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CHAPTERS IN UoA EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE TEXTBOOKS

These publications provide useful, critical overviews and most have links to the source texts.

Mara, D.; Foliaki, L.; & Coxon, E. (1994). ‘Pacific Islands Education’, in E.Coxon, J.Jenkins, J. Marshall & L. Massey (eds) The Politics of Learning and Teaching in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Coxon, E. & Mara, D. (2000). ‘Education Policy for Pacific Peoples’ in J.Marshall, E.Coxon, K. Jenkins & A. Jones (eds) Politics, Policy, Pedagogy: Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Samu, T.W.; Mara, D. & Siteine, A. (2008) ‘Education for Pacific Peoples for the 21st Century’ in V.M. Carpenter, J. Jesson, P. Roberts & M. Stephenson (eds) Nga Kaupapa Here: Connections and Contradictions in Education. Australia: Cengage Learning

Airini, Leaupepe, M.; Sauni, S.L.; Tuafuti, P.; Amituanai-Toloa, M. (2009).’Pasifika Education: Historical Themes’ in E.Rata, R. Sullivan, S. Ray (eds) Introduction to the History of New Zealand education. Auckland: Pearson Education. 

Si‘ilata R., Samu T.W., Siteine A. (2018) ‘The Va‘atele Framework: Redefining and Transforming Pasifika Education’. In: McKinley E., Smith L. (eds) Handbook of Indigenous Education. Springer, Singapore.

Pacific/ Pasifika Research in Education BOOKS – Specials and Edited volumes ( key examples)

Education in the Pacific Region (some NZ content)
  1. Institute of Education. (2002). Tree of opportunity: Re-thinking Pacific education. Suva: University of the South Pacific.

  2. Coxon, E. & Taufe’ulungaki, A. (2003). Global/Local Intersections: Researching the Delivery of Aid to Pacific Education. University of Auckland: Research Unit in Pacific Education (RUPIE).

  3. Sanga, K. & Taufe’ulungaki, A. (2005). International Aid Impacts on Pacific Education. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

  4. ‘Otunuku, M.; Nabobo-Baba, U. & Johansson Fua, S. (2014) Of Waves, Winds & Wonderful Things: A Decade of Re-Thinking Pacific Education. Suva: University of the South Pacific.

Education of Pasifika Peoples in New Zealand (some Pacific Region content) 

  1. Education of Pasifika Peoples in New Zealand (some Pacific Region content)

  2. Baba, T.; Mahina, O.; Williams, N. Nabobo-Baba, U. (2004). Researching the Pacific and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Perspectives. Auckland: Centre for Pacific Studies.

  3. O’Connor, P. & Sauni , S.L. (2013) Within and beyond the reef of Pasifika education. Auckland, NZ: Pearson.

  4. Fairburn-Dunlop, P. & Coxon, E. (2014) Talanoa: Building a Pasifika Research Culture Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.


Special issue journal publications

  1. Waikato Journal of Education (Vol 12, 2006)

     

  2. MAI Review (Issue 1, 2010) – archived

     

  3. Pacific-Asian Education (Vol 23, No 2, 2011)

     

  4. Waikato Journal of Education (Vol 23, No 1, 2018)

Three New Zealand-based journals have published special issues in Pacific education research, thus providing a platform to showcase research and build capacity and capability. They support Pacific/Pasifika academics with opportunities for publications for their PBRF portfolios (2012, 2018 rounds) critical commentaries on Pacific/Pasifika education research)