education and life in new zealand and australia. split into groups of 4 i’ll assign each group...
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Education and Life in New Zealand and Australia
• Split into groups of 4• I’ll assign each group either New Zealand or
Australia• For your country, answer:– Where is this country located? (Describe in words,
and don’t look at a map first!)– What do you know about this country?
Which map is correct?
The Flag Debate
• Which flag would you want to have? Why?
Education in NZ
• Years 1-13, correspond to our K-12• High school=college. College=university.• High school/college also numbered Level 1, 2,
and 3 (like grades 10, 11, and 12).
Graduation and Testing
• You don’t really graduate in NZ, you just get to be done when you have enough credits
• Some assessments are graded by the Ministry of Education (like our MEAP and MME is), but the credits you earn in school depend on how well you do!
• You can get a varying number of credits based on how well you do and what courses you take
• So if you’re an overachiever, you can earn your credits, leave high school/college and go to university
You have to wear uniforms!
Social Studies in NZ
• Social science classes required through year 9, but then students have option of taking classes including:– History (mostly special topics)– Geography (like human/environment interaction)– Econ (for business-track people)– Sustainability (science and social science)
A snippet on Australian schools
• They have same numbering system as us, K-12• Government is a federal system, so education
has been controlled by the states, but is moving toward more federal control
Mr. Carman does the haka
• https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4rlznvph5yf2j5x/slHyha0oOD
There must be a reason I showed that…
• There is!• New Zealand is really proud of its Maori
culture• Maori culture is infused into NZ culture as a
whole
• Maori make up about 12% of NZ’s population and retain many land rights
• They still lag socioeconomically behind Europeans, called Pakehas
• NZ government based on partnership between Maori and Pakeha
Australian Aborigines
• Treated much worse than Maori• Why do you think this might be?
• Aboriginal people make up <2% of Australia’s population
• Very socioeconomically underprivileged• Very recent history of extreme discrimination
—massacres in the 1930s and not explicitly able to vote until 1967