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Anneka Anderson; Elana Curtis; Melaney Tkatch; Belinda Loring; Sue Reddy; Kanewa Stokes; Wills Nepia; Tracey Winter; Papaarangi Reid – Discover Education, 2024
Hikitia te Ora (Certificate in Health Sciences) is a 1 year Indigenous bridging foundation programme at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. The programme aims to increase Maori and Pacific health workforce representation. This qualitative study applied a Kaupapa Maori positioning to elucidate the strengths, challenges, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Secondary School Students
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de Sousa, Isabela Cabral Felix; Braga, Cristiane Nogueira; Frutuoso, Telma de Mello; Ferreira, Cristina Araripe; Vargas, Diego da Silva – Convergence, 2008
The aim of this research is to understand how students view their volunteer choices to take part in a specific scientific education programme while they attend high school. This programme is called (Provoc) located at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil. Historically, this programme has been characterised by a significant predominance of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Vocational High Schools
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Ireland, Timothy D. – International Review of Education, 2008
At a time when some 24% of the Brazilian population of 182 million are functionally illiterate, the author shows how illiteracy is concentrated in traditionally poor and disadvantaged social and ethnic groups as well as in certain regions of the country. He surveys the changes in legislation, policies and attitudes relating to literacy over the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Illiteracy, Foreign Countries, Literacy