George Smith

1950 -

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    Non-fiction

  • "Kura Kaupapa Māori: Contesting and Reclaiming Education in Aotearoa." Tomorrow Can Be Better. Ed. D. H. Poonwassie. Ontario, Can.: Garland.
  • In print.
  • "Review of Teacher Training - A Māori Viewpoint." Proceedings of Hogben House National Course. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Education, 1979.
  • Review of Māori Studies Course at Auckland Teachers College. Submission to Review Team. Auckland Teachers College, Auckland, N.Z. 1979.
  • "Children with Special Abilities and Interests." Three Reports Published In School Scheme. Auckland, N.Z.: Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School, 1981
  • "He Iti Te Mokara Nana I Kakati Te Kahikatea: Māori Language Week: A Point Of View." Auckland, N.Z.: Advisory Service, Dept. of Education, 1981.
  • Taken from a talk given to Auckland Teacher Advisory Services.
  • "The Development of Classroom Programmes Through Planning." School Scheme. Auckland, N.Z.: Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School, 1981.
  • A paper presented at Teacher-only Day.
  • The Role of the Primary School in Relation to Kohanga Reo. A Working paper Monograph. Auckland, N.Z.: G. H. Smith; Bailey Road Primary School, Apr. 1983.
  • Te Kohanga Reo: Implications for Primary Schools. Auckland, N.Z.: Bailey Road School, Aug.1983.
  • A paper presented to Auckland Primary Principals - Monograph.
  • "Reflecting Taha Māori in the Training College Institution." English in New Zealand 37. Auckland, N.Z.: Stockton House, 1985. 28-31.
  • "Te Kohanga Reo: Some Points for Consideration." Report of the N.Z.E.I. Māori Advisory Committee. Auckland, N.Z.: N.Z.E.I. Auckland Branch, 1985.
  • "Taha Māori: A Pakeha Privilege." Nga Kete Wananga: Readers in Māori Education. Ed. G. Smith. Vol. 1 (Tuatahi). Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland, N.Z. College of Education, 1986. Rpt. in Delta 37 (June 1986): 11-24.
  • Smith writes a comprehensive critique of the Taha Māori component in the New Zealand education curriculum and contends that Taha Māori ‘is primarily addressed to the needs and interests of the dominant Pakeha society…that Taha Māori only addresses Māori needs and interests indirectly....[and] that Taha Māori is assisting the acculturation of Māori culture.’
  • "Akonga Māori: Māori Preferred Teaching and Learning Methodologies." Nga Kete Wananga: Readers in Māori Education. Ed. G. Smith. Vol. 2. (Tuarua). Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland College of Education, 1986.
  • "Tutahi Tonu Marae: A Case Study of an Educational Response to the Challenge of Equity and Diversity." Proceedings of the International Intervisitation Conference in Educational Administration. Auckland, N.Z. (Aug. 1986). No further details.
  • Nga Kete Waananga...Readers in Māori Education: "Māori Perspectives of Taha Māori". Ed. Graham Smith. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Auckland College of Education, 1986.
  • The first volume in a series of readers ‘reflecting Māori opinions in regard to TAHA MāORI Ideology and Philosophy...’. This publication contains seven papers by Ranginui Walker, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Wally Penetito, Graham Smith and Lorraine Tarrant, and Graham Smith writes in his Introduction that the papers ‘are not intended to be a practical guide to TAHA MāORI implementation, rather they are more concerned with discussing the ideological and philosophical bases of TAHA MāORI; all educators will have had to consider carefully many of the issues raised by these papers before any meaningful beginning can be made in the implementation of TAHA MāORI into schools.’
  • Nga Kete Waananga...Readers in Māori Education: "Akonga Māori: Māori Pedagogy and Learning..." Comp. Graham H. Smith. Auckland, N.Z.: Māori Studies Dept.; Auckland College of Education, 1986.
  • A second reader in the Kete Waananga series containing thirteen papers by various authors on the theme of Akonga Māori [Māori learning and teaching]. Smith writes in his Introduction that the papers should ‘stimulate serious consideration of present teaching and learning methodologies used in New Zealand schooling, not only in respect of benefiting Māori pupils but also in regard to all New Zealand pupils as we move toward evolving our own unique New Zealand methodologies in Education.’
  • Akonga Māori. Auckland, N.Z.: Māori Studies Dept.; Auckland College of Education, 1987.
  • A discussion paper; research monograph.
  • "Kaupapa Māori Schooling: Implications for Educational Policy-making." Proceedings of the Conference for the Royal Commission on Social Policy. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Council for Education Research, 1988.
  • "The Picot Report: A Cocktail for a Cultural and Social Catastrophe." PPTA Journal Term 3 (1988): 17-18.
