Browsing by Author "Gordon, Liz"

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    Access : the limits and capacity of the state : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education
    (Massey University, 1989) Gordon, Liz
    This is a study of a process of educational policy-making, and the subsequent implementation of policy. It is theoretically embedded within the neo-marxist analyses of the sociology of education, but much of the study is concerned with developing a more adequate framework for the investigation of policy and processes within the state than that provided by relative autonomy theories. It begins, therefore, with an overview and critique of various approaches to education from a sociological perspective, and goes on to develop an analytical framework, based on the concepts of the limits and capacity of the state, with which policy processes can be more fully analysed. The development and implementation of the ACCESS post-school training scheme for the unemployed forms the central policy study of the latter part of this thesis.
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    Ideology and policy in the history of New Zealand technical education 1900-1930 : a thesis submitted to the Department of Education, Massey University ... for the degree of Master of Arts
    (Massey University, 1984) Gordon, Liz
    This thesis is a study of historical aspects of New Zealand state education policies. Within the neo-Marxist tradition of the sociology of education, there has recently been much debate over the need to re-interpret the historical development of state education policies. This trend stems from a perceived breakdown in the liberal foundations of education in the past decade. This work is concerned with developing a historically and sociologically adequate framework for analysing aspects of state policy in education, and using this framework to explore and re-interpret selected policies in particular periods.