ERIC Number: ED660658
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Feb
Pages: 26
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Learning from Each Other. A Final Report
Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga; Martyn Reynolds
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative
"Learning from Each Other" is a Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) that provides a relationship-derived description of helpful tools that are useful for communities, educational professionals, and professional development providers to support sustained positive change for Pacific students. Helpful tools are those that make a difference on the ground, provide conceptual and experiential learning that resonates with the ideas and aspirations of Pacific communities, and supports educators, primarily teachers, through developing deep ways of engaging with resources available. The research pairs community consultation with teacher learning, and teacher learning with changed classroom practice, acknowledging the various cultural, experiential, and pedagogic expertise of all participants. The research questions focus on the effects of access to Pacific voice and Pacific origin concepts on teachers, resultant practice changes, the impacts of change, and researcher learning about the processes involved. The findings show the productivity of a professional learning and development (PLD) model that brings together motivated teachers, a talanoa approach to safe space for dialogue, the voices of Pacific communities corroborated and clarified by research, sufficient opportunities to learn, and a growth mindset that values learning as a way of improving the self--individual, social, and professional.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pacific Islanders, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Faculty Development, Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness, Parent Teacher Cooperation, School Culture
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative. Available from: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. P.O. Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New Zealand. Tel: +64-4384-7939; Fax: +64-4384-7933; e-mail: tlri@nzcer.org.nz; Web site: http://www.tlri.org.nz
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (New Zealand)
Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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