George Ridley – 19/11/99 What should be the direction and the emphases in the education system as we enter the new millennium? George Ridley Photo source George Ridley Government policy on education at present is giving heavy emphasis to our developing a knowledge based economy as the solution to all our problems. But what use…
Dorothy – 19/11/99 Heated discussion and opposition from primary teachers have followed recent Government plans to introduce national tests for children in all primary schools so that their progress can be measured against that of their peers. The present system of national testing Since 1995 tests have been conducted in a national representative sample of…
Val Elley – 9/7/99 What lies ahead for the New Zealand Graduate Woman? What are the employment opportunities? This two part article is based on a paper I presented at the IFUW Conference held at Graz, Austria, in August 1998. Part 1 – Graduate women in careers Val Elley To set the scene for this…
Warwick Elley – 2/7/99 Millions of people have heard Alan Duff’s name through his books and films, especially “Once were Warriors” and now “What becomes of the Broken Hearted?” In these books and films he shows his understanding of the difficult lives of disadvantaged families. Not so many people are aware of the work he…
Dorothy – 23/10/98 An interview with Judy Bethwaite, an economist at Victoria University, Wellington Judy Bethwaite Economists’ assumptions about people’s self interest “Economists typically assume that people will do whatever promotes their self interest. Moreover such behaviour is said to be rational,” Judy began. Judy Bethwaite and Paul Tompkinson of the Economics Group in the…
