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Teach better – What is literacy for Pasifika?

Feb 6, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Embed literacy and numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Pasifika, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, teacher, Uncategorized

What’s the definition? Being “literate as Pasifika” means: Success in participation and access, in culture, in service and advocacy, and in economic terms (p.84). Where does this definition come from? Adult and Community Education (ACE) Aotearoa (2014). Pasifika Success As Pasifika: Pasifika Conceptualisations of Literacy for Success in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington: Adult and Community…