ERIC Number: EJ1231305
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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"Wantok"-Centred Framework for Developing Citizenship
Fitoo, Billy
International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, v18 n2 p55-67 2019
This paper presents a framework for developing citizenship education in the Solomon Islands. By drawing on a qualitative study conducted with 24 students, 20 teachers, and four principals in four rural and urban schools in the Solomon Islands, this study reveals that "wantok"-centred relationships are a unifying symbol that holds the family unit, clan, tribe, church members, and people with the state. In order to strengthen "wantok" relationships that create a peaceful coexistence in the Solomon Islands, this article proposes a "wantok" framework to underpin the development of citizenship education in the Solomon Islands. It introduces three domains: democratic, spiritual, and cultural, which are all centred on the notion of relationality. It demonstrates how relationality is central to the "wantok" framework by connecting people through the pijin language, and cultural, spiritual, and democratic values. This article concludes by demonstrating how this framework can promote "wantok"-centric identities, values, and relationships in both the formal and non-formal education sectors in the Solomon Islands
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Principals, Rural Schools, Peace, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Guidelines, Creoles, Teaching Methods, Democratic Values, Self Concept, Spiritual Development, Cultural Influences, Christianity, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Social Values
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Solomon Islands
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