The Philosophy for Children School and the inequalities in New Zealand's school achievement : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorComer, Bridget Anne
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-25T00:37:31Z
dc.date.available2016-02-25T00:37:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe New Zealand educational system has faced major reformation in the last 20 years resulting in an inequality of achievement, also known as the long tail of underachievement. New Zealand’s results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has steadily declined since the assessments beginning; which is similar to other countries who have initiated high stakes, standardised based testing policies. If New Zealand is to address the declining results and attempt to alleviate the gap between its highest and lowest achievers, and address educational inequalities, then alternative approaches must be considered. This thesis outlines the Philosophy for Children (P4C) School as a viable within-school approach to addressing educational inequalities through the implementation of the principles underlying the Community of Inquiry (COI), the Philosophy for Children Programme and democratic education as a whole school approach.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/7549
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectEducational equalizationen_US
dc.subjectChildren and philosophyen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.titleThe Philosophy for Children School and the inequalities in New Zealand's school achievement : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorComer, Bridget Anneen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (M.Ed.)en_US
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