Ua Aoina le Manogi o le Lolo: Pasifika Schooling Improvement Research - Summary Report
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The Schooling Improvement team of the Ministry of Education sought to examine the current state of Pasifika academic achievement in Schooling Improvement initiatives and in individual schools. Part of the examination was to identify aspects of Schooling Improvement (SI) work that has been shown to enhance or hinder academic achievement for Pasifika students and to offer some recommendations. This report is a summary of a detailed technical report from Auckland UniServices Limited prepared by the Woolf Fisher Research Centre. Details of each of the sections summarised here are contained in ‘Ua aoina le manogi o le lolo: Pasifika Schooling Improvement Full Technical Report’ (Amituanai-Toloa, McNaughton, Lai, & Airini, 2009).
Author(s): Meaola Amituanai-Toloa, Stuart McNaughton, Mei Kuin Lai and Airini
Date Published: February 2010
11. Summary of Classroom Observations
11.1 General Patterns
- Scores were high on all the three components: Features (Classroom Environment); Dimensions (Instruction); and Attributes (Cultural Responsiveness).
- Teachers tended to score similarly across components.
- Schools varied considerably in the total scores.
11.2 Components
In relation to the components of the classroom observations:
- Teacher scored highest on Features and lowest on Instructional Dimensions.
- In Instructional Dimensions, Feedback was scored lowest and teachers varied more markedly in the focus on providing high quality feedback than in other dimensions.
- Primary schools tended to have higher total scores than secondary schools.
- In the Attributes of cultural responsiveness, Specific use of students’ backgrounds was lower than Relationships.
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Sections
- Feiloa’iga
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. How the Project was Conducted
- 3. Summary of Findings
- 4. Achievement Data Patterns
- 5. Case Studies
- 6. Summary Parent Voices
- 7. Summary of Pasifika Student Voices
- 8. Summary of Language Survey Data
- 9. Summary of Leadership Survey
- 10. Summary of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Survey
- 11. Summary of Classroom Observations
- 12. Implications: What Does This Mean for Schools and for Schooling Improvement?
- References
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