Education Policy SIG Event: The Beeby/Fraser ideal: Is it time to abandon it?

NZARE Education Policy SIG event

Friday 19 May 2023, 9.30 to 4pm

The Beeby/Fraser ideal: Is it time to abandon it?

Aronui Room, Royal Society, 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Draft Programme at 18 February 2023

9.30 a.m. Welcomes, introductions

9.45 a.m. Session 1: Professor John O’Neill: The Beeby/Fraser ideal – John will set up the provocation for the seminar.

10.15 a.m. Session 2: 

1.   Mere Berryman: Mana Orite v. a common education for all

2.   Bronwyn Wood: The neoliberal politics of choice, student-led learning and educational inequalities in New Zealand

11.45 a.m. Session 3:

1.   Mark Potter: Still waiting for Beeby ...

2.   Fuapepe Rimoni – title TBC

Session 4:

1.   Judie Alison, retired PPTA policy adviser: Role of unions in shaping policy towards Beeby/Fraser ideal

2.   Ellen Dixon, NZUSA: If Beeby Were a Student Today: Beyond Reified Pedagogical Slogans and Towards Meaningful Educational Citizenship.

Session 5: Reflections on the day: Implications for ongoing research, for the role of the SIG, and for us all leading into an election – what do we need to be asking parties/candidates, and looking for in policies?

 4pm: Close

Registration Information

NZARE members:                         $60

NZARE student members:           $30

Other students:                               $40

Non-members:                               $80

Please register promptly to ensure a place, as the venue accommodates a limited number of people.  

Note: This is an in-person event. No online option will be available unless current Covid-19 settings change.



Cancellations will be accepted with a full refund up to end of business on Friday 12 May 2023. Cancellations after 12 May will be refunded less $20 processing. No refund will be made for cancellations on the day of the event.   You may send an alternative in your place at no cost.