About the Authors Yukiko Inoue, PhD, is Professor of Educational Psychology and Research in the College of Professional Studies, University of Guam. Her research interests include interdisciplinary studies on student learning and development, educational technology for diverse learners, improving university teaching and learning, and the social contexts and learning with a higher education focus. Inoue is the author of The Educational and Occupational Attainment Process: The Role ofAdolescent Status Aspirations, and the co-author of Teaching with Educational Technology: The Case of the Asia-Pacific Region. She is also a poet and the author of Roses, You Must Be, The Window That Reveals Tomorrow, and Wail ofGaea.
Lawrence J. Kodiyanplakkal is Associate Professor of Secondary Education in the School of Education, University of Guam. A former school teacher and administrator with Guam Public School System (GPSS), he holds a Masters degree in Biology and an EdD in Educational Policy and Management. His research interests include issues related to teaohing and learning at the secondary school level. Jon O'Neill has an Applied Science Degree in Parks, Recreation and Heritage with First Class Honours. He has conducted research in several Micronesian political entities including Guam, Coffimonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. He is a doctoral student at Charles Sturt.University where he is researching heritage issues in Micronesia and has.recently submitted his ltoctoral dissertation for examination on historic preservat!on in post-colonial Micronesia. Particular attentj.on has being given to: changes in preservation management that may h~ve occurred following self-government, evolving Micronesian perceptions of heritage values and the extent to which indigenous. decision-makers have been empowered to determine which elements of their heritage will be preserved.
Richard D. Rafan had completed most of his formal education and training in Guam. Though he had attended a couple of colleges in the mainland, Rafan completed most of his college education in Guam. He received his bachelor's degree in English and Education at the University of Guam. Currently, Raf~ is employed as an educator for the Guam Public School System. He has been teaching for well over four years. At present, he teaches reading to seventh-grade students at Benavente Middle School in Dededo, though he considers himself foremost as an English literature teacher. In addition, he is also a graduate student
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