An examination of the complex web of influences on the educational achievement of Samoan and Tongan male students in Auckland secondary schools

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An examination of the complex web of influences on the educational achievement of Samoan and Tongan male students in Auckland secondary schools

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What key values and strategies do Samoan and Tongan parents identify as supporting educational achievement for their children, with specific reference to boys? 2. What factors external to schools do Samoan and Tongan male students describe as influences on their academic achievement in secondary education? 3. In what ways do these external factors impact on academic and longer-term achievement of Samoan and Tongan males? 4. How can these factors be utilised to increase ...

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Masters

Date created

2018

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Evans, Brian

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4385

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Auckland (N.Z.) / secondary schools / Samoan students / Tongan students / male students / Samoans in New Zealand / Tongans in New Zealand / academic success / student achievement / secondary students / Pasifika / Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002) / talanoa (traditional method of face-to-face conversations) / Pacific Peoples Education / Secondary Education

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