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ERIC ED347642: The New Zealand State and Educational Reforms: 'Comp... |
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Ways in which the shape of New Zealand's educational |
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system crucially affected the implementation process of |
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market oriented educational reforms are examined in this |
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paper. The first part discusses educational reform in New |
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Zealand as political management. The Labour government's |
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program from 1987 to 1990 was designed to reduce the size |
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and scope of the state through privatization. Although |
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the educational restructuring established structures to |
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implement neoliberal reforms, the ideologies of the |
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market were largely absent. The second part examines |
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international influences behind the move to market |
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education. Reforms under the National Party's 1991 budget |
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are discussed in the third part, which argues that the |
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market system will continue to be contested, due to |
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centralization and educators' belief in equity. A |
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conclusion is that united opposition to reforms is a |
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function of the shape and structure of the education |
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system and New Zealand's history, which are characterized |
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by centralization, belief in equity, and homogeneity |
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among the schools. Although centralization and |
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vulnerability to international trends have facilitated |
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direct reforms, the centralized structure has |
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simultaneously engendered opposition that is absent from |
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other national contexts. (33 references) (LMI) |
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Date Published: 2014-11-08 05:50:20 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED347642 |
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Item Size: 32246813 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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