Focus on my backgroud.

I will mainly focus on my background for my blog as I know much more about it compare to my other Pasefika neighbours. I wanted to share everyone about my cultures and values so it will give you an idea or understanding about Samoa. This also help others to understand the Fa’aSamoa (Samoan cultures) cultures so they can share within an early childhood setting that they are working at it. Pasefika is comes from the word Pacific and this word ‘Pacific’ name by the British who went around the pacific and called those region or island ‘Pacific’. There are three groups in the Pacific (Pasefika) which are Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. There are different country that represent Pasefika but they all have their own culture, language and values.

Samoan language is now taught in secondary school and then at university Samoan language is also taught so with in the education system in New Zealand is that they do recognise the Pasefika language and cultures in the education system. (Tagoilelagi-Leota 2012 (Video)). This is show that New Zealand education system do recognise Pasefika language within the system. Children learn from their community, church and their family and they collect their knowledge from these community, family and churches and take it to school and share it with everyone.

 

 

References

Brady, R. (2008).  Realizing true education with mindfulness.  Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, VI(3), 87-98.

 

Boland, N. (2012). Steiner. Auckland University of technology: Retrieve from: https://autonline.aut.ac.nz/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D72092%26url%3D

 

Goodwim, P. (2004). Literacy through creativity. Great Britain by David Fulton.

 

Ministry of Education. (1996). Te Whāriki. He Whāriki matauranga mo ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa: Early childhood curriculum. Wellington, New Zealand: Learning Media.

 

Ministry of Education. (2007). New Zealand curriculum. Wellington, New Zealand: Learning Media.

 

Podmore, V. N., Samu, T., & A’oga Fa’a Samoa. (2007). O le ama ma lana a’oga, o le tama ma lona fa’asinomaga: Nurturing positive identity in children.  Final Research Report presented to the Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand.

 

Tagoilelagi-Leota Faasaulala, S. (2012). Pasefika. Auckland University of Technology. Retrieve from: https://autonline.aut.ac.nz/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D72092%26url%3D

 

 

Thaman, K. H. (2010).  KO E KATO ‘I HE LOTO KATO: Pacific ECE  education as if culture matter*.  Keynote Address AUT 10^th Anniversary and Launch of AlterNative.

 

 

Yule, G. (1996). The study of language. United Kingdom at the University press, Cambridge.

 

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=samoa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FDBfUsCiCoqykgXGiYCwBA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1518&bih=664#imgdii=_

 

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=samoan+language&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vEdfUpzIBMjQkwWxl4C4DA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1518&bih=664#imgdii=_

 

 

 

 

TOPIC: Using Pasefika language into early childhood and their culture.

Language is very important to the Pasefika community and that is why most of Pasefika families enrolled their children into their own background early childhood setting. It is really important for us to embrace our language and culture into early childhood setting so that our children feel that they can still learn their language and culture in Aotearoa New Zealand. Learning a new language can be challenges to children especially children who just introduce into a new language. It is really important to an early childhood setting to have some teacher's that speak fluently Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Cook Island and other Pasefika language so that they can teach their own mother tongue to this centre. According to Goodwim (2004) "teachers' knowledge of enthusiasm for children's literature is at the heart of the teaching" (pg, 14). Basically what it means if teacher have the knowledge and interest for children literature is the key point of their teaching. Therefore, children required interaction with other language-user in order to bring the language-faculty into operation with a particular language (Yule 1996). Learning a new language extend children's linguistic and understanding about the cultural and their ability to interact appropriately with other speakers. (Ministry of education 2007).

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog page, my blog topic  is Embracing Pasefika language, culture and values. I chose this topic because I wanted to show everyone where I come from and share it with everyone. As you know that there are many Pasefika people who chose Aotearoa New Zealand country as their new home. Most of these family came here only because they wanted a better future for their children. And because there are many Pasefika people in New Zealand AUT and other University have included Pasefika in the education system.