Quality Education and the Role of the Teacher in Fiji: Mobilising Global and Local Values

Autor/inn/en	Crossley, Michael; Koya Vaka'uta, Cresantia Frances; Lagi, Rosiana; McGrath, Simon; Thaman, Konai Helu; Waqailiti, Ledua
Titel	Quality Education and the Role of the Teacher in Fiji: Mobilising Global and Local Values
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47 (2017) 6, S.872-890 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McGrath, Simon)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2017.1338938
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Quality; Teacher Role; Values; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching (Occupation); Barriers; Teaching Conditions; Educational Change; Change Strategies; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; Political Issues; Student Centered Learning; Neoliberalism; Surveys; Academic Achievement; Attitude Measures; Stakeholders; Qualitative Research; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Group Discussion; Cultural Influences; Fiji; Australia; New Zealand; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrerrolle; Wertbegriff; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Politischer Faktor; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schulleistung; Qualitative Forschung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fragebogen; Gruppendiskussion; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Fidschi; Australien; Neuseeland; Indien
Abstract	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 positioning. The study interrogates practitioner perspectives on: the nature and quality of teachers and teaching in Fiji; the challenges of teachers' work and lives; priorities for successful qualitative reform; and theoretical implications for the processes of education policy transfer and qualitative improvement. The analysis draws upon work on the politics of aid and international development, revealing tensions between existing learner-centred policy frameworks and emergent neoliberal and performativity oriented initiatives influenced by international surveys of student achievement, related league tables and the experience of the regional reference societies of Australia, New Zealand and India. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01