Progressive education in New Zealand from 1937 to 1944: Seven years from idea to orthodoxy
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Article Title | Progressive education in New Zealand from 1937 to 1944: Seven years from idea to orthodoxy |
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ERA Journal ID | 201349 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Couch, Daniel |
Journal Title | Pacific-Asian Education |
Journal Citation | 24 (1), pp. 55-72 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Pacific Circle Consortium |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1019-8725 |
Abstract | 1937 marked a pivotal point in New Zealand’s educational history. An international organisation known as the New Education Fellowship held a conference in New Zealand. Fourteen internationally renowned lecturers spoke on topics concerning the reorganisation of education in democratic societies. The New Education Fellowship delegates lectured from a pedagogical understanding that had been developed by the likes of Dewey and Nunn, and was referred to as both progressive education and new education. By the closing lecture of the conference, the idea of a new education pedagogy had been introduced and legitimised to mainstream New Zealand educators and public on a previously unprecedented scale. Through the development of a thorough understanding of this conference, a historiographical survey follows the influence this idea exerted over the following seven years as it made its way from an idea to a pedagogical orthodoxy by 1944. |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390202. History and philosophy of education |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | No affiliation |
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