Evaluation Studies
2005 Curriculum Reform Conference - Papers
Papers from the 2005 Curriculum Reform Conference have been posted on the site. Click on the title of the title of the paper you would like to view.
The views expressed in the papers are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect PNG Department of Education, CRIP or AusAID views.
Key Note Papers
Opening
Address by the Hon M Laimo
Dr
Michael Mel - The Need for Strong and Balanced Communities through Education
Dr
J Pagelio - Secretary for Education - Closing Address
Elliot,
Macpherson and McLaughlin - Empowering Curriculum Thinkers and Transforming
Curriculum Sites
Dr
P Murphy - What do Teachers Think of the Curriculum Reform
Dr
T Webster - The Road to Universalizing Primary Education
Keynote
Address by His Excellency Sir Paulius Matane - Governor General of PNG
Parallel Session Papers - Day 1
Eliakim Apelis - An
Analysis of Primary School Inspectors' Observations on the Quality of
Teaching and Learning
George Morgan - Policy
Issues Arising from the Pilot Curriculum Standards Monitoring Test
Dr Gewa Au - Teaching
and Learning in the Zone of Proximinal Development
Guy Le Fanu - The
Inclusion of Inclusive Education in Teacher Training
Stephanie Nakatt and Maino Koloa -
Mainstreaming Gender Equity in the Curriculum Development Division
Dr Pamela Norman - Impact
of Curriculum Reforms on Some Teacher Education Programs
Paul Pasingham - Equitable
Education: PNG's Challenge in Closing the Gap
Dr Steven Winduo - The
Dialogics of Literacy Education in PNG
Parallel Session Papers Day 2
Bernadette Aihi - Implementation
of the Reformed Curriculum in Rural and Remote Schools of PNG
Caroline Maniat - Implementing
the Reforms in a Western Highlands Primary School
Charly Muke - The
Role of Local Language in Teaching Mathematics in Grade 3 PNG
Chris Gard and Joe Weber - Enhancing
the Relevance of Learning in Upper Primary and Lower and Upper Secondary
School
Taki Apuki - Curriculum
Reform Implementation in Iufi Iufu Primary School
Dianah Kenehe - Assessment
of Learners' Achievement of Learning Outcomes
Diana Wroge, Michael Jones and Mara Iyama - Strengthening
of Tokples (Vernacular) Education in PNG
Dongau Singin - Why
Primary Students are not Speaking, Reading and Writing English
Elizabeth Solon & Dr Mark Solon - Implementation
of Curriculum Reform in Urban Madang Schools
Esther Tony - The
Effectiveness of Cluster Inservice Using CRIP Inservice Units
John Hunt - Making
A Living as a Means of Boosting Smallholder Farming
John Smith Pokan - The
Impact of the Reform Curriculum on the Basic Education Sector
Dr Wilfred Kaleva et al - The
Development and Perceptions of the Reformed Upper Primary Curriculum
Martin Surab - Parental
and Community towards Elementary Schools in Lae City
Patricia Paraide - The
Value of Indigenous Mathematical Knowledge in Formal Learning
Richard Guy et al - CRIP
Impact Study 2 - Bridging to English Inservice
Rex Matang - Enhancing
the Learning of Formal English and Arithmetic Strategies through Indigenous
Counting Systems
Parallel Session Papers Day 3
Andrew Ikupu and Lucy Nakin - Sustaining
PNG's Holistic Elementary Program with the National Education Plan Framework
Catherine Nongkas - Exploring
the Quality of Teaching and Learning in PNG Catholic Teachers' Colleges
Dr Graham Dawson - Supporting
Curriculum Reform in the Pacific
Ioini Bugave - Bachelor
of Education Students' Perceptions of Teacher-Centred Instruction and
Student-Centred Learning
Mary Isafa et al - Supporting
Change Agents in Schools
Dr James Yoko - Alignment
of Teacher Education Programs with the National Curriculum Reform Agenda
Dr Joan Kale - Multilingual
Schooling in PNG
Nopa Raki - Sustainable
Curriculum Development and the Implications for Teacher Training
Bob Teasdale and Priscilla Puamau - Sustainable
Curriculum Reform: A Pacific Perspective
Sam Awaisa & Stuart Taylor - Grassroots
Support for Curriculum Reform