American Schools for the Natives of Ponape
Colletta, Nat J. (1980). American Schools for the Natives of Ponape. Honolulu: Published for the East-West Center by the University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 978-0-8248-0634-7.
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Abstract: With Micronesia's political future currently under negotiation and debate, this book's appearance is most timely. This is the first in-depth examination and analysis of the impact—both socio-psychological and cultural—of a transplanted American school system to peoples of Micronesia.
Dr. Colletta begins with a description of the education and enculturation processes practiced before the introduction of formal schooling on Ponape (now "Pohnpei"). He then traces the historical evolution of schooling under various foreign influences-from the early missionaries through the German and Japanese occupations to the current American trusteeship.
The author’s major focus is on the socio-cultural interplay between American and Ponapean value systems, examined at both the primary and secondary school levels. Relationships are drawn between the levels of exposure to American culture (principally as a result of schooling) and degrees of cultural alienation.
Dr. Colletta concludes with a discussion of alternative educational structures that might improve the fit between educational, cultural, and economic development throughout Micronesia.
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DOI: 10.1515/9780824886424 OpenAlex: W4252510699
