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| Dr Vaoiva (Iva) Ponton
Senior Research Fellow
Pathways in Place, Faculty of Education
Griffith University (Australia)
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About |
Vaoiva Ponton completed her doctorate in Education at The University of Melbourne investigating the motivations of Melbourne-based Pasifika students to learn, what concerns them, and impediments to their educational success. Spending the last 25 years as an educator, she is interested in strategies to enhance student success in the transition from school to the tertiary sector. Her experience of utilizing Pacific Methodologies is explored in various publications.
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Specialities |
Contemporary Pacific, Critical Discourse Analysis, Cultural Education, Curriculum And Instruction In Teacher Education, Decolonisation, Decolonising Academia, Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, ICT In Education, Indigenous Agency, Indigenous Epistemology |
Discipline(s) |
Education sciences
Epistemology
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Member of |
Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS)  European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) |
Geographic administrative areas |
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Geographic places |
Polynesia
Australia (area)
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Historical periods |
20th century
21st century
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Indigenous languages |
Samoan |
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