DOCUMENT RESBME BD 133 808 EA 009 028 TITLE Educational Perspectives in Papua New Guinea. INSTITUTION Australian Coll. of Education, Carlton, Victoria. , PUB DATE 74 NOTE. 201p. AVAfLABLE FROMThe Australian College of Education, 916 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053 ($3.80 surface mail, $7.60 airmail) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$11.37 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Administrator Education; Agricultural Education; Curriculum/Development; *Educational Development; Educational Objectives; *Educational Policy; *Educational Programs; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Mathematics Instr V.on; PostSeyondary Education; **Program Description ; Social/Studies; Student Behavior; Teacher Education; Technical Education; qleological Education IDENTIFIERS Australia; *Papua New Guinea ABSTRACT This book consists of 19 selected papers that focus on the broad topic ofeducation in the South Pacific. All the papers were Originally presented at the Fifteenth AnnualConference of the . Australian College of Education, which was held in May 1974. Titles of therpapers include "Educating for Self Reliance (the Buntine Oration for 1974)," "The Need for a Cultural Programme: Personal Reflections," "Education for What?" "Cognitive Development and the Papua New Ghinean Education System: Some Findings," "Monitoring Educational Development in a'Foreign Culture--Spotlight the Problem Areas," "South Pacific Educational Resolve," "Curiculum Development in Primary Education: The Papua New Guinea Situation," "Devils or Angels? Pupil Misdemeanors in Papua New Guinea Primary Schools," "A Study on Mathematics in Papua New Guinea," "Secondary Social Science in Papua New Guinea--Dvelopmental(Success, Implementation Failure?" "The Place of Agriculture in the School Curriculum," "Power over the Environment--An Attitude.to the World," "A Relevant Technical Education," "Difficulties in Improving the Quality of Teachers in, Papua New Guinea," "The 1971 Report on Higher Education in Papua New Guinea--A Look.Backwards and Forwards," "Theological.Education in Papua New Guinea," "Selecting and Training Papua New Guinea .Educational Administrators," "W.G. Groves: H!s Work and Influénce on Native Education Especially in Papua and New Guinea," and "Nicholai N. Mikluho-Maklai. (1846-1888), Pioneer Educator in NewGuinea and Melanesia." (JG) S' Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished materials notavailable from other sources. ERIC makes every effort to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginalreproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available viathe ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not responsible for the quality of the original document.Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. CC) C:) reN THE AUSTRALIANCOLLIEGE 6F EDUCATION 1441 1-0 S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. C3 EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. OUCEO EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN. ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AP' 1974 THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ' OTHER PUBLICATIONS The Founders Convention' Educational Values in a Democracy' Challenge to Australian Education' Some Economic Aspects of Education by P. H. Karma!' Educating for Tomorrow' Australia and Its Neighbours' .Each to His Full Stature Teachers in Australia An fSppraisal' Teachers in Australian Schools Variations in Australian Education Schools, Colleges and.Society Opportunity in Education Educational Measurement a'nd Assessment Planning for Effective Education Some Aspects of the Education of Handicapped Children in Australia -Priorities in Australian Education The EducatiOnal Process Out of print II WO* National Library of Australia Card Nember and ISBN 0 909587 04 3 3 CONTENTS pR EFAc E INTRODUCTION THE BUNTINE ORATIONEDUCATING FOR SELF RELIANCE .Mr. M. Somare, The Chief Minister, P.N.G. THE NEED FOR A CULTURAL PROGRAMME: PERSONAL RE- FLECTIONSMr. Nelson Giraure EDUCATION FOR WHAT?Mr. P. Matane COGNITIVE DEV.ELOPMENT AND THE PAPUA NEW GUINEAN EDUCATION SYSTEMSOME FINDINGSProfessor H. W. S. Philp and Mi. M. Kelly MONITORING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A FOREIGN CULTURESPOTLIGHT THE PROBLEM AREA'SMr. Denis Donohoe SOUTH PACIFIC EbUCATIONAL RESOLVEMr. A. Grey CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN. PRIMARY EDUCATiON THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA SITUATIONMr. A. Isoaimo DEVILS OR ANGELS? PUPIL MISDEMEANOURS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRIMARY SCHOOLSMr. G. Coyne A STUDY ON MATHEMATICS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEADr. E. Southwell SECONDARY SOtIAL SCIENCE IN 'PAPUA NEW GUINEA 'DEVELOPMENTAL SUCCESS,. IMPLEMENTATION FAIL- URE?Mr. J. E. Pollock THE