Konai Helu Thaman
Biographic Data
| ID | 2542625 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Konai Helu Thaman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Konai Helu |
| FAMILY NAME | Thaman |
| SIGNATURE | THAMAN K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the South Pacific |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Quality education and the role of the teacher in Fiji
This article reports on the findings of original field research carried out in the small island developing state of Fiji, in the South Pacific. A North-South research partnership was built upon previous collaboration between team members and, in so doing, pioneered the blending of Pacific and Western research approaches sensitive to a postcolonial positioning. The study interrogates practitioner perspectives on: the nature and quality of teachers…
Learners' access to tools and experience with technology at the University of the South Pacific
Technology in higher education has become exceedingly popular and useful; however, a digital divide generally applies to the use of technology in education in many developing countries. The Pacific Island countries differ in their technological capacities and infrastructure, with the Fijian capital Suva being most technologically and infrastructurally advanced compared with other towns in Fiji and in other Pacific Island countries. This led the r…
Nurturing Relationships And Honouring Responsibilities
Decolonizing Pacific Studies
As part of a larger effort to reflect critically on the nature, scope, and processes of colonialism in Oceania, decolonizing the field of Pacific studies must focus on the impact of colonialism on people's minds—particularly on their ways of knowing, their views of who and what they are, and what they consider worthwhile to teachand to learn. It is essential to challenge the dominance of western philosophy, content, and pedagogy in the lives and …
Shifting sights
Culture and the Curriculum in the South Pacific
Entre culture et programme scolaire, les liens existent. Dependant des ideologies et des valeurs d'une culture, les programmes tendent pourtant a aplanir les differences culturelles entre les differentes populations par la mise en place d'un programme unique. L'A. presente les characteristiques du developpement des programmes scolaires dans le Pacifique Sud et met en evidence les problemes d'identite culturelle que rencontre le systeme educatif
Culture and the Curriculum in the South Pacific
Entre culture et programme scolaire, les liens existent. Dependant des ideologies et des valeurs d'une culture, les programmes tendent pourtant a aplanir les differences culturelles entre les differentes populations par la mise en place d'un programme unique. L'A. presente les characteristiques du developpement des programmes scolaires dans le Pacifique Sud et met en evidence les problemes d'identite culturelle que rencontre le systeme educatif
Nurturing Relationships And Honouring Responsibilities
Shifting sights
Quality education and the role of the teacher in Fiji
This article reports on the findings of original field research carried out in the small island developing state of Fiji, in the South Pacific. A North-South research partnership was built upon previous collaboration between team members and, in so doing, pioneered the blending of Pacific and Western research approaches sensitive to a postcolonial positioning. The study interrogates practitioner perspectives on: the nature and quality of teachers…
Culture and the Curriculum in the South Pacific
Entre culture et programme scolaire, les liens existent. Dependant des ideologies et des valeurs d'une culture, les programmes tendent pourtant a aplanir les differences culturelles entre les differentes populations par la mise en place d'un programme unique. L'A. presente les characteristiques du developpement des programmes scolaires dans le Pacifique Sud et met en evidence les problemes d'identite culturelle que rencontre le systeme educatif
Shifting sights
Decolonizing Pacific Studies
As part of a larger effort to reflect critically on the nature, scope, and processes of colonialism in Oceania, decolonizing the field of Pacific studies must focus on the impact of colonialism on people's minds—particularly on their ways of knowing, their views of who and what they are, and what they consider worthwhile to teachand to learn. It is essential to challenge the dominance of western philosophy, content, and pedagogy in the lives and …
Nurturing Relationships And Honouring Responsibilities
Learners' access to tools and experience with technology at the University of the South Pacific
Technology in higher education has become exceedingly popular and useful; however, a digital divide generally applies to the use of technology in education in many developing countries. The Pacific Island countries differ in their technological capacities and infrastructure, with the Fijian capital Suva being most technologically and infrastructurally advanced compared with other towns in Fiji and in other Pacific Island countries. This led the r…
Quality education and the role of the teacher in Fiji
This article reports on the findings of original field research carried out in the small island developing state of Fiji, in the South Pacific. A North-South research partnership was built upon previous collaboration between team members and, in so doing, pioneered the blending of Pacific and Western research approaches sensitive to a postcolonial positioning. The study interrogates practitioner perspectives on: the nature and quality of teachers…
Political science (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (3 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works)