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FROM CULTURAL ROOTS TO WORLDVIEW:
CULTURAL CONNECTEDNESS OF TEACHERS
FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS
by
Sandra Iwalani Tuitele
__________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Sandra Iwalani Tuitele
Object Description
| Title | From cultural roots to worldview: Cultural connectedness of teachers for native Hawaiian students |
| Author | Tuitele, Sandra Iwalani |
| Author email | satuitel@ksbe.edu; timtuitele@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-02-06 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-04-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sundt, Melora |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Cole, Darnell Au, Kathryn |
| Abstract | Native Hawaiian students encounter numerous challenges due to differences between Western and Hawaiian philosophies and values (Dela Cruz, Salsman, Brislin, & Losch, 2005, p. 121). Research suggests it is a result of the incongruence between Indigenous students’ formal education and their heritage culture (Hinkley & McInerney, 1998; Ogbu, 1995; Kawagley & Barnhardt, 1998; Lipka & McCarty, 1994; Howard, 2003) generating discussion about reform in the dominant Western educational structure, its curriculum and the preparation of prospective teachers (Ladson-Billings, 1995b; Banks, 1993; Bennett, 2001; Castagno & Brayboy, 2008). This study examines ten fourth and fifth grade teachers at Kamehameha Elementary School where all of the students selected for admission to the K-12 private school have Native Hawaiian heritage.; Ladson-Billings' (1984) culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) helps structure this study of teachers' cultural connectedness with their students' culture. Various factors linked to cultural connectedness from CRP's three principles and Hawaiian Cultural Influences in Education (HCIE) are explored emphasizing 1) teachers’ practices in the classroom related to content, context, and consciousness and 2) teachers' perceptions or perspective about their cultural connectedness. It is this "connectedness" which is the focus of the present study as it relates to teachers’ use of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) or culture based education (CBE) in their instruction and perceptions of teaching. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed in this study which utilizes a teacher survey (CBETT-Culture Based Education Teacher Tool) and a teacher interview. |
| Keyword | cultural connectedness; native; Hawaiian; elementary teachers; Hawaiian culture and education; culturally relevant pedagogy; culture based education; teacher connectedness to students' culture; Hawaiian cultural influences in education |
| Geographic subject (state) | Hawaii |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2923 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Tuitele, Sandra Iwalani |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Tuitele-3590 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Tuitele-3590.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | FROM CULTURAL ROOTS TO WORLDVIEW: CULTURAL CONNECTEDNESS OF TEACHERS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS by Sandra Iwalani Tuitele __________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Sandra Iwalani Tuitele |
