Critical Studies in Education
We are committed to teaching, research and practice that transform learner outcomes and open up societal opportunity.
Teaching and research in Critical Studies in Education is centred on a common theme: the place of education and its transformative potential in New Zealand society, the Pacific region and the world.
Our aim is to move education debates forward to improve learner outcomes and societal opportunity. ‘Critical’ education means we often focus on power relations associated with culture, ethnicity, identity, gender, disability, class and poverty, the reproduction of (dis)advantage, and the counterpoint of realising human potential through education. Critical Studies in Education courses reflect a range of theoretical and methodological orientations within a critical social theory frame.
Our research
We often work in research clusters around topics of interest, such as the place of knowledge in education, applied theatre, Pacific and international education, higher education, sexuality education or researching children and young people.
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