Taking ownership: The story of a successful partnership for change in a Pacific Island science teacher education setting.

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dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Richard
dc.contributor.authorPita, Solomon
dc.contributor.authorPorakari, James
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-21T03:58:22Z
dc.date.available2012-03-21T03:58:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores an example of a partnership approach that appears to be producing sustainable change in a Pacific Islands education setting. The people involved report on the way science education staff from the Solomon Islands School of Education (SOE) and staff from the Faculty of Education University of Waikato (UOW), New Zealand worked together on the redevelopment of undergraduate science education courses for the SOE. Together we sought to identify significant factors supporting the process. The development required significant change and posed a number of challenges yet resulted in local staff producing high quality materials and programmes and taking ownership of ongoing development. More importantly, there was significant personal professional learning in both science education and initial teacher education for local Solomon Islands staff. Factors contributing to the success of the partnership are explored through the perceptions of the participants and include the quality of relationship, mutual respect, emphasis on conceptual agreement when working together, and the involvement of local staff in decision-making.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationEdwards, R., Pita, S., Porakari, J. (2011). Taking ownership: The story of a successful partnership for change in a Pacific Island science teacher education setting. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(2), 57-69.en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1173-6135
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6127
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of Waikatoen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfWaikato Journal of Educationen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://edlinked.soe.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=8en_NZ
dc.rights© 2011 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.en_NZ
dc.subjectscience educationen_NZ
dc.subjectinitial teacher educationen_NZ
dc.subjectSolomon Islandsen_NZ
dc.subjectprofessional learningen_NZ
dc.subjectpartnershipen_NZ
dc.titleTaking ownership: The story of a successful partnership for change in a Pacific Island science teacher education setting.en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page57en_NZ
pubs.elements-id36952
pubs.end-page69en_NZ
pubs.issue2en_NZ
pubs.volume16en_NZ
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