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Publication details [#57918]

Seve-Williams, Nuhisifa. 2013. Equality of educational opportunity, merit and the New Zealand education system. Current Issues in Language Planning 14 (2) : 244–253.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | historical explanation | language policy | language proficiency | understanding

Language as a subject

Languages, New Zealand

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article considers the historical comprehensions of merit and educational egalitarianism in New Zealand and how they have pervaded historical education policies aimed at Maori and Pacific students in New Zealand.