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"You can try sound brainy": The use of process drama to engage Pasifika boys

Author(s): Claire Coleman
This study explored whether using process drama to teach social studies would engage Year 10 Pasifika boys at a secondary school in Auckland. The author describes how, while in role, students used...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Using focus groups to support conceptual development in social studies

Author(s): Jody Plummer
What supports students to develop their conceptual understanding? Taking part in focus groups helped the Years 9 and 10 Māori and Pasifika students in this study to focus on understanding the...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Listening to and learning from Pacific families: The art of building home–school relationships at secondary level to support achievement

There is a strong case for building inclusive relationships with families in order to support academic success for Pacific secondary students. In this article, I review literature which considers the...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article