Action Research Project Proposal

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Action Research Project Proposal

• Yuuko Wright
• Cohort IV

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Experiential Education for Pacific Island
Children To Teach Respect and Pride in Our
Island Cultures

• How does culturally based education impact
  student motivation and attitudes towards school,
  learning, each other, and themselves?

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Rationale

• School was a Blue Ribbon School
• School in Restructuring
• Large ESLL Population
• Large Hawaiian Population
• Assistance from Alu Like
• He Hawaii Au

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Literature ReviewHawaiian Children

• Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate, Office of
  Program Evaluation and Planning. (2003). Left
  Behind? The Status of Hawaiian Students in
  Hawaii Public Schools (PASE Report 02-0313).
  Honolulu, HI Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, Ph.D.,
  Koren Ishibashi, M.P.P.
• Kamehamehas PASE report confirms that the
  standardized test
• scores of Hawaiian students ore the lowest among
  all major ethnic
• groups, absenteeism is more prevalent among
  Hawaiian students
• than non-Hawaiians, and 79 of predominantly
  Hawaiian schools
• are in corrective action.

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Literature ReviewMulticultural Education

• Chattergy, V. (1993). Becoming a Teacher in a
  Multicultural
• Classroom. The Kamehameha Journal of
  Education, 12.
• Virgie Chattergy writes that, education will be
  more
• effective when children are taught in a context
  and through
• a process that is compatible with their home
  culture.

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Focus of Research Project

• To supplement a current unit on Self and
  Community
• To plan and implement experiential methods of
  teaching to improve academic performance, improve
  attendance, and increase cultural awareness and
  personal pride
• To bring members of the community into my
  classroom as resources of their cultures

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Literature ReviewPride and Respect
Meyer, M. A. (2003). Hooulu Our Time of
Becoming Hawaiian Epistemology and Early
Writings. Honolulu, HI Ai Pohaku
Press. A quote from Luana Palapala Busby-Neff
states, We study our beliefs about knowledge so
that we can better articulate the needs of our
people. Weve been hiding behind a screen, a veil
that has covered our true essence and left us
flailing about with this idea of lost identity
when its always been here.
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Methodology

• Writers Workshop
• Class Discussions
• Observations
• Student Work Samples
• Daily Student Reflection Journals
• Informal Teacher/Participant Reflections
• Personal Daily Reflection Journal

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Criteria to Determine Effectiveness

• Observations
• Journals
• Oral Feedback
• Written Feedback

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Literature ReviewEnvironmental Education

• Archie, Michele. (2001, August). Infobrief
  Moving into the
• Educational Mainstream 2, 3. Retrieved July
  12, 2004,
• from www.ascd.org.
• This journal stated that
• Reading and math scores improved
• Students performed better in science and social
  studies
• Students developed the ability to make
  connections and
• transfer their knowledge from familiar to
  unfamiliar contexts.
• Classroom discipline problems declined.

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Project Timeline
July-October 2004 Implement Action Research
Project and Gather Data
April/May 2005 Submit First Draft For Review
November 2004- March 2005 Analyze and Interpret
Data
June/July 2005 Submit Final Write-up of
Project August 2005 Graduate!!
Summer 2004 Research and Design Action Research
Project
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Resources Needed

• Chants/songs/hula choreography
• Hawaiian culture and legend books
• Contacts for field trips
• Community members for presentations
• Parents to assist in my classroom
• Taro and garden implements
• Teacher made journals and worksheets

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Mahalo ia oukou no ko oukou hoolohe ana mai!

• Thank you everyone for all of the new insight,
  direction, friendship, food, and support.