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Returning Children to the 'Aina and Fanua: Indigenous Survivance in Pacifica Early Childhood
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Allison Sterling Henward; Hokulani K. Aikau – Review of Research in Education, 2023
Researchers of child learning and development continue to hone understandings of cultural and social impacts on cognition, development, and education. Concurrently, Indigenous educators call for decolonizing schooling at all levels. Land-based education (LBE), as an instructional approach, responds to calls to decolonize education. The authors use…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Early Childhood Education, Decolonization
Using the Cosmic Curriculum of Dr. Montessori toward the Development of a Place-Based Indigenous Science Program
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Schonleber, Nanette S. – Journal of Montessori Research, 2021
Indigenous educators desire to use culturally restorative and decolonized pedagogies reflective of their own cultural values and beliefs in their science programs but have lacked models for how to start. They also often lack confidence in their ability to teach the sciences. This three-year qualitative case study used grounded theory methodology…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Montessori Method, Place Based Education
Teachers' Experiences Modeling Social Acceptance of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms in Hawai'i
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Emi Liemthongsamout Montances – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how general education teachers of grades K-6 describe their experiences modeling social acceptance of students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. The overarching research question was as follows: How do general education teachers of grades K-6 describe their experiences…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teaching Experience, Hawaiians, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian Students' Reading Achievement in Hawaii
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Singh, Malkeet; Dunn, Hugh H. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA) brings significant changes as well as opportunities for schools to improve their students' academic outcomes. One proposed regulation is for states to analyze the performance of student subgroups separately in order to show how states are levelling the playing field over time to ensure educational equity. This…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
Long-Term Effects of Native Hawaiian Students' Early Academic Achievement under the No Child Left Behind Legislation: A Multilevel Cohort Analysis
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Singh, J. Malkeet – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The focus of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Legislation is to close the achievement gaps due to disadvantages based on minority status, socio-economic status, special education (SPED) or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). Poverty and culture have been consistently reported to have an impact on academic achievement. However, there have been few…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Socioeconomic Status, Poverty, Cohort Analysis
The Role of Demographic Factors in Predicting Student Performance on a State Reading Test
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Uyeno, Russell; Zhang, Shuqiang; Chin-Chance, Selvin – Online Submission, 2006
Background: The Hawaii Department of Education (HDOE) launched its Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) in spring, 2002, within the context of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Act of 2001 and its mandates to close the "achievement gaps" between subgroups of students. Thus, it is important to investigate the extent to which student…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Poverty, Age Differences, Minority Group Children