Schooling in the Pacific Islands
：Colonies in Transition
Publication subTitle ：Colonies in Transition
Author： Thomas R. Murray;Postlethwaite T. Neville
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: 9781483148557
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080268057
Subject： G40 pedagogy
Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
Schooling in the Pacific Islands: Colonies in Transition is the third book in a three-volume series describing education in selected countries of Oceania and the Asian regions bordering the Pacific.
Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with a general outlook on the colonization and schooling in Oceania. Subsequent chapters detail Oceania schools' social and historical backgrounds, the goals of education, the structure and size of the schooling enterprise, administration and finance, curriculum development, the supply of educational personnel, and problems and prospects for the future. Individual island countries covered include Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, New Caledonia and the Society Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, American Samoa and Western Samoa, Tonga, and The Cook Islands.