A'o: Educational Traditions healing & spirituality Most people would be satisfied

Most people would be satisfied to earn such renown as a big-wave rider and lifeguard

Danko Taborosi is an environmental scientist with extensive experience in the western Pacific

A‘o offers traditional and historical examples that provide insights into the practices of learning and teaching in a native society

He holds Masters degrees in Library Sci­ence from the University of Hawaii and in Geography/Cartography from Brigham Young University

A'o: Educational Traditions healing & spirituality Most people would be satisfiedEducation is a high priority for Native Hawaiian families today, even while many Native Hawaiian children are identified for remedial or special education. But there was a period in Hawaiian history when the literacy rates for Native Hawaiians, both children and adults, was higher than that of the United States. What happened and what can we learn from that situation in addressing the education needs of Native Hawaiians today? In Ao Malcolm Nea Chun