PLACE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SCHOOL CURRICU- LUMJ. A. Sutherland POWER OVER THE ENVIRONMENTAN ATTITUDE TO THE WORLDDr. M. N. Maddick A RELEVANT TECHNICAL.EDUCATIONP. M. Pyers DIFFICULTIES IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEACHERS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEAL. G. Larking THE 1971 REPORT ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEAA LOOK BACKWARDS AND FORWARDSDr. A. H. Nash THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEARev. Alan Dunstone SELECTING AND TRAINING PAPUA NEW GUINEA EDUCA- TIONAL A`DMINISTRATORSD. V. McNamara W. G. GROVES: HIS WORK AND INFLUENCE ON NATIVE EDU- CATION ESPECIALLY IN PAPUA AND NEW GUINEAMrs. M. Duncan NICHOLAI N. MIKLUHO-MAKLAI (1846-1888), PIONEER EDU- CATOR IN NEW GUINEA AND MELANESIAR. W. deM. Maclay CONTRIBUTORS "10 THIS Ptin1 !CATION PREFACE This Volume consists of a number 61 selected papers presented to the Fifteenth Annual Conference of The Australian College of Education. The 'Conference was held at the University of Papua New Guinea . from 4 to 9 May, 1974 in conjunction with the Waigani Seminar. Joint sessions., were held as well as those for College Members. "Education in the South Pacific" was the theme of the Conference but aspects of Oducation in Papua New Guinea were tht subjects mostly covered in.the papers read. The Buntine Oration which given every second year in honour of the late Walter Murray Buntioe was delivered by Mr. Michael Somare, Chief Minister of P.N.G. a unique occasion never likely to occur again. The theme was divided into three general sections, viz.1. The Cultural Setting;2.Education Systems(Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Further Education); 3. Curriculum Issues in developing countries. Two historical papers were also presented.. Unfortunately notallpapers can be published. A completelistis included in the Annual Proceedings of the Fifteenth Conference. INTRODUCHON THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN. PAPUA NEW GUINEA The 1974 National Conference in Port Moresby caught the Education System in PNG at a point of interisIve self-examination and re-direction a eharacteristic which is reflected in the papers presented. In a way it would be asking the Australian reader too much to outline possible new directions on the assumption that he understands their point of (departure from the pr&mt. The factis, PNG's Education. System today is so radically different from dn Australian system that it must be studied afresh as a' basis for understanding new directions likely to emerge. So often, after we have painstaking), described the current operations, of, for example, our Teachers' Colleges, we find out Austrafian .visitors going on to say "Fine . now, what about the private (chdrch) colleges?" The fact is that, with the exception of one church College which wishes to remain completely free of government involvement, all church Teachers' Colleges arc members of the national education system, sharing with the. government Colleges the same common benefits, national policies and curriculum. appointnlent procedures, ete. 4s with Teachers' C'ollegek. similarly with other educational institutions; the /rat government private cleavage in Australian education, is not knownrm the integrated education system ofPNG. Australn visitors are likewise intrigued by other now-routine' features of the PNG education system developed during the 'period when Dr. K. McKinnon was Director. One of these, necessry to th'e. integvion of a number of private bodies into a national education system, istitre establishment of a governing body for each educational institution, with formal powers under,the Ordin- ance over such matters as planning the development ofthe Institution, managing its budget: collecting fees and appointing staff. Anotfier important featurf of decentralizationistheDistrict Education Board, again with ,forma!'powers under the Ordinance in relation to planning the development of education in its district, opening new schools, 'appointing staff, controlling 0 admission to schools. Other contemporary features of a system whose history totals less than three decades may be traced back to Australia's accelerating post-war determination to. develop PNG rapidly. Some visitors were surprisedat the extent to which English. is used, others at the implications ofreliance on a foreign language for the curriculum generally and inparticular for the respect with which the younger generation will therefore treat theirindigenous language and culture. What the Conference didreveal,inallitsugly dimensions, were the tremendous tensions generated as education, as agent of modernisation and Yiesternisation. has helped to create expectationswhich are far beyond the capacity of the.natipn to satisfy. So to the turmoil for the battle'for the future. 5 I he Conference