Ko e 'Ulungaanga Faka-Tonga mo e Ako Lelei: Tongan culture and academic achievement

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-38

  Fusitu'a, Liuaki ^a   Coxon, Eve ^b  

^a Tonga Institute of Education   (Tonga)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture; Equal education; Family school relationship; Tonga

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032365125     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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