essay
Education
Studies in a Hawaiian community : na makamaka o Nanakuli • (1) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 28-54
By: Gallimore, Ronald, MacDonald, W. Scott, Boggs, Stephen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the chapter on education in the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17, 18, 20-27.) The authors try to answer the question why Hawaiian children have so much difficulty in public schools. They examine differences in language and motivational factors. Hawaiian pidgin is not recognized as a language and not used in the school. Hawaiian children do not respond well to authority figures and from an early age are discouraged from seeking help from any adults including their parents. Instead they turn to their peers for recognition and commendation. They will only engage adults if they can be reassured beforehand through nonverbal cues that the response will be a positive one. The authors argue that public school is a cultural shock for Hawaiian students and teachers should be made aware of such and facilitate the required cultural change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- Educator
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1965-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ronald Gallimore
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 54)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79017014
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians