Description
The mission of higher education in the 21st century must address the reconciliation of student learning and experiences through the lens of indigenous education and frameworks. Higher learning institutions throughout the oceanic countries have established frameworks for addressing indigeneity through the infusion of an indigenous perspectives curriculum. The incorporation of island indigenous frameworks into their respective curriculums, colleges, and universities in the oceanic countries has seen positive impact results on student learning, leading to the creation of authentic experiences in higher education landscapes.
Learning and Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education in Oceania discusses ways of promoting active student learning and unique experiences through indigenous scholarship and studies among contemporary college students. It seeks to provide an understanding of the essential link between practices for incorporating island indigenous curriculum, strategies for effective student learning, and course designs which are aligned with frameworks that address indigeneity, and that place college teachers in the role of leaders for lifelong learning through indigenous scholarship and studies in Oceania. It is ideal for professors, practitioners, researchers, scholars, academicians, students, administrators, curriculum developers, and classroom designers.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Perry Pangelinan (Ed.)
Perry Jason Camacho Pangelinan is an assistant professor of library science at the University Libraries-Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Library, University of Guam, where he teaches information literacy and assists students and faculty with various research related to academic programs and disciplines. Although his scholarship focuses on librarianship, his research interests and fervor grew to include areas to help improve student retention and graduation rates among Pacific Islanders. The achievement gaps among the Chamorro male student population at the higher education level is an area that he has infused with a high level of enthusiasm and strong undertaking.
Troy McVey (Ed.)
Troy McVey is Vice Provost for Academic Excellence, Graduate Studies & Online Learning and Professor of Theatre at the University of Guam. He has been co-editor on a book on online learning and assessment with Professor Emerita Yukiko Inoue-Smith, a special volume on Student Success initiatives in Micronesian Educator with Dr Tracy Tambascia, and is currently assisting Dean Emerita Mary Spencer on edit a volume of Pacific Asia Inquiry. McVey holds an EdD from the University of Southern California, an MFA in Theatre Design from Tulane University, and a BFA in Theatre Arts from Drake University. He has worked professionally in theatre with the Washington Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the La Jolla Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company, and created and lead a Summer Theatre Camp at the University of Guam for a decade. His research interests are in faculty development, educational policy analysis, and emerging Pacific theaters.