Aiono Manu Fa’aea
Biographic Data
| ID | 6662467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aiono Manu Fa’aea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aiono Manu |
| FAMILY NAME | Fa’aea |
| SIGNATURE | FA’AEA A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manukau Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5991-4961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| 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…
Se’i lua’i lou le ulu taumamao
In Aotearoa New Zealand, despite decades of education policy reforms attempting to address Moana/Pacific underachievement, Moana/Pacific knowledge is often still absent in universities. Moana/Pacific scholars have long argued that recognising and including indigenous knowledges in university curricula has positive benefits for students, institutions and wider society. We posit that embedding indigenous knowledges within institutions is the diffic…
Navigating the digital va-vā
Core Moana/Pacific cultural values and practices are usually considered as unimportant, irrelevant or ineffectual in academic practice or tertiary teaching and learning spaces. While Moana/Pacific ways of knowing and being have flourished for thousands of years, in recent times they have been constantly dismissed and devalued by mainstream or dominant cultures. Nonetheless, those educators who hold Moana/Pacific values as central to their lives, …
E tumau le fa'avae ae fesuia'i faiga
As Samoan academics, we acknowledge the problematic usage of the term Pasifika. This term does not describe the distinctive, ethnic-specific nature of each Pacific nation. We also acknowledge the complexities of recording ethnicity itself, given that many people belong to multiple ethnic backgrounds. However, for the purposes of this article, we use the term Pasifika to highlight the shared similarities and collective nature of peoples of the Pac…
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E tumau le fa'avae ae fesuia'i faiga
As Samoan academics, we acknowledge the problematic usage of the term Pasifika. This term does not describe the distinctive, ethnic-specific nature of each Pacific nation. We also acknowledge the complexities of recording ethnicity itself, given that many people belong to multiple ethnic backgrounds. However, for the purposes of this article, we use the term Pasifika to highlight the shared similarities and collective nature of peoples of the Pac…
Navigating the digital va-vā
Core Moana/Pacific cultural values and practices are usually considered as unimportant, irrelevant or ineffectual in academic practice or tertiary teaching and learning spaces. While Moana/Pacific ways of knowing and being have flourished for thousands of years, in recent times they have been constantly dismissed and devalued by mainstream or dominant cultures. Nonetheless, those educators who hold Moana/Pacific values as central to their lives, …
Se’i lua’i lou le ulu taumamao
In Aotearoa New Zealand, despite decades of education policy reforms attempting to address Moana/Pacific underachievement, Moana/Pacific knowledge is often still absent in universities. Moana/Pacific scholars have long argued that recognising and including indigenous knowledges in university curricula has positive benefits for students, institutions and wider society. We posit that embedding indigenous knowledges within institutions is the diffic…
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…
Aotearoa (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Indigenous Education (2 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 works) · Pacific islanders (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)