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dc.contributor.authorPeck, Mikaere Michelle S.en_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-13T16:46:05Z
dc.date.available2009-07-29T15:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2009en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationPeck, M. M. S. (2009). Summerhill school is it possible in Aotearoa New Zealand?: Challenging the neo-liberal ideologies in our hegemonic schooling system (Thesis, Master of Educational Leadership (MEdLeadership)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2794en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/2794
dc.description.abstractThe original purpose of this thesis is to explore the possibility of setting up a school in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that operates according to the principles and philosophies of Summerhill School in Suffolk, England. An examination of Summerhill School is therefore the purpose of this study, particularly because of its commitment to self-regulation and direct democracy for children. My argument within this study is that Summerhill presents precisely the type of model Māori as Tangata Whenua (Indigenous people of Aotearoa) need in our design of an alternative schooling programme, given that self-regulation and direct democracy are traits conducive to achieving Tino Rangitiratanga (Self-government, autonomy and control). In claiming this however, not only would Tangata Whenua benefit from this model of schooling; indeed it has the potential to serve the purpose of all people regardless of age race or gender. At present, no school in Aotearoa has replicated Summerhill's principles and philosophies in their entirety. Given the constraints of a Master's thesis, this piece of work is therefore only intended as a theoretical background study for a much larger kaupapa (purpose). It is my intention to produce a further and more comprehensive study in the future using Summerhill as a vehicle to initiate a model school in Aotearoa that is completely antithetical to the dominant neo-liberal philosophy of our age. To this end, my study intends to demonstrate how neo-liberal schooling is universally dictated by global money market trends, and how it is an ideology fueled by the indifferent acceptance of the general population. In other words, neo-liberal theory is a theory of capitalist colonisation. In order to address the long term vision, this project will be comprised of two major components. The first will be a study of the principal philosophies that govern Summerhill School. As I will argue, Summerhill creates an environment that is uniquely successful and fulfilling for the children who attend. At the same time, it will also be shown how it is a philosophy that is entirely contrary to a neo-liberal mindset; an antidote, to a certain extent, to the ills of contemporary schooling. The second component will address the historical movement of schooling in Aotearoa since the Labour Party's landslide victory in 1984, and how the New Zealand Curriculum has been affected by these changes. I intend to trace the importation of neo-liberal methodologies into Aotearoa such as the 'Picot Taskforce,' 'Tomorrows Schools' and 'Bulk Funding,' to name but a few. The neo-liberal ideologies that have swept through this country in the last two decades have relentlessly metamorphosised departments into businesses and forced ministries into the marketplace, hence causing the 'ideological reduction of education' and confining it to the parameters of schooling. The purpose of this research project is to act as a catalyst for the ultimate materialization of an original vision; the implementation of a school like Summerhill in Aotearoa. A study of the neo-liberal ideologies that currently dominate this country is imperative in order to understand the current schooling situation in Aotearoa and create an informed comparison between the 'learning for freedom' style of Summerhill and the 'learning to earn' style of our status quo schools. It is my hope to strengthen the argument in favour of Summerhill philosophy by offering an understanding of the difference between the two completely opposing methods of learning.en_NZ
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dc.publisherThe University of Waikatoen_NZ
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dc.subjectMatriarchal societyen_NZ
dc.subjectpatriarchal societyen_NZ
dc.subjectfreedom without licenseen_NZ
dc.subjectsexual huminsationen_NZ
dc.subjectsexual humanizationen_NZ
dc.subjectdecolonisationen_NZ
dc.subjectdecolonizationen_NZ
dc.subjectimperialismen_NZ
dc.subjectcolonisationen_NZ
dc.subjectcolonizationen_NZ
dc.subjectglobalizationen_NZ
dc.subjectglobalisationen_NZ
dc.subjectright wingen_NZ
dc.subjectnew righten_NZ
dc.subjectprivatizationen_NZ
dc.subjectprivatisation of state owned assetsen_NZ
dc.subjectstate owneden_NZ
dc.subjectcommodificationen_NZ
dc.subjectrogernomicsen_NZ
dc.subjectmultinational corporationsen_NZ
dc.subjecttransnational corporationsen_NZ
dc.subjectTNCen_NZ
dc.subjectworld trade organisationen_NZ
dc.subjectworld trade organizationen_NZ
dc.subjectWTOen_NZ
dc.subjectInternational monetary funden_NZ
dc.subjectIMFen_NZ
dc.subjectworld banken_NZ
dc.subjectself-governanceen_NZ
dc.subjectself-governmenten_NZ
dc.subjectself-regulationen_NZ
dc.subjectautonomous thinkingen_NZ
dc.subjectautonomyen_NZ
dc.subjectcritical pedagogyen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealand curriculumen_NZ
dc.subjectvisionen_NZ
dc.subjectprinciplesen_NZ
dc.subjectvaluesen_NZ
dc.subjectkey competenciesen_NZ
dc.subjectlearning areasen_NZ
dc.subjectneo-liberalismen_NZ
dc.subjectneo-liberalen_NZ
dc.subjectNZ educational reformsen_NZ
dc.subjecthegemonyen_NZ
dc.subjectbulk fundingen_NZ
dc.subjectNZEIen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealand Education Instituteen_NZ
dc.subjectPost Primary Teachers Associationen_NZ
dc.subjectPPTAen_NZ
dc.subjectnativeen_NZ
dc.subjectschoolingen_NZ
dc.subjectA. S. Neillen_NZ
dc.subjectZoe Neill-Readheaden_NZ
dc.subjectNeillen_NZ
dc.subjectRoger Douglasen_NZ
dc.subjectDavid Langeen_NZ
dc.subjectJim Bolgeren_NZ
dc.subjectLockwood Smithen_NZ
dc.subjectNZ treasuryen_NZ
dc.subjecteconomisten_NZ
dc.subjectfree marketen_NZ
dc.subjectmanagerialismen_NZ
dc.subjectperformativityen_NZ
dc.subjectconformityen_NZ
dc.subjecthidden curriculumen_NZ
dc.subjectdecentralisationen_NZ
dc.subjectdecentralizationen_NZ
dc.subjecttino rangtiratangaen_NZ
dc.subjecttomorrows schoolsen_NZ
dc.subjectpicot reporten_NZ
dc.subjectindoctrinationen_NZ
dc.subjectwage slaveen_NZ
dc.subjectideological reduction of education to schoolingen_NZ
dc.subjectMaori schoolingen_NZ
dc.subjectindigenous schoolingen_NZ
dc.subjectdeschoolingen_NZ
dc.subjectdeschoolen_NZ
dc.subjectunschoolen_NZ
dc.subjecthome schoolen_NZ
dc.subjectschools as prisonsen_NZ
dc.titleSummerhill school is it possible in Aotearoa New Zealand?: Challenging the neo-liberal ideologies in our hegemonic schooling systemen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineDept of Policy, Cultural and Social Studiesen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Waikatoen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Educational Leadership (MEdLeadership)en_NZ
uow.date.accession2009-03-13T16:46:05Zen_NZ
uow.date.available2009-07-29T15:32:49Zen_NZ
uow.identifier.adthttp://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20090313.164605en_NZ
pubs.place-of-publicationHamilton, New Zealanden_NZ


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