Micronesian Counselors
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
How can reform of the failing education system be carried out in an island group where pressures abound to keep good teachers and bad teachers alike? There are tried and tested methods that will help, the author suggests.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT
Here's Where We're Headed. Which Way Should We Be Going?
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
A review of what the numbers say about the directions of the Micronesian governments.
March 27, 2023 ECONOMICS EDUCATION GOVERNMENT
Teach Our Children Well: A Look At Our Public Elementary Schools in Pohnpei
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
What are the factors most responsible for success in public elementary schools on Pohnpei?
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
A review of some of the best public elementary schools in the region and a look at what makes them work.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
The Myth of Education: A Second Look
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Education once offered the promise of good jobs, and even now it offers other rich rewards.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Highlights the best schools throughout the region on the basis of test scores and other data.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
What Should Our Schools Be Doing?
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Is the goal of education to provide academic skills, manpower training, or cultural preservation?
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Accurate Statistics are essential for mapping out progress and fixing future goals
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT HEALTH
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
An educator describes a three-week summer retreat for Chuuk public school principals, its dynamics and some of the outcomes.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
What's Happened to All Our College Graduates?
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
An essay on why college students abroad have become fewer over the last 30 years, why this can hurt the islands, and what can be done about it.
March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Video Listings
Micsem Discussion
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Discussion on the purposes of education in Micronesia.
November 19, 1998 EDUCATION
What Can We Do to Improve Our Schools?
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Improvement of education does not begin with money so much as good leadership and other factors.
March 29, 1995 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Educating a generation to become financially self-reliant cannot be accomplished by the schools alone.
January 26, 1994 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT
Books
Written by Tim Smit. Edited by Francis X. Hezel, SJ
This textbook on the history of the Federated States of Micronesia describes the origins of the islands and their people. It also shows how people from several different island groups have been altered by outside forces over the years and how, in the end, they have become a single nation today.
articles
The FSM Education Sector and the Compact
Tom Frink
Recent educational statistics on FSM and the economic support needed in the future from the US
Unpublished, 2019.March 27, 2023 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT
Twenty-Five Years of Fostering Student Success
Tom Frink
History of the College of Micronesia, FSM, during its first 25 years.
In College of Micronesia-FSM: 25th Anniversary. Pohnpei, April 2018: 12-20.March 27, 2023 EDUCATION HISTORY
Tom Frink
Makes the case for dialog between post modernists and traditionalists.
Guam Educator, Vol 19 (Fall 2014): 140-145.March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Recent Theories of the Relationship between Education and Development
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Brief review of four different theories of the interface between education and development.
Unpublished. 1974 March 27, 1974 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
The importance of giving parents understanding and ownership of what happens in the process of education.
Micronesian Independent. Also published as: "The School Industry." Friends of Micronesia Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 1973: 19-22. March 27, 1974 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
The elementary school is the largest economic factor in the village throughout the islands.
Friends of Micronesia Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1973: 19-22. Also published in: Pacific Daily News, 25 March 1972, 2A-3A.March 27, 1973 EDUCATION
A Sad Tale of Long Ago: How Magic Signs were Brought to a Far-off Island
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Fable telling how a people lost their sense of their cultural past after long contact with outsiders.
Impact, Vol. 11, No. 6, 1976: 213-215. Also published as: "No One Remembered." Pacific Daily News, 9 December 1973. March 27, 1973 EDUCATION
In Search of a Home: Colonial Education in Micronesia
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
The dynamics of education can alienate the young from their own society, while sharpening their awareness of this alienation.
Topics of Culture and Learning, Honolulu: East-West Center, 1975: 125-131. Also published in: Culture Learning: Concepts, Applications and Research, Edited by Richard W. Brislin, Honolulu: East-West Center, 1977: 42-48; Ocean Today, Edited by Dirk Ballendorf and Frank King, Guam: Micronesian Area Research Center, 1981: 51-70. March 27, 1975 EDUCATION
The Education Explosion in Chuuk
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Results of a survey of all high school graduates showing the rapid expansion of education in Chuuk.
Pacific Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1979: 167-85. Also published in: Micronesian Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1978: 24-33; TTPI Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 1979: 1-9; Island, Vol. 1, No. 7, December 1978 and Vol. 1, No. 8, January-February 1979.March 27, 1978 EDUCATION
Ghosts of the Past...A Vision of the Future
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Article on Xavier High School and its history on its 25th anniversary.
Micronesian Reporter, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1977: 16-21.March 27, 1977 EDUCATION
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Summary essay on a discussion held on the purpose of public education.
Unpublished. 1998.March 27, 1998 EDUCATION
The Price of Education in Micronesia
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Schools are a costly feature of modern society and have negative consequences on the islands’ struggling economies.
Ethnies: Droits de I'homme et peuples autochtones, Nos. 8-10, Spring 1989: 24-29.March 27, 1989 EDUCATION
Schools in Micronesia Prior to American Administration
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
History of the growth of education in Micronesia up to World War II.
Pacific Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall 1984: 95-111.March 27, 1985 EDUCATION
In the Aftermath of the Education Expolosion
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Results of the follow-up survey of all Chuukese high school graduates done in 1984.
Journal of the Pacific Society, No. 27, July 1985: 36-52.March 27, 1985 EDUCATION
Thoughts on Community Colleges in Micronesia
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Brief history of the origins of community colleges and suggestions on how they might face the future.
Unpublished. 2003March 27, 2023 EDUCATION
Statistics on Education in Micronesia
Francis X. Hezel S.J.
Statistical data on the schools and their performance throughout the region.
Unpublished. 2000. March 27, 2023 EDUCATION