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Hard Choices: Educational Dilemmas in the Pacific Islands
Author(s) -
BOUTILIER JAMES
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1992.23.1.05x1106n
Subject(s) - decolonization , indigenous , colonialism , context (archaeology) , sociology , indigenous education , pacific islanders , value (mathematics) , traditional knowledge , political science , geography , politics , anthropology , ethnic group , law , ecology , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , biology
Education has emerged as a central value for Pacific societies in the process of decolonization. Yet, these new governments are faced with the difficulty of reconciling colonial systems of education with indigenous systems of knowledge. Hard choices are being made in terms of the types, extent, and goals of schooling efforts within the context of the overall development in Pacific microstates.