{"id":103162,"date":"2019-09-12T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=103162"},"modified":"2019-09-13T08:28:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:28:37","slug":"marshall-island-education-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/12\/marshall-island-education-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"First Marshall Island education cohort graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Graduation day for the first PACMED<\/abbr> cohort in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first cohort of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Education<\/a> Pacific Master\u2019s in Education (PACMED<\/abbr>) program graduated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

PACMED<\/abbr>, in the Department of Curriculum Studies<\/a>, focuses on culturally-responsive, Pacific, placed-based STEAM<\/abbr> (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects.<\/p>\n

Professors Paul Deering<\/strong> and Deborah Zuercher<\/strong> and colleagues digitally deliver PACMED<\/abbr>\u2019s curriculum to students across the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa and RMI<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

“Pacific leaders are needed to solve Pacific problems,” said Zuercher. “PACMED<\/abbr> builds on indigenous knowledge of place and culture when addressing emerging problems such as sea-level rising, health, illegal fishing, food security and sovereignty.”<\/p>\n

The graduating cohort of 17 Marshallese students included classroom teachers as well as high-ranking administrators and brings the program\u2019s combined total to approximately 300 graduates.<\/p>\n

PACMED<\/abbr> is a two-year program focused on the nine RMI<\/abbr> Public School Standards for Teachers, plus a tenth standard focused on place-based STEAM<\/abbr> teaching. During the semester, courses are delivered in a live online classroom, while summer classes are in-person and hands-on. Topics include marine science, organic gardening, computers, robotics, ethnomathematics, as well as traditional cultural practices, such as weaving, fishing, canoe building and navigation.<\/p>\n

For the full story go to the College of Education’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PACMED<\/abbr> is a two-year program focused on the nine RMI<\/abbr> Public School Standards for Teachers, plus a tenth standard focused on place-based STEAM<\/abbr> teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[95,204,313,9],"class_list":["post-103162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-education","tag-education","tag-stem","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t