Relationships, Relationality and Schooling: Opportunities and Challenges for Pacific Islander Learners in Melbourne's Western Suburbs

Autor/in	Paulsen, Irene Kmudu
Titel	Relationships, Relationality and Schooling: Opportunities and Challenges for Pacific Islander Learners in Melbourne's Western Suburbs
Quelle	In: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 17 (2018) 3, S.39-54 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Paulsen, Irene Kmudu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2202-493X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Pacific Islanders; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Barriers; Family Environment; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Educational Environment; Interpersonal Communication; Peer Relationship; Immigrants; Student School Relationship; Peer Influence; Teacher Student Relationship; Australia; Papua New Guinea; Tonga; Samoa; Tuvalu; Niue + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Familienmilieu; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Peer-Beziehungen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Australien; Papua-New Guinea; Papua-Neuguinea
Abstract	Many Pacific Islanders living in Australia have a high regard for education and have high expectations of the capacity of the school system to provide the learning experiences needed for their children to achieve successful education outcomes. However, there are some challenges to achieving this goal; socio-cultural, financial and physical factors such as limited in-home supports for study time, space or schedules have consistently been reported as common barriers to providing a supportive learning environment within the homes of young Pacific Islander (PI) learners. This paper examines notions of relationships and relationality as experienced by a group of PI learners specifically from Polynesia and Melanesia, as they lived and studied in a region of Melbourne from 2012 to 2015. It follows these learners' experiences as they navigate and negotiate the different spaces, structures and systems found within their home and school environments. In particular, it looks at ways that PI learners engage and interact with various players within these two important spaces and how these relationships affect school achievements and outcomes. The paper argues that complex relationship customs and relationality patterns can lead to both positive and negative impacts on learning for some PI learners. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IEJ/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01