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ERIC Number: EJ616911
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0710-1481
Backing into the Future: Motatau Bilingual School.
Robust, Te Tuhi
Canadian Journal of Native Education, v24 n1 p14-29 2000
Describes the struggles and triumphs of a Maori community in the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) as it took local control of its rural school and made it fully bilingual. A series of government reforms have made the Maori people responsible for administering the school with insufficient funds while the government maintains power over the curriculum and policies. (TD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Community Control, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Maintenance, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Maintenance, Maori (People), Politics of Education, Rural Schools, School Based Management
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: New Zealand
Note: Theme issue title: "Q'epethet ye Mestiyexw, A Gathering of the People."