Abstracts
Ulutala: Ua aiavea mamanu o le
soalaupule

Development and Implementation of
Career Planning Module to Enhance
Motivation among Low Achievers in
Malaysian Secondary Schools

Pasifika People’s Experiences of
Learning and Living in Two Worlds

Sustainable living in the Pacific:
Exploring the role of multiculturalism in
teacher education

Creative and Critical Thinking in the
Pacific: Is there a place for Creative
Expression in Education?

On the Impact of Curriculum-
Embedded Formative Assessment on
Learning.

Adapting global trends to meet local
contextual needs: Two countries’
approaches to the concept of school
review.

Educational policies and practices in
four settings: UK, US, China (PRC)
and New Zealand

Higher education and employment:
Mexico and Thailand

An exploration of the factors related to
retention of Samoan university
students

Cultural Values and Education in the
Pacific Examples from Samoa.

THE BUILDING  A PRIVATE
UNIVERSITY IN A SOCIAL COUNTRY
IN THE FIRST STAGE: HONG BANG
UNIVERSITY

O le Pi Faitau

A Model for Consolidating A
Comprehensive Curriculum: A Pacific
Experience

International School under the
Educational Reform for the Global
Competition – Case Study of East and
Southeast Asian Countries

Pacific Pride: The Joys of expression
in and through the Arts.

Reconciling the Pacific Ways and
Western Perspectives to Increase
Academic Success for Pacific Island
Students

Perceptions of the Pacific in New
Zealand Social Studies Programmes

Automatic Interviewer Aids Student
and Teacher Expression

Factors influencing educational and
career choices of Vietnamese senior
high school students
Le Pasifika Transition catering for
Pasifika  students at Auckland
University of Technology.

Decolonizing Social Work
Education: Why and How?

Indian classrooms: Rote learning
gone mad?

Re-visioning Schools as
Educational Communities for
Positive Youth Development

Journal writing as a tool to connect
students’ personal lives with their
learning about biology

Supporting All Students to Ensure
School Success: Examining and
Extending the ULS School Success
Program

Teacher Education for the Future:
An Australian Islamic perspective.

The Influence of Parents‘Creative
Personality and Rearing Attitude on
the Creative Thinking of Young
Children

Schools Principals’ Perception of
the Performance of Local Trained
Teachers in Samoa

Program for Promoting Reading
Through the Use of School
Libraries, Technologies for
Learning, and Day to Day
Information Resources.

New Zealand Teachers/Leaders
Experiencing Samoan Village Life –
Its impact on Teachers/ Leaders
and the Whole School Community.
The Pasifika Initiative: A
professional development project
for teachers

Mutual learning

O Taunu’uga e logo malie:  
Reconceptualizing teachers’
classroom questioning discourses
to attain exciting and joyful
destinations.

BACK TO THE FUTURE:
Rediscovering the Relevancy of
Traditional Indigenous Learning
and Teaching Methods

Progressive education-meeting
diverse needs: Samoan and
Tongan student teachers views of
play “A waste of time” -
Expectations, Assumptions and
Responsibilities.

Teacher Education for the Future:
Supporting Purpose-Driven
Teaching in Southern Oregon, USA

Yap’s Responses to Postcolonial
Educational Challenges
Logo i tino matagi lelei The joy of
expression Multicultural Appreciation
Through Play

Using a Tupua as a Methodology:  
Examining effective teaching of reading
comprehension achievement in
Samoan bilingual contexts.

Creative Problem Solving Skills in
Mathematics: Korean Gifted and
Regular Students.

Becoming Multicultural Educators:
Narrative Inquiry, Curriculum
Consciousness and Pedagogical
Practice

“Dare to Dream” – Action in Tonga:
The Influence of Personal – Centered
Leadership in developing country.

O Le Maea  Malosi- The strengthened
Sinnet. What is distance learning from
a Pasifika Perspective?

Bodies academics: a new form of
organization academic work

Leaping the Digital Divide with Online
Social Networking


Meeting the Learning Style Needs of
My Pacific Island Students In Teacher
Education: What Changes Do I Need to
Make?

Expending the Self through Service-
Learning in the Curriculum

ASSESSMENT IN ECE:  One size fits
all? The child’s interest versus what
adults may think the child’s interests
are.  A collective or individualistic
approach?  A critique from a Pasifika
(Samoan) perspective.
P.I – stands for Performing Informatively


Teaching with Discussion in Taipei’s
Junior High School Social Studies:
Perspectives of Teachers and
Students, Classroom Practice and
factor analysis

O LE MATAMATAGI LEAD ME NOT to
the tail BUT FROM THE EYE OF THE
STORM Nurturing TEACHERS for
WINDS OF CHANGE WHAT
TEACHERS SHOULD LEARN AND BE
ABLE TO DO

LE NIU MODEL - A PASIFIKA
APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS OF
PACIFIC CHILDREN IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD CENTRES