February 2012 | Waikato University Heritage Site Development Roading | 1. Contribute to Project Planning 2. Add cultural mapping and oral history data to site assessments 3. Team planning meeting and fieldwork debrief meetings 4. Review reports 5. Contribute to report preparation 6. Contribute to Heritage Site Development Roading 7. Contribute to Site development planning (Phases II and III) | Completed |
April 2012 | Cognition Education Limited, NZ for the External Review of the Nauru Social Science Draft Curriculum Statements | 1. Review the curriculum statement and syllabi using set criterias 2. Make general and specific recommendations for additions and / or amendments | Completed |
September 2011 | Commonwealth of Australia AusAid Contextual Approaches to Lifting System, School and Student Performance: Focusing on Literacy and Numeracy in the Early Grades – Part 1 | 1. To improve equitable access to and quality of universal basic education for all children in Tonga up to year 8 (form 2) 2. To improve the access to and quality of post-basic education and training to cater for the different abilities and needs of students 3. To improve the administration of education and training so that the quality of educational performance is enhanced 4. Analyze and document evidence of learning outcomes based on available data such as STATS at Year 4 and Early Grade Reading Assessment at Classes 1 – 3. The analysis will identify the focus topics for classroom observation. 5. Observe and describe classroom teaching/learning processes (around identified focus topics) in specific contexts (small schools, composite and multigrade teaching classes: large schools: Tongatapu and outer island schools; urban and rural schools, etc) Eight (8) schools are selected fro the study: 4 on Tongatapu; 2 in Vava’u and 1 each in Niuatoputapu and Ha’apai.Interview teachers, learners, school principals, within the context of the school. 6. Focus group discussions, talanoa and nofo with those involved with school and community/local teacher support systems and networks. | Completed |
August 2011 | MEWAC Education Support Project Leadership and Research training workshop for teachers | 1. Produce a Strategic Plan for Leadership and Research Training 2. Complete, trial and modify a Training Manual for Leadership and Research 3. Train capable trainers within MEWAC who can sustain the training program 4. Training reports 5. Research reports based on research undertaken during the contract period | Completed April 2012 |
