Jean M Uasike Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4605826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean M Uasike Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean M Uasike |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN J M U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8165-2478 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Criticality of Pacific Education – The Search for a Transformative Disciplinary Space
This paper is a collective talatalanoa by early to senior career education researchers and scholars seeking to make sense of Pacific education and its trajectory as a critical and transformative sphere within the broader context of education and education research within Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa NZ). The critical stance towards the education of diverse Pacific communities is well established in Aotearoa NZ and reflects ongoing settler‐colon…
Operating in the margins”
Positionality is central to Pacific research, shaping its ontological and epistemological foundations. It requires researchers to remain critically aware of how their identities and social positioning influence research design, implementation, analysis, and outcomes. Reflexivity, as an ongoing process of self-awareness, is essential to ethical, inclusive, and culturally grounded Pacific research. Drawing on roundtable talanoa, this paper shares i…
Methodological frameworks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous education research students
This introductory ‘research paradigms’ article discusses Indigenous methodologies in relation to those approaches more familiar to educational researchers. A useful Table introduces methodological frameworks for research students in education, highlighting the significance of theoretical and philosophical thinking for research
Responding to the call
Recent provocations by Māori and Pacific/Pasifika academics have called for a collective response to the under-representation of Pacific/Pasifika academics in universities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing from Indigenous concepts and frameworks foregrounds Pacific language and ideas as being central to our worldviews and validates the lived realities of Pacific peoples in higher education. We, the authors, collectively respond to Naepi et al.…
Choctaw Witchcraft
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Choctaw Witchcraft
Responding to the call
Recent provocations by Māori and Pacific/Pasifika academics have called for a collective response to the under-representation of Pacific/Pasifika academics in universities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing from Indigenous concepts and frameworks foregrounds Pacific language and ideas as being central to our worldviews and validates the lived realities of Pacific peoples in higher education. We, the authors, collectively respond to Naepi et al.…
Methodological frameworks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous education research students
This introductory ‘research paradigms’ article discusses Indigenous methodologies in relation to those approaches more familiar to educational researchers. A useful Table introduces methodological frameworks for research students in education, highlighting the significance of theoretical and philosophical thinking for research
The Criticality of Pacific Education – The Search for a Transformative Disciplinary Space
This paper is a collective talatalanoa by early to senior career education researchers and scholars seeking to make sense of Pacific education and its trajectory as a critical and transformative sphere within the broader context of education and education research within Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa NZ). The critical stance towards the education of diverse Pacific communities is well established in Aotearoa NZ and reflects ongoing settler‐colon…
Operating in the margins”
Positionality is central to Pacific research, shaping its ontological and epistemological foundations. It requires researchers to remain critically aware of how their identities and social positioning influence research design, implementation, analysis, and outcomes. Reflexivity, as an ongoing process of self-awareness, is essential to ethical, inclusive, and culturally grounded Pacific research. Drawing on roundtable talanoa, this paper shares i…
Indigenous (4 works) · Aotearoa (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 works) · Pacific islanders (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Honour (2 works) · Indigenous Education (2 works)