{"id":135871,"date":"2021-02-22T13:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T23:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=135871"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T00:48:32","slug":"project-hawaii-education-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/project-hawaii-education-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Project to showcase Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s education history receives major boost"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Derek Taira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A $15,000 grant will help a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Education<\/a> professor to design a website dedicated to the history of education in Hawaiʻi<\/span>, with a focus on schooling during the territorial period. Department of Educational Foundations<\/a> (EDEF<\/abbr>) Assistant Professor Derek Taira<\/strong> was awarded the grant from the Spencer Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the next six months, Taira will collaborate with the college\u2019s Distance Course Design & Consulting<\/a> group to build a website for educators, students and the general public to visit and learn about Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s educational past.<\/p>\n

“We are delighted that Dr<\/abbr>. Taira is receiving his third grant from the prestigious Spencer Foundation for his significant work and research,” EDEF<\/abbr> Chair Xu Di<\/strong> said. “Dr<\/abbr>. Taira\u2019s work brings a part of Hawaiian history that is not widely known to many of us. His critical examination offers profound insights for Hawaiian Indigenous education and its contribution to the world.”<\/p>\n

Taira is a previous Spencer Foundation Fellow (2019) and grant recipient for his research project, Forward Without Fear: Native Hawaiians Contesting Americanization in Territorial Hawaii\u2019s Public Schools, 1900–1941<\/em>. His research reveals a story of Native Hawaiian involvement in education through the examination of Hawaiian language newspapers and petitions, Native Hawaiian student and teacher writings and legislative journals.<\/p>\n

“I am very thankful for the continued support of the Spencer Foundation in advancing historical inquiry into the study of education,” Taira said. “This extension of my previous grant project provides me the opportunity to go beyond an academic audience and make my findings accessible to pre- and in-service teachers and the broader public.”<\/p>\n

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Historical photo of McKinley High School. (Photo courtesy: Hawaiʻi<\/span> Department of Education)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plans for the website include a scaffold approach to engage a wide audience through images, audio, video and brief descriptions of the major events and themes within the period. The website will also provide additional resources for audiences who wish to learn more, such as detailed information for students, primary source documents for historians and researchers, and curricular materials for teachers. Taira\u2019s project has already produced subsequent articles as well as material for an upcoming book.<\/p>\n

“History is not static and undergoes constant negotiation of how and what to tell those in the present about the past,” Taira said. “My findings will hopefully provide educators with opportunities to promote student interest and active engagement with learning about the past as well as develop important skills in collecting, assessing and consuming information.”<\/p>\n

This work is an example of 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Strategic Plan<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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