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Chandra, Vinesh; Lassig, Carly; Tangen, Donna – Journal of Transformative Education, 2022
Service-learning is used by universities to promote community engagement thatbenefits both the students and the recipient community; however, evidence largely demonstrates only the shortterm effects of such experiences. This paper presents ananalysis of the transformational learning of a group of Australian students who travelled to Fiji in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Transformative Learning, Elementary Schools
Crossley, Michael; Koya Vaka'uta, Cresantia Frances; Lagi, Rosiana; McGrath, Simon; Thaman, Konai Helu; Waqailiti, Ledua – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
This article reports on the findings of original field research carried out in the small island developing state of Fiji, in the South Pacific. A North-South research partnership was built upon previous collaboration between team members and, in so doing, pioneered the blending of Pacific and Western research approaches sensitive to a postcolonial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Teacher Role, Values
Chand, Satish Prakash – Curriculum and Teaching, 2015
The paper reports on the challenges faced by the curriculum developers in implementing multilingual education in Fiji classrooms. A qualitative methodological orientation which included phenomenological approach to study was employed. Relevant data was gathered through interviews. The results showed that while Curriculum Development Unit (CDU) is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Barriers, Multilingualism
Raj, Shivneil Kumar; Chand, Priteshni Pratibha; Azam, Mohammed Riaz – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2019
This research examined the relationship between the academic performance of business students with student income, communication skills and intelligent quotient (IQ). The research is based on students from the School of Business and Economics at the University of Fiji. The data for the study were collected through the administration of a formal…
Descriptors: Influences, Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, College Students
Beckman, Emma; Rossi, Tony; Hanrahan, Stephanie; Rynne, Steven; Dorovolomo, Jeremy – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
Sport has been demonstrably linked to health particularly through community-based education and development programmes. However, research continues to identify low participation rates of people with a disability in sport. Programmes to address the participation of people with a disability in sport can be challenging, particularly in locations in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Foreign Countries
Nenty, H. J.; Moyo, Sello; Phuti, Fiji – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Though the professionalism of teaching is still a debatable issue, teaching provides an indispensable service to every society and civilization. The service provided by teaching seems to be more indispensable to any society than services provided by any other profession. To those that teach, the way they perceive themselves and the value of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Tagicakiverata, Isimeli Waibuta; Nilan, Pam – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
This article reports on the development of a new culturally sensitive approach to collecting group discussion data in the Pacific: "veivosaki-yaga." The new approach was developed during a project on Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) in multicultural Fiji. One challenge was to gain understanding from villages of parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Research Methodology
Varanisese Tagimaucia; Gerald Santhosh D'Souza; Satish Prakash Chand – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Engaging with physical education teachers who were compelled to integrate technology into their lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial to understanding how the pandemic has presented this 'new normal' circumstance. It is vital to gain insight into the initial experiences of physical education (PE) teachers who transitioned to online…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
Kumar, Bimal Aklesh; Chand, Sailesh – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2018
In order to assist in delivering of courses in distance mode at Fiji National University a mobile learning app was designed and evaluated. The main objective of this app was to provide learning support to learners who are studying in distance mode. The app was designed for android based smart phones and usability study was conducted to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Tones, Megan; Pillay, Hitendra; Carrington, Suzanne; Chandra, Subhas; Duke, Jennifer; Joseph, Rukh Mani – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
This article reports on a multi-method study of the ways in which special and mainstream schools support the educational needs of children with disabilities in Fiji. The aims of the study were: (1) to identify capacity and functions of special schools to support inclusive mainstream schools for children with disabilities; and (2) to explore the…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming
Dos Santos, Luis Miguel – Education Sciences, 2019
In current school environments, teacher recruitment, turnover, and retention present significant problems, particularly for rural and remote international schools in archipelagic countries. Employing the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), this study analyzed international school teachers with teaching experience at a Fijian international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Rural Schools
Naufahu, Mefi – Waikato Journal of Education, 2018
A number of researchers have done extensive work on ontologies, epistemologies and pedagogies in relation to Pasifika research, but little on methodologies. Vaioleti describes talanoa as a phenomenological research approach which is ecological, oral and interactive. Halapua's article Talanoa Process: The Case of Fiji (2008) emphasises talanoa as a…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Research Methodology, Indigenous Knowledge, Oral Tradition
Hogan, Anna; Thompson, Greg; Chandra, Vinesh – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
This article examines attempts to professionalize the teaching workforce in the Pacific Islands (PI) in response to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal 4c -- "Increase the Supply of Qualified Teachers in Developing Countries." The experience of PI educators provides insight into the clash between global standard agendas,…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Educational Policy, Sustainable Development, International Organizations
Kline, Michelle Ann – Field Methods, 2017
Teaching has attracted growing research attention in studies of human and animal behavior as a crucial behavior that coevolved with human cultural capacities. However, the synthesis of data on teaching across species and across human populations has proven elusive because researchers use a variety of definitions and methods to approach the topic.…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Behavior, Foreign Countries
Reformations and Promoting Active Learning via Course Based Research [CBR] at the University of Fiji
Chand, Ravneel Rajneel; Kaur, Manpreet; Singh, Priyatma – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Learning and teaching is geared to provide lifelong skills to its pupils -- who are able to contribute to the economy not only as physical capitals, more so as human capitals with the source of wealth for social and economic development. At the backdrop of this vision is the University of Fiji's five years Annual Strategic Plan 2017-2021, that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Student Research, Undergraduate Students