On July 20-21, from 8:30am to 12:30pm, the Hanahau‘oli Professional Development Center will host a workshop titled Introducing Early Childhood Educators to Child-Centered Inquiry, Arts Integration, and Learning By Doing. This workshop is designed for early childhood educators and parents from Japan who are interested in learning more about the theories and practices of child-centered education, inquiry-based instruction, arts integration, and learning by doing.
COE Stories Podcast Features Hanahau'oli School's Role in the Progressive Education History of Hawai'i
COE Stories Episode 3
Pioneers of Learning: Hawaii’s Role in Progressive Education
In this episode of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Education’s podcast, Dr. Amber Strong Makaiau discusses the enduring legacy of progressive education in Hawai‘i and the unique partnership between the COE and Hanahau‘oli School in creating the Professional Development Center.
COE Stories Mānoa, by Ari Eichelberger and Sawyer Novak, highlights people of the college of education community at the University of Hawai‘i and showcases the amazing and varied work that they do.
Listen to the full episode on Spotify here.
La Gioia di Imparare, with Sarah DeLuca
Sarah DeLuca, Hanahau‘oli School Kukunaokalā Teacher, was featured on the February 5, 2024 episode of The What School Could Be Podcast, in an episode that beautifully captures her devotion to the process of learning and growing, and her deep respect for the young child. Listen as she shares about her recent sabbatical study of Reggio Emilia practices in Italy, and her teaching practices at Hanahau‘oli, where she has been a teacher since 2009.
Listen to Dr. Makaiau's Recent Interview with Carl Ackerman on ThinkTech Hawaii's Journeys of the Mind
Interested in learning more about Hanahau‘oli School’s long history of progressive education, and our robust partnership with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for teacher professional development? Learn about that and more in this ThinkTech Hawaii web broadcast, titled “Journeys of the Mind: Teachers, Teaching, and Philosophy”, with host Carl Ackerman.
The Human Restoration Project features Hanahau'oli School in their podcast series, Pedagogy in the Hawaiian Islands
In the summer of 2023, Noah Ranz-Lind, an intern at the Human Restoration Project (HRP) spent time at Hanahau'oli School to learn more about progressive education. A visiting scholar with the school's Professional Development Center, he conducted and recorded interviews for a HRP podcast episode about the school. The podcast he produced is now a resource for growing progressive education, showcasing Hanahau‘oli School as an example of progressive education in practice. The podcast is housed and made available to the public on the HRP website, other streaming services (e.g. Spotify and Apple Music), and the Hanahau‘oli School website.
The Innovation Playlist: Media Messages and Young Learners
Listen as Hanahau‘oli School Librarian, Ms. Gabrielle Ahuliʻi Ferreira Holt, shares insights about the importance of meeting children where they are socially and emotionally to help them process what they hear in the media, on the What School Could Be Podcast’s Innovation Playlist.
