Literacy and Numeracy Standards: Recent Constructions within the Political, Business and Media Discourses in New Zealand

Autor/inn/en	Walshaw, Margaret; Openshaw, Roger
Titel	Literacy and Numeracy Standards: Recent Constructions within the Political, Business and Media Discourses in New Zealand
Quelle	In: Teachers and Curriculum, 12 (2011) 1, S.23-29 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2382-0349
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Literacy; Numeracy; Academic Standards; Educational Legislation; Politics of Education; Ethics; Power Structure; Elementary Secondary Education; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ethik; Neuseeland
Abstract	Concerns about a decline in literacy and numeracy standards in New Zealand are longstanding. Such concerns have again come to the fore with the introduction of the Education (National Standards) Amendment Act 2008. In this paper we track the debates leading up to the new legislation, focusing on the political struggles and the way in which games of truth, power and knowledge are played out in a bid to reconstruct thinking and action about literacy and numeracy. Such truth games have resonances within all educational enterprises, influencing the way we think about the key skills deemed appropriate for dealing with everyday civic life. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research. Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: http://tandc.ac.nz/tandc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01