel F. – Youth & Society, 2009
The authors examine perceptions that young people hold regarding their participation in community-based youth programs. Specifically, this study assesses young people's sense of psychological safety, their relationships with adult staff, their learning of social skills, and how different ethnic groups experience these factors. Data for the study…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Safety, Pacific Islanders, Young Adults
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Turvey, Rosario – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
This article outlines the Results-Based Evaluation (RBE) framework proposed for the ex-post assessment of the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) in 12 small-island developing states (SIDS) in the South Pacific. It gives an overview of the methods and basis of developing an evaluation framework in the context of SIDS in the region.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Sustainable Development, Program Evaluation
Mara, Diane – 1999
Placed within the context of current policy, research, and implementation provisions in early childhood education in New Zealand, this study examined the current professional development provisions for the implementation of Te Whariki in Pacific Islands early childhood centers (PIECCs) and the current approaches used by PIECCs to assess children's…
Descriptors: Action Research, Culturally Relevant Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes
Chesswas, Roger; Keir, Scott S.; Leung, Eunice; Terada, Wayne – Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), 2005
The Pacific Communities with High-performance in Literacy Development (Pacific CHILD) Professional Development Model research project was initiated in response to an overwhelming need in PREL's Pacific service region for improvement of teachers' knowledge and instructional practices in early reading. This report examines the question of the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Program Evaluation