Developing Pacific leaders within a tertiary education setting through appreciative inquiry: A personal perspective

Cherie Chu

doi:10.26686/nzaroe.v0i19.1559

Authors

Cherie Chu Victoria University of Wellington https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-8103

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v0i19.1559

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Multicultural Education

Abstract

Against a background of national policy concern with enhancing the educational success of Pacific students, this paper offers a personal perspective on the potential of appreciative inquiry (AI) as an approach to leadership mentoring in tertiary education settings. It discusses how the four phases of AI were implemented in the author’s mentoring activities and argues that AI is highly beneficial both for group and individual mentoring contexts. The paper concludes that mentoring relationships using AI, in which the mentor focuses on the protégé’s strengths, has considerable value in growing leadership potential for Pacific people.

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Author Biography

Cherie Chu, Victoria University of Wellington

Cherie Chu is a senior lecturer in Education at Victoria University of Wellington and a trainer-facilitator who has worked in the tertiary education sector for over 12 years. Her research is focused on the development of learners in universities and she is a published author of a number of papers in this field.

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