“How can we teach them when they won’t listen?”: How teacher beliefs about Pasifika values and Pasifika ways of learning affect student behaviour and achievement

Describes a study of the interactions in the classroom between teachers and Pasifika students. Finds that teachers looking for, and acting according to "Pasifika ways of learning" may not always be in the best interests of Pasifika students. Finds also that teachers were not able to interpret the students' actions in the way the students might have hoped.