EDFOUND14FIntroduction to New Zealand

Education Systems.

Fa’amalua Tipi

“Despite the egalitarian ideals of New Zealand society, our educational attainment is largely determined by our socio-economic class position.” (Rata, 2009,p.101)

Discuss:

Lets get a good understanding:

Political-Economical Philosophy (Left/Right)

• Your political ideology can be classified into ‘left-wing’ or ‘right-wing’.

• Left-wing political ideology focusses on reforming existing social order to achieve equity (same output).

• Right-wing political ideology focusses on supporting traditional values and believes in equality (same input/opportunity).

Political Left and Political RightExamples of Ideologies

Political LeftPolitical Left Political RightPolitical Right

CommunismCommunism LiberalismLiberalism

SocialismSocialism CapitalismCapitalism

CommunialismCommunialism IndividualismIndividualism

Political-Economical Philosophy (Liberalism)

• Liberalism – – That Individuals are more important than the state.

– Focuses on protecting individuals’ rights and properties (as its main political goal).

– From an economic perspective, (classical) liberalism emphasises on minimal state intervention and economic activities should be controlled by individuals, not the state.

Neo-liberalism – Introduction

•Neo-liberalism is a(n):• Combination of right-wing ideology with the

essential characteristic of liberalism.

• Ideology that focuses on individual freedom (i.e. requiring minimal intervention by the state) and equal opportunity rather than equitable outcome.

• Dominant ideology of governance in western democratic capitalism countries since 1970s.

Neo-liberalism and the economy

• Neo-liberalism in an economy means:– Market is the best tool for allocative efficiency of scarce

public resources.– More economic freedom in different stage of production

with minimal state intervention.– Competition in different stages of production as this is the

way that makes economic system more efficient.– Going back to Individualism - more individual choice

because this ideology assumes individual always choose goods/service for his/her best interest – Consumerism.

Peters and Marshall, 1996: 73

So where the link to Education System in New Zealand?

New Zealand Education System looking at it from a visual perspective.

Government

1970

Dept of Ed.

Board of Governors

Schools.

Board of Governors

Picot Report advised that these boards be decentralized.

Provinces.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SES MINISTRY NZQATRB

TEACHERCOUNCIL

ERO

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.

PARLIAMENT

Schools and Parents