Talk:History of education in New Zealand

message: Substituted at 18:21, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: If one reads this article one gets the impression that education starts in New Zealand with the passing of the Education Act 1877 and begins with that Act coming into force on 1 January 1878. This is misleading. European operated schools were already established in the various Provinces before 1878, with some form of school based education commencing as early as 1815. Usually these were Missionary or Church based schools, though some private schools also existed. The national system was mostly based on the system already established in Canterbury, and that dates from the 1850s. Canterbury's first school opened in the Lyttelton immigration barracks on 6 January 1851, just three weeks after the first ship arrived. By 1873, Canterbury Province already had a Board of Education, over 80 School Districts, with elected School Committees, and free secular education, for example. As mentioned in the current clean-up note this sort of pre-1878 history needs to be added. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 09:29, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Before 1878 

message: Kia ora folks, I have begun checking, updating and archiving references and will gradually move them all into the reflist.  This allows a cleaner visual editing window and a good  way to show multiple use by using the name. However editors are free to continue adding sources to the main text; the two systems can live with each other!Realitylink (talk) 01:46, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update of references 

message: Kia ora, I think we can remove some of the tag requirements - I just need to think about the integration of church schools - will look at this over the next few days.  The section on National Standards needs a lot of attention as there are large tracts of texts and research claims without references. Maybe the first and last paragraphs almost make it; the rest probably needs a re-write.  What is the thinking?Realitylink (talk) 02:45, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tag and section on National Standards 

message: Hi all, I take the point of the tag and would be happy to work with others to set up sub-articles. I have thought for a while that a separate article on Tomorrows schools - which could bring in the section on the review - would be good.  I also reckon the Currie Report should have its own article, even though it was axiomatic to the history of education in the country. I have done a lot of work on this article, but never really felt those controversies were very relevant and they could definitely be shortened or even removed.  I am currently working on the curriculum review update - again very important - but agreed, getting too wordy. Again, what about an article focussing on the development of the NZ curriculum - perhaps post-war? Sub-headings are a possibility; not sure they would address the tag.  I look forward to hearing from others.  This is an important page which needs to be sound. I can set up some draft articles and share these with interested editors to work on collaboratively, so if you are interested, contact me. Realitylink (talk) 00:51, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking at setting up sub articles