Ka Lama graduate students take part in two levels of professional development:
- A systematic and coherent model of inservice training. It iincludes the typical inservice effort which consists of a number of Workshops, but adds the necessary follow-up to see if teachers' understanding and classroom Practice have been improved. Margaret Maaka and Kathryn Au serve as Advisors for the inservice teachers, teach the majority of courses they take, and supervise their research projects.
- Research training that incorporates writing and presenting educational research projects at national and international educational conferences.
Ka Lama Graduate Conference Presentations:
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Web site: www.aera.net
Au, K., Lefcourt, Y., & Luna, C. (April 2001). Educational excellence expo: Search for knowledge in our cultural practice. Paper presented at the Seattle, WA. conference. Conference Theme: What We Know and How We Know It.
Maaka, M. J., Au, K. A., Holu-Tamashiro, L. K., Lefcourt, Y. K., & Luna, C. A. (April 2000). Indigenous teacher education: Research on an initiative for a Hawaiian community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans, LA. Conference Theme: Creating Knowledge in the 21st Century: Insights from Multiple Perspectives.
Maaka, M. J., Au, K. A., Hewett, K. K., Holu, L. K., Lefcourt, Y. K., & Luna, C. A. (April 1999). Ka lama o ke kaiaulu: A teacher education initiative for a Hawaiian community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Montreal, Canada. Conference Theme: On the Threshold of the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities.
Maaka, M. J., Au, K. A., Bogac, P., Holu-Tamashiro, L., Kanakaole, C., Luna, C., & Lefcourt, Y. K. (April 1998). Starting Blocks or Stumbling Blocks to Higher Education: Case studies of Native Hawaiian women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Diego, California. Conference Theme: Diversity and Citizenship in Multicultural Societies.
International Reading Association (IRA)
Web site: www.reading.org
Au, K., Maaka, M. J., Lefcourt, Y., Luna, C., & Kukea, P. (March 2001). Literacy instruction & teacher education in a Hawaiian community. Paper presented at the IRA/Aloha State Council conference in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Conference Theme: Horizons 2001: Transforming Literacy Teaching & Learning held at the Sheraton Waikiki.Click here to view presentation.
Lefcourt, Y. K., & Wong, B. (March, 2000). Classrooms of our own: portfolio assessment in a first grade classroom. Paper presented at the International Reading Association's 4th annual Aloha State Council conference held at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. Conference Theme: Literacy Teachers in the Millennium.
Au, K., Maaka, M. J., Kukea, P., Lefcourt, Y., & Luna, C.(July 2000). Literacy instruction & teacher education in a Hawaiian community. Paper presented at the World Reading Congress in Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Theme: Once Upon a Millennium: The Past, the Present, the Future.
Native Hawaiian Education Association (NHEA)
Lefcourt, Y., & Luna, C. A. (March 2001). Classrooms of our own: Literacy
instruction in our Hawaiian communities. Paper presented at the 2nd annual
conference at Honolulu Community College. Conference Theme: KUPU A'E
World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WIPCE)
Web site: www.wipce@fnahec.org
Maaka, M. J., Au, K., Hewett, K. K., Holu-Tamashiro, L., Lefcourt, Y. K., & Luna, C. A., (August 1999). Ka lama o ke kaiaulu: A teacher education initiative for a Hawaiian community. Paper presented at the 1999 World Indigenous Peoples' conference at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. Conference Theme: The Answers Lie Within.
Maaka, M. J., Hewett, K. K., Lefcourt, Y. K., & Luna, C. A., (August
1999). Confronting racism in higher education: The answers lie within
us. Paper presented at the 1999 World Indigenous Peoples' conference at
the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. Conference Theme: The Answers Lie Within.
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Ka Lama I, II and III students and R. Pi'ilani Hussey
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