Gordon, Liz2016-05-162016-05-161984http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7775This 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.enTechnical educationNew ZealandHistoryThesisQ111965167https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111965167