Educational Achievement in Maori: The Roles of Cultural Identity and Social Disadvantage

Autor/inn/en	Marie, Dannette; Fergusson, David M.; Boden, Joseph M.
Titel	Educational Achievement in Maori: The Roles of Cultural Identity and Social Disadvantage
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 52 (2008) 2, S.183-196 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Identification; Children; Foreign Countries; Malayo Polynesian Languages; Adolescents; Young Adults; Pacific Islanders; Cultural Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Disadvantaged; Statistical Significance; Comparative Analysis; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Kultureller Unterschied; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Neuseeland
Abstract	The present study investigates the roles of Maori cultural identity and socio-economic status in educational outcomes in a New Zealand birth cohort studied from birth to the age of 25. There were statistically significant (all p values less than 0.01) associations between cultural identity and educational outcomes, with those of Maori ethnic identification having generally lower levels of educational achievement outcomes when compared to non-Maori. In addition, those of Maori ethnic identification were exposed to significantly (p less than 0.05) greater levels of socio-economic disadvantage in childhood. Control for socio-economic factors largely reduced the associations between cultural identity and educational outcomes to statistical non-significance. The findings suggest that educational underachievement amongst Maori can be largely explained by disparities in socio-economic status during childhood. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10