i - Talitali framework: developing a model for engaged learning and teaching in the Pacific

Lingam, Narsamma and Sharma, Lalita and Qalo-Qiolevu, Jiokapeci and Ramoce, Waisale and Lal, Sangita and Rafai, Rosarine (2017) i - Talitali framework: developing a model for engaged learning and teaching in the Pacific. [Conference Proceedings]

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Abstract

Weaving is not only an art that is significant, but it is a figurative term that might have different connotations
for Pacific People. In the search to enhance research skills and knowledge relating to Higher Education,
academics and students alike are at the juncture of searching for a framework that best represents Pacific
Research Skills. The UU204 Pacific Worlds Teaching Team has embarked on a project that illustrates Research
Skills Development using a weaving metaphor. This paper proposes the metaphor of weaving a mat to describe
the research process from a Pacific world-view that is underpinned by Pacific knowledge, skills and research
values. It outlines the various methods and analysis of how a Pacific Research Framework that is appropriate to
the pacific context should be constructed and developed. The Pacific students are taken through the basic
essence of Pacific Research Framework through the i-Talitali Framework that the Pacific Worlds, i-Talitali Team
of the University of the South Pacific has embarked on.
Drawing on the weaving metaphor, we aim to use a common item in many Pacific cultures which is the mat. To
sit on a mat represents preparation for learning. Thus, while our students are seated on a mat, we then take
them on a journey from harvesting the raw materials to the finished product. This is the approach that we are
proposing towards the Pacific Research Skills Development.
i-Talitali - an itaukei term for weaving. This is also the name that is given to this UU204 Teaching Staff who will be “team-presenting” this framework.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies
Depositing User:	USP RSC Assistant
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2018 03:08
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2020 03:02
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10441

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