In talking with my Pasifika students this week I've been reflecting about the cultural divide and the barriers they face in learning at school.
We have a very ethnocentric education system the very much values individuality and independence. Pasifika students coming from a culture that values community, the collective struggle to find a place within our education system. How do we adapt our education system to value the collective as much as the individual? How do we create communities at school and develop academic role models? How to we create greater links to the community - supporting parents and showing students pathways to their future?
All things I'm thinking about .....
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