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The course is designed to meet the needs of the Pacific Island Science Educators. It provides opportunities for science teachers, science learners, advisors, curriculum developers and administrators in primary, secondary, technical and tertiary education institutions to explore contemporary issues and research in science education in some depth. The issues will centre around the science teacher, the science learner, the science classroom and the science curriculum. The course will have an international perspective, but will also look at problems and issues that are of particular concern in the South Pacific. The course provides students with opportunities to develop skills in reviewing Science Education literature and evaluating research studies. Students enrolled in this course are encouraged to pursue particular research interests and explore possible thesis topics.

The course is designed to meet the needs of the Pacific Island Science Educators. It provides opportunities for science teachers, science learners, advisors, curriculum developers and administrators in primary, secondary, technical and tertiary education institutions to explore contemporary issues and research in science education in some depth. The issues will centre around the science teacher, the science learner, the science classroom and the science curriculum. The course will have an international perspective, but will also look at problems and issues that are of particular concern in the South Pacific. The course provides students with opportunities to develop skills in reviewing Science Education literature and evaluating research studies. Students enrolled in this course are encouraged to pursue particular research interests and explore possible thesis topics.

The course will provide opportunities for students to study the following four general themes: recent research on the nature of the relationships between education and development; the extent to which educational directions form and are influenced by the development process; the influence on education of major economic, social and political issues in the region; and, selected issues and current problems related to education. The whole course is set against the context of small island states of the Pacific region.

The course will focus on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) and its relationships to other global educational initiatives, namely MDGs, UNDL, and EFA. Students will examine these global intruments’ underlying values and ideals as well as their goals and target dates, together with the reasons why these initiatives were set up, together with their similarities and differences. Special attention will be focused on DESD and students will conduct research on how Pacific communities conceptualise the main ideas, issues and solutions associated with ESD and critically analyse the implications of their findings to the successful implementation of the Pacific ESD Framework (2006) in students' home countries. The work of monitoring and evaluation of ESD related activities will also be examined. Other topics will include: Research in and for ESD; The role of USP in ESD promotion and advocacy; Climate Change Education and ESD; and the Work of UNESCO’s Global Monitoring and Evaluation Group (MEEG).

This course is normally available to students who are qualified teachers or administrators in the educational systems of the Pacific Island countries. It examines the theory, research and practice in managing educational organisations and systems.

This course is normally available to students who are qualified teachers or administrators in the educational systems of the Pacific Island countries. It examines the theory, research and practice in managing educational organisations and systems.

This course is normally available to students who have experience as teachers and administrators or leaders of education in the educational systems of the Pacific Island Countries. The basic aim of the course is to analyse critical theories, techniques and methods of educational planning, with special reference to the experience in Pacific Island Countries.

This course is normally available to students who have experience as teachers and administrators or leaders of education in the educational systems of the Pacific Island Countries. The basic aim of the course is to analyse critical theories, techniques and methods of educational planning, with special reference to the experience in Pacific Island Countries.

This course introduces students to policy formulation drawing on international theories

and current practices from Ministries of Education in the Pacific. The course will explore

dialectical approaches to understanding educational policy frameworks used by the

national Ministries of Education. The course will include approaches to drafting a school

policy, strategies for monitoring a school policy and implementing such a policy in the 

school context. The course will draw on examples from school policies around the