From Good to Great: The 10 Habits of phenomenal educators for Pacific learners
Status
Completed: 30 June 2021
Project Details
An 18-month project to identify phenomenal educators and teaching practices that are of immense benefit to Pacific students in tertiary education and to inform institutional and sectoral improvements. A collaboration of Victoria University of Wellington and Weltec.
Aims:
The main aims of the project were to:
- identify, analyse and describe phenomenal educators who have effective teaching and learning practices in place for Pacific learners
- identify and describe the preferred learning styles of Pacific learners
- develop a toolkit which encompasses the learnings, titled: From Good to Great: The 10 Habits of Phenomenal Educators for Pacific Learners.
Methodology:
This project used an appreciative inquiry method involving:
- a review of Pacific tertiary literature
- a questionnaire/survey of Pacific learners’ to identify their learning style preferences
- development of 15-20 case studies about phenomenal educators
- Talanoa group discussions with Pacific learners
- video-mentaries of Pacific learners
- development of a Toolkit titled: From Good to Great: The 10 habits of Phenomenal Educators for Pacific Learners
- a focused dissemination of the Toolkit combined with a professional development programme.
Team
Cherie Chu
Project Co-Lead
Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
Janice Ikiua-Pasi
Project Co-Lead
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec)
Arden Perrot
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec)
Dr Fiona Beals
Project Advisor
WelTecPale Sauni
Project Mentor
Status
Funding
$240,130.00 (excl GST)
Key Findings
Key Recommendations
A gift for tertiary educators to help them transform the way they embrace and celebrate Pacific cultures and learners in their classrooms and learning spaces.
- 30 June 2021
The Summary Report of this project focuses on the researchers’ methodology and design, including the preferred learning styles of Pacific learners. It also documents student talanoa of their experiences with phenomenal educators.
- 30 June 2021
The Full Report includes 11 case studies describing the phenomenal educators involved in the project. It outlines the methodology, which is built around an Appreciative Inquiry approach.
- 30 June 2021