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Benham, Maenette K. P. – Race, Ethnicity & Education, 2006
What do we currently know, in light of conceptual, empirical, and applied studies, about the status of educational research on Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders? And why is this knowing important? This article proposes that illuminating the themes of what has already been examined might help policymakers, researchers, educational leaders and…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Community Needs, Academic Achievement
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Benham, Maenette K. P. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2002
With an advisory committee of native community members, elders, educators, and students, the Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies has successfully founded, within a mainstream institution with strong religious foundations, a cultural center that teaches native values and language. The center creates cultural/educational projects that…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Maintenance, Hawaiians, Higher Education
Benham, Maenette K. P.; Heck, Ronald H. – 1993
A political-cultural model explores the educational process and its impact on Native Hawaiians over a 140-year period. The theoretical model suggests that core political values are transmitted to educational policy and school-related activities, and thereby impact the social, economic, and academic status of Native Hawaiians. Three historical case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Economic Factors