Papers by Patricia Halagao
Filipino American National Historical Society Journal
Multicultural Perspectives, Jan 2, 2023
Peabody Journal of Education
Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, Oct 16, 2020
Educational Perspectives, 2016
As a multicultural teacher educator, I am always interested in teachers’ perceptions of who their... more As a multicultural teacher educator, I am always interested in teachers’ perceptions of who their students are and where they come from. When I ask teachers who they think the largest ethnic groups in the Hawai‘i Department of Education (HIDOE) public schools are, most often they respond Japanese and then Chinese. Interestingly, the Japanese and Chinese ethnic groups have not made up the majority for a while. Since 2000, Native Hawaiian and Filipino1 students have continued to take the top two spots of the most prevalent ethnic groups within the HIDOE, with Hawaiian (26 percent) and Filipino (22 percent) students together making up nearly half of the student population today. Why is it important for teachers to know and understand the cultural demographics of their students? As educational scholar Lisa Delpit states, “In order to teach you, I must know you” (1995, 183). Although ethnicity is only one component of a student’s identity, knowing and understanding one’s ethnic backgroun...
The Value of Hawaiʻi 3, 2020
Gender and Education, 2017
ABSTRACT Girl Scouts aims to foster leadership by encouraging girls to discover themselves, make ... more ABSTRACT Girl Scouts aims to foster leadership by encouraging girls to discover themselves, make connections, and take action to make the world better. This paper chronicles the five-year journey of eight professional mothers of color who sought to provide their daughters with a space to ‘think and live differently’ as Girl Scouts and young women of color in (post)colonial Hawai‘i. Through questionnaires and a semi-structured focus group interview, mothers reflect on their original intentions to create a ‘safe space’ for their daughters to engage with the politics of gender, race, and class and to rethink, review, and rework their identities. Mothers’ reflections reveal success in creating safe spaces for the critical analysis of gender, but comparatively less success in critical analyses of race and class – a phenomenon that the mothers suggest may have been complicated by (1) the enduring myth of Hawai‘i as a multicultural paradise, (2) Girl Scouts’ assimilationist history, and (3) the mothers’ own relatively privileged positions.
Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2017
Abstract Hawai'i is an example of one state whose educational system is embracing the opportu... more Abstract Hawai'i is an example of one state whose educational system is embracing the opportunities and challenges of its population's diverse ethnicities and languages. Other states can use the recommendations here to implement similar cultural and linguistic policies.
AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community, 2009
Race Ethnicity and Education, 2010
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2006
Hawaii is often perceived as the “Land of Aloha”, a racial paradise where everyone gets along. Bu... more Hawaii is often perceived as the “Land of Aloha”, a racial paradise where everyone gets along. But do we? The author explores Hawaii's distinct cultural dynamics with pre-service teachers in a multicultural education course that problematised race and ethnicity. Using an inquiry approach and culturally relevant activities, the class examined the social inequity that exists between privileged “non-minorities” like Japanese,
Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2004
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education, 2012
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education, 2012
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2004
... Using personal document analysis and phenomenological interviewing, this study explored six F... more ... Using personal document analysis and phenomenological interviewing, this study explored six Filipino American college students' experiences with Pinoy Teach, a transformative multicultural curriculum focused on Philippine and Filipino American history and culture. ...
Hawaii is often perceived as the “Land of Aloha”, a racial paradise where everyone gets along. Bu... more Hawaii is often perceived as the “Land of Aloha”, a racial paradise where everyone gets along. But do we? The author explores Hawaii’s distinct cultural dynamics with pre-service teachers in a multicultural education course that problematised race and ethnicity. Using an inquiry approach and culturally relevant activities, the class examined the social inequity that exists between privileged “non-minorities” like Japanese, Chinese and Whites, and “disadvantaged minorities” like Filipinos,
Native Hawaiians and Samoans. This study found that living among diversity in Hawaii made recognising racism and social inequity difficult. Patterns of student engagement reflected one’s positioning in Hawaii’s racial and socioeconomic hierarchy. Students from privileged groups minimised and deflected their role in contributing to racism, while students from disadvantaged groups assumed a more critical stance towards society. This study reframes the dialogue on race in
education and provides implications for multicultural teacher education.
As Filipino Americans continue to struggle academically in our public schools, we must seek alter... more As Filipino Americans continue to struggle academically in our public schools, we must seek alternative frameworks to understand how their historical backgrounds and cultural identities have impacted their educational experience. Filipino Americans have a colonial history that has produced what scholars termed as 'colonial mentality', a denigration of self and aspiration to be like the colonizer. Given the historical legacy of colonialism, educators have begun to look at developing curriculums and pedagogy with decolonization framework with the aim to emancipate students from ignorance and ignite a commitment to social change. In 1996, the multicultural teacher education program, entitled Pinoy Teach, was launched to empower college students to teach Filipino American history and culture to middle school students. This article presents findings and implications from a survey research study that examined the long term impact on its college student teachers ten years later. Though the Pinoy Teach curriculum was not originally developed from a decolonization framework, the results showed that the program served as a tool to decolonize the college student teachers. The outcomes have implications for the conceptualization and implementation of decolonizing pedagogy and curriculum.
Theory & Research in Social Education, 2007
... Civic Multicultural Competence: Searching for Common Ground in Democratic Education Jonathan ... more ... Civic Multicultural Competence: Searching for Common Ground in Democratic Education Jonathan Miller-Lane Middlebury College Tyrone C. Howard University of California, Los Angeles Patricia Espiritu Halagao University of Hawaii, Manoa ...
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Papers by Patricia Halagao
Native Hawaiians and Samoans. This study found that living among diversity in Hawaii made recognising racism and social inequity difficult. Patterns of student engagement reflected one’s positioning in Hawaii’s racial and socioeconomic hierarchy. Students from privileged groups minimised and deflected their role in contributing to racism, while students from disadvantaged groups assumed a more critical stance towards society. This study reframes the dialogue on race in
education and provides implications for multicultural teacher education.
Native Hawaiians and Samoans. This study found that living among diversity in Hawaii made recognising racism and social inequity difficult. Patterns of student engagement reflected one’s positioning in Hawaii’s racial and socioeconomic hierarchy. Students from privileged groups minimised and deflected their role in contributing to racism, while students from disadvantaged groups assumed a more critical stance towards society. This study reframes the dialogue on race in
education and provides implications for multicultural teacher education.