For the past thirty-one years, the University of Hawai'i (UH) has worked in collaboration with the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) and the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) to upgrade the professional level of American Samoa's elementary teachers. During these early years of the partnership, several UH professors served as…

This article describes how four Samoan teachers used critical literacy in their classrooms after they first encountered the idea in a children's literature course that the author taught over a five-week period in Samoa in 2005. The author explores the impact of multicultural pedagogical methods on teacher professional development and in-service…

The E-School Technology Innovation Challenge Grant of 1996 was the genesis of the Department of Education's (DOE's) efforts to initiate a multi-prong approach to bring standards-based curriculum to the children of Hawai'i and use technology to upgrade professional development for its teachers. In this article, the authors describe how various…

Dr. Leonard Mayo described rehabilitation of disabled people as "a philosophy, an objective and a method". Discusses Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division (HVRSBD) within the context of Dr. Mayo's description. (Author)

This article has been a survey of the development of in-service education in Hawaii, from the standpoints of four major institutions that have been involved: the Department of Education, the Normal School, the University of Hawaii Summer Session and the University of Hawaii Extension Department. (Author)

Outlines Hawaii's plan for reading improvement that concentrates its efforts in four interrelated areas: instructional programs, inservice training, curriculum management and parent involvement. (Editor/RK)

The author summarizes the goals and programs of the Joint Council on Economic Education (JCEE)--the organization which has led the way in systematizing economic education for the last 30 years. (Editor)

Stresses the need of institutions of higher education to develop in-service programs in bilingual/bicultural education for the experienced educator. Describes the goals, assumptions, methodologies and other significant features of an "extern program" developed at the University of Colorado at Denver. Compares advantages and disadvantages. Suggests…

Article discussed the responsibilities the College of Education in Hawaii toward its new and practicing teachers. (RK)

Author urged the educator to shift his emphasis from undergraduate teacher education to focus on the vast area of in-service training, both that of presentation of formal course work and workshops as well as that of facilitation through consultation in research and curriculum building. (Editor/RK)

Reviews the School in the Exploratorium (SITE) program at the San Francisco museum of art and science. Stresses the value of an interdisciplinary approach to science education in a museum setting. Points out the importance of play in engaged observation. Highlights aesthetics in art and science. (CW)

Describes the efforts of the Committee on Undergraduate Teacher Education, which intended to organize and administer the Colleg's undergraduate B.Ed. program and to further diversity in teacher education models. (Author/RK)

The University of Hawaii and the State Department of Education have already identified a service delivery model, called Ho'okoho, to meet the personnel training requirement of PL 94-142. This article reports results of the programs' first survey to assess inservice training priorities of both regular and special educators. (Author/SJL)