Separate but equal?
Subtitle: Māori schools and the Crown, 1867-1969
By: John Barrington.
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780864735867
Subjects: Children, Maori -- Education -- History; Education -- New Zealand -- History; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Education -- History; Discrimination in education -- New Zealand -- History; Mātauranga; Kōrero nehe; Noho-ā-iwi
Description: A system of government primary schools for Māori children created by Parliament in 1867 was regarded as a temporary measure until they learnt English and were Europeanised. But it lasted for 100 years despite criticisms of 'separatism' and 'pampering' of Māori. Barrington is the foremost historian of the schools. In this book he draws on an extensive range of new material, including theses, Waitangi Tribunal research and oral history projects, to tell their story, together with those of the Māori denominational boarding schools and state Maori district high schools. The voices of Māori on schooling, which remained largely hidden in many earlier studies, are given a new prominence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Self-help schooling' : the Crown's primary schools for Māori; title: Schooling for assimilation and 'civilisation'; title: Assimilation reinforced 1904-1930; title: Schooling together: Pākehā pupils in native schools; title: Learning 'the dignity of manual labour': the Māori denominational boarding colleges 1881-1930; title: Māori culture and language: the primary schools 1930-1940; title: 'The majority must remain in their own communities as farmers, labourers, mechanics, or in domestic duties': secondary education 1930-1940; title: Māori schools and the war: effects and expectations; title: 'Second best schooling'?: Māori district high schools and denominational boarding colleges 1940-1969; title: Final decades: Māori primary schools to 1969; title: Separate no longer: Education Department to Education Boards.