Hawaiian educators today are often influenced to focus their educational priorities on Hawaiian issues of identity, culture, and language. Although admirable, such objectives do not take into account kupuna educational choices taken before the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Based on recent mixed method research of historical legislative acts as well as Hawaiian and English language medium schools attendance records, it would appear aboriginal Hawaiians were willingly seeking to increase their knowledge and skills from the contemporary outside World. The following presentation will detail how the fall of the Hawaiian language and rise of English language medium schooling during the Hawaiian Kingdom was the prevailing education choice that kupuna decided for their keiki. It is hoped that through this presentation Hawaiian educators can utilize accurate and verifiable kupuna knowledge to base the educational goals for their Hawaiian students going into the future.

Authors:
Larson Ng, University of Hawaii, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Larson Ng is an Educational Specialist in the College of Education at University of Hawaii, United States

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