This report details effective educational strategies for Pacific learners in tertiary education, highlighting the significance of appreciative pedagogy, positive teaching and learning connections, and institutional commitment as key factors in achieving their success.
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Background:
A project, completed in 2013 at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), to examine good organisational practice that supports Pacific learners to succeed in tertiary education using the Kakala Research Framework.
The primary aim of the research project was to identify the educational practices that work best to achieve, sustain and reproduce Pacific student success in tertiary education.
Report prepared by Cherie Chu, Ivy Samala Abella and Seann Paurini.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)