| Description |
380 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Between the Wars -- A legacy of war -- The 'new education' -- 'Learning to live by little rules' in the early years -- Life in the standards -- Schooling adolescents -- Training to teach -- 2. War Stories: Disruption and Innovation -- Views of the war from classrooms and playgrounds -- Requisitions, rationing and war work in schools -- The impact of the men's departure -- Women teachers: the 'reserve army' -- Homefront issues and early childhood -- Aftermath of war -- The war's legacy for post-war education -- 3. Post- War Expansion: Possibilities and Constraints -- Visions of 'Education Today and Tomorrow' -- Surviving the baby boom -- Changing ideas about childhood -- 'Let the children be free' -- Playcentre parallels with mothers as teachers -- Playway in the infant classroom -- 4. Democracy and Equality -- Teaching towards democracy -- Teenagers: ability, equality and sexuality -- Teaching the secondary school core curriculum -- Equality of opportunity and cultural differences -- Learning to teach -- 5. Protests, Diversity, Rights and Freedoms -- Protest movements -- Neo-progressivism, policies and politics -- Miniskirts and rock' n roll -- High school discipline and organisation -- Curriculum and student choice -- Multiculturalism and Taha Maori -- 'Free Mum, Free Dad, Free Me, Free Childcare, -- 'I felt I was empowering kids': liberating preschoolers -- Permissiveness and primary schools -- Innovations in teacher education -- 6. Revolution and Reactions -- From reform to revolution -- Including parents -- Issues of equity -- Tino Rangatiratanga and cultural self-determination -- The 'Before Fives' get a 'foot in the door' -- Including infants and toddlers -- National curriculum frameworks -- Employees or professionals? -- Stories to be continued -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"Life-history interviews with 150 teachers ... their stories chart the tides and currents of educational thought in New Zealand over the past 80 years"--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index |
| Subject |
Education and state -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century.
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Education -- History -- 20th century.
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Education -- New Zealand -- Philosophy.
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Education -- New Zealand -- 20th century -- History.
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Teachers -- New Zealand -- Interviews.
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| Author |
May, Helen, 1947-
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| LC no. |
97206556 |
| ISBN |
086469301X (paperback) |
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