  • A critique of the Picot Report in which Smith notes the key areas the Picot Taskforce failed to address, such as ‘the link between the educational crisis faced by Māori recipients within State Education and inhibitive educational administrative structures’, its failure ‘to institute structural reforms to more fairly and urgently respond to the crises faced by Māori within education, particularly issues related to language and cultural aspirations’, and the replication in the Report of ‘the inhibiting features of past policy initiatives’. Smith lists eleven ‘past errors’ of former education policy initiatives which the Picot Report emulates and he observes that the Report ‘perpetuates the "status quo" situation; the continued subordination of Māori language and cultural interests to those of dominant Pakeha interest, [and] the maintenance of existing educational disadvantage suffered by disproportionate numbers of Māori within all levels of education.’ He adds that at ‘a second level of influence the Report moves beyond mere indifference to Māori language and culture, toward an open attack upon the validity and legitimacy of Māori language.’
  • "Taha Māori: A Pakeha Privilege." Te Rangakura: Critical Analysis of contemporary Issues in Māori Education. Ed. W. Penetitio. Pt. 1. Hamilton, N.Z.: U of Waikato, 1988. 78-90.
  • Reading text for education courses.
  • "Akonga Māori." Te Rangakura: Critical Analysis of Contemporary Issues in Māori Education. Ed. W. Penetito. Pt. 1. Hamilton, N.Z.: U of Waikato, 1988. 170-213.
  • Reading text for education courses.
  • "Kaupapa Māori Schooling." Te Rangakura: Critical Analysis of Contemporary Issues in Māori Education. Ed. W. Penetito. Pt. 1. Hamilton, N.Z.: U of Waikato, 1988. 311-340.
  • Reading text for education courses.
  • "Pikau: A Burden for Ones Back." Access: Journal of the Policy Studies Group 7 (May 1988): 34-44.
  • "Proposal for the Establishment of Kura Kaupapa Māori Schooling." ACCESS: Journal of Policy Studies Group 8 (Dec. 1988): 36-43.
  • Co-authored with E. Rata, T. Nepe and L. Smith.
  • "Revival and Survival of Māori Language in New Zealand." Proceedings of the Aboriginal Languages Conference, November (1988). Vancouver, Canada. No details.
  • Te Komiti o Nga Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tamakimakaurau. G. H. Smith et al. Submission to the Royal Commission on Social Policy. Report Monograph. Auckland, N.Z.: Kura Kaupapa Māori Komiti, 1988.
  • "Kei Hea Tatou E Ahu Ana? Which Way In Education?" Access: Journal of the Policy Studies Group 8.2 (Dec. 1989): 2-8.
  • Co-authored with L. T. Smith.
  • "Kura Kaupapa Māori: Innovation and Policy Development." Access: Journal of the Policy Studies Group 8.2 (Dec. 1989): 26-28.
  • Kura Kaupapa Māori Working Party Report. G. H. Smith et al. *: Government Print, 1989.
  • For the Ministry of Education.
  • "Taha Māori: Pakeha Capture." Political Issues in New Zealand Education. Ed. John Codd, Richard Harker and Roy Nash. 2nd ed. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1990. 183-197.
  • Smith examines the role of the state in the education of Māori.
  • "Te Whai Ao, Ki te Ao Marama: Crisis and Change in Māori Education." Myths and Realities: Schooling in New Zealand. Ed. G. H. Smith, A. Jones, G. McCulloch, J. Marshall, and L. Smith. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1990. 123-156.
  • Co-authored with L. T. Smith.
  • "The Politics of Reforming Māori Education: The Transforming Potential of Kura Kaupapa Māori." Towards Successful Schooling. Ed. Hugh Lauder and Cathy Wylie. Basingstoke, UK: Falmer, 1990. 73-89.
  • Smith discusses the inequities facing Māori within the New Zealand education system and questions why policy reform has failed Māori. He examines the ideological base that opposes Māori interests and asserts that the means to alter ‘reform failure’ can be seen in examining the components of Kura Kaupapa Māori schooling.
  • "Tomorrow’s Schools and the Development of Māori Education." Proceedings of the Social Research in Education Conference 1990 (Wellington, N.Z.).
  • In print.
  • "Māori Educational Underachievement: Much Ado About Nothing." Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Research Conference 1990 Auckland, N.Z.
  • In print.
  • Myths and Realities: Schooling in New Zealand. Ed. G. H. Smith, A. Jones, G. McCulloch, J. Marshall, and L. Smith. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1990.
  • "Lillian Petersen." The Book of New Zealand Women - Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa. Ed. Charlotte Macdonald, Merimeri Penfold and Bridget Williams. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams, 1991: 510-513.
  • Co-authored with Cameron Smith and Cushla Parekowhai.
  • "Akonga Māori." Learning and Teaching in New Zealand Classrooms. Ed. G. Smith and L. Massey. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland College of Education, 1991. 51-71.
  • A course text for a Bachelor of Education course.
  • "The Business Roundtable and the Privatisation of Education: Individualism and the Attack on Māori." Proceedings of the Special Conference organised by the New Zealand Association of Research in Education, Palmerston North, N.Z.
  • Co-authored with J. Marshall, and M. Peters.
  • "Reform and Māori Educational Crisis: A Grand Illusion..." Proceedings of Post Primary Teachers Association Curriculum Conference, Christchurch, N.Z., 1991. Ed. Phillip Capper. Christchurch, N.Z.: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association, May 1991. 32-40. Rpt. as Reform and Māori Educational Crisis: A Grand Illusion. Monograph No. 3 Auckland, N.Z.: University of Auckland, Dec. 1991.
