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Download fileAn investigation into the ideals of New Zealand school children in urban and rural areas
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posted on 2021-12-14, 01:14 authored by Ross, Mavis JannetteBearing in mind the thoughts clothed in the above quotations, it was decided to try to find how far our New Zealand school children had progressed towards the "desired goal." As far as the adult population is concerned, one can judge only by the sensational pleasure loving crowds which flock nightly to the luridly, and often lewdly, advertised "talkies"; by the crowded jazz dance halls; by the half empty churches; by the sordid, ugly streets in the residential areas adjoining factories; by the aspidistra nestling coyly among the hideous yellow and blue frilly curtains; by the ill-kept and inartistically planned gardens; by the huge and garish baubles encircling neck and arms of both society lady and factory girl. But for the children, we still hoped; New Zealand's education system has enjoyed a high reputation in the educational world, and the Director of Education, in his report to the Minister of Education, presented on April 16th 1936 after an extended tour abroad, wrote: "The New Zealand system of education, primary and post-primary, is fundamentally sound, modern, and well suited to our requirements."
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1936-01-01Date of Award
1936-01-01Publisher
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonRights License
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonDegree Level
MastersDegree Name
Master of ArtsVictoria University of Wellington Unit
Faculty of Education / Te Whānau o Ako PaiVictoria University of Wellington Item Type
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Ideals (Psychology); Identification (Psychology); Children in New Zealand.School: School of Education / Te Puna AkopaiUnit: Faculty of Education / Te Whānau o Ako Pai139999 Education not elsewhere classifiedDegree Name: Master of ArtsDegree Level: MastersDegree Discipline: EducationEducation not elsewhere classified