Articles in this collection clearly illustrate that the debate over indigenous and Western knowledge confronts the Pacific microstates with polarities that are difficult to resolve. Among them is the colonial heritage of an educational system designed to promote docility. National leaders face hard choices in addressing national goals. (SLD)

Compares traditional education with national schooling in the Solomon Islands, concentrating on the nature, meaning, and transmission of knowledge and impact of the Western model of schooling on social change. Historical sources, government reports, interviews, and observations of the Kwara'ae, the largest cultural group in the islands, are…