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Professional Readings: Pasifika
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- Best Evidence Synthesis: The Complexity of Community and Family Influences on Children's Achievement in New Zealand
2003 best evidence synthesis report commissioned by the Ministry of Education. It is part of a commitment to strengthen the evidence base that informs education policy and practice in New Zealand.
- Language Acquisition Research
Papers from the 2003 Language Acquisition Forum. The purpose of the forum was to draw on New Zealand academic expertise and experience in the field of language acquisition and bilingual development to inform Ministry of Education policy and to share knowledge of Maori and Pasifika immersion and bilingual education.
- Pasifika Education
The main Pasifika education index on the Ministry of Education's web site.
- Pasifika Education Plan - Ministry of Education
The Pasifika Education Plan 2006-2010 aims to raise participation and achievement.
- Being Bilingual in Manukau
2007 City of Manukau Education Trust discussion paper - prepared for the Manukau Education Conference (PDF).
- Community Cohesion Education Standards for Schools
This report sees schools as central in breaking down the barriers between students and helping to create cohesive communities (British Department for Education and Skills).
- Daughters of the Pacific
Pacific women raise issues and share stories of being NZ born.
- The Education of Pacific Students in New Zealand Schools
This ERO report is based on the reviews of 114 schools where Pacific students were enrolled, during the first two terms of 2002.
- Family and Community Engagement in Education
2007 paper briefly outlining findings about family and community influences on students' achievement. The paper identifies key principles for working in partnership with families and community and summarises features of partnership programmes in the Manukau area. (PDF)
- Intergenerational Learning in Practice - 2006
This report from the City of Manukau Education Trust (COMET) describes the philosophies underpinning the intergenerational learning model, programme design, and the outcomes from the pilot studies in South Auckland.
- Island News at SouthPacific
Links to Pacific newspapers.
- The Journal of the Polynesian Society
The University of Auckland Library and the Polynesian Society have collaborated in initiating the Online Journal. The project will progressively digitise the first 100 years of the Journal, from 1892-1991.
- Language Acquisition Research
A compilation of papers on language acquisition and bilingual development presented at a 2003 Ministry of Education forum.
- Library Pacific Islands Resources
This portal site from Canterbury University contains many useful links.
- Like I wasn't there, I didn't exist: The invisible students in New Zealand today
An exploration by Neville-Tisdall and Milne of recent literature on racism in education. Includes the voices of students alienated from mainstream NZ schools.
- Literature Review on Pacific Education Issues
Commissioned to provide information about those issues for Pacific education which have been researched, and those which have not, since 1990. Includes some recommendations for further research on Pasifika education issues.
- Literature Review on the Effective Engagement of Pasifika Parents & Communities in Education (PISCPL) - Ministry of Education
Designed to complement and inform an evaluation of the Ministry's PISCPL project. The review explored barriers to Pacific Island parent/community engagement and strategies that can support home-school engagement.
- Pacific Islands Report
A summary of up-to-date news can be found at this Pacific Islands Development Programme site.
- The Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison (PISCPL)
Initiative that started in 1996, PISCPL encourages schools to develop effective liaison links with their Pacific families and communities.
- Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project Case Study - Ministry of Education
This report studies the relationship between schools, Pacific Island communities and student achievement in a cluster of four schools.
- Pacific Regional Information System
Key statistical documentation for Pacific communities (Secretariat of the Pacific Community).
- Pacific Salutations
Greetings and phrases in a number of Pasifika languages (Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs).
- Pacific Students in Auckland Schools (ERO)
2004 report.
- Pasifika Students in New Zealand Schools: Some Explanations for their Literacy Performance
John Dickie argues that Street's models of literacy may go some way to help us to interpret and explain the performance of Pasifika students in school.
- Pathways over the Transition to Schools: Studies in Family Literacy Practices and Effective Classroom Concepts for Maori and Pasifika children
Research for the MOE by Turoa, Wolfgramm, Tanielu and McNaughton.
- Picking up the Pace
2001 report that shows levels of literacy achievement in low decile schools can be raised.
- A Tapestry of Understanding: Intergenerational Family Learning
This discussion document from the City of Manukau Education Trust (COMET) explores the ways in which intergenerational family learning policy can support the strategic goals of central
government in relation to the well-being of families in Manukau, South Auckland.
- Vaka Vuku: Navigating Knowledge
Link to Pacific Epistemologies Conference and background papers on Pacific wisdom and knowledge, 2006.