  • Smith writes in his Abstract that ‘[t]his monograph argues that there is very little contained within recent policy reforms which will significantly alter the educational experiences of Māori pupils.’ In light of the ‘poor achievement levels’ of Māori children Smith assesses the success of intervention methods propounded by Te Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Māori and their possible application in influencing policy development in other schools. This paper was the keynote address at the Post Primary Teachers Association Curriculum Conference in Christchurch, N.Z. in May 1991. This is a slightly expanded version of Smith’s monograph Tomorrow’s Schools and the Development of Māori Education presented at the Second Educational Policy Conference hosted by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in Wellington, N.Z. in August, 1990.
  • "In Absentia: Māori Education Policy and Reform." Te Tari Rangahau o Te Matauranga Māori/Research Unit for Māori Education. Monograph 4. Auckland, N.Z.: U of Auckland. Dec. 1991.
  • Smith writes that this monograph ‘argues that Māori have been excluded from meaningful educational policy development and reform and that this exclusion has had a disastrous impact on Māori children and their schooling outcomes. This exclusion while it is most overt at a cultural level in terms of the loss of Māori language, knowledge and culture, but it also has a more fundamental effect. This deeper meaning relates to the continued socio-economic marginalisation of Māori people in wider society. In this sense this paper attempts to bring both the cultural and the structural influences together in an attempt to form a coherent explanation. The author argues that cultural oppression is inextricably linked with the economic exploitation of Māori people and that education and schooling contribute to and sustain these. Any solution or intervention for Māori in schooling must address both of these problem areas.’ This is based on Smith’s paper presented at the Policy For Our Times Conference held at Massey University in July 1991.
  • "Tomorrow’s Schools and the Development of Māori Education." Te Tari Rangahau o Te Matauranga/Māori Research Unit for Māori Education. Monograph 5. Auckland, N.Z.: U of Auckland. Dec. 1991.
  • Smith writes that ‘[t]his monograph argues that educational reforms initiated by Māori people themselves will have a greater and more positive impact on Māori education and schooling crisis than the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms.... This paper seeks to discover what the key intervention elements contained in these Māori schooling initiatives are and how might they be used to transform the experiences of Māori pupils in state schooling generally.’ This paper was presented at the Second Educational Policy Conference convened by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in Wellington in August 1990.
  • Reform And Māori Educational Crisis: A Grand Illusion. Monograph (U of Auckland Research Unit for Māori Education) No. 3. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Research Unit for Māori Education, U of Auckland. [1991]
  • "Kura Kaupapa." Education & Cultural Differences: New Perspectives. Ed. Douglas Ray and Deo H. Poonwassie. New York: Garland, 1992. 89-108.
  • "Biculturalism Or Separatism?" New Zealand in Crisis. Ed. David Novitz and Bill Willmott. Wellington, N.Z.: GP, 1992.
  • "Te Kohanga Reo Hei Tikanga Ako I Te Reo Māori: Te Kohanga Reo As A Context For Language Learning." Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology 12.3 and 4 (Double Issue 1992): 333-346.
  • Co-authored with Margie Hohepa, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Stuart McNaughton.
  • Report On The United Nations, International Conference On Higher Education For Indigenous People, Jointly Held At The University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, And The University Of Alaska, Anchorage. Auckland, N.Z.: Research Unit for Māori Education, Education Dept., U of Auckland, N.Z., [1993]
  • "Whakaoho Whanau: New Formation Of Whanau As An Innovative Intervention Into Māori Cultural And Educational Crises." He Pukenga Kōrero: A Journal of Māori Studies 1.1 (Spring 1995): 18-36.
  • "Falling Through The Cracks Of The Constructivism Debate: The Neglect Of The Māori Crisis Withini Science Education." Access: Critical Perspectives on Cultural and Policy Studies in Education 13.2 (1995): 103-121.
  • "Te Kupu Whakamutunga." Access: Critical Perspectives on Cultural and Policy Studies in Education 13.2 (1995): 126-128.
  • The Māori Boarding Schools: A Study Of The Barriers And Constraints To Academic Achievement And Re-Positioning The Schools For Academic Success: A Report. For the Ministry of Education. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Research Unit for Māori Education, [1996].
  • Working With Māori=Te Mahi Tahi Ki Te Māori: A Beginner’s Guide For Employers. Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Trudie McNaughton. Auckland, N.Z.: Equal Opportunities Trust, [1999].
  • Co-authored with Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Trudie McNaughton.

    Other

  • Baskett, Pat. "Fellow Finds Field Of Vision." New Zealand Herald 24 Sept. 1998. A16.
  • "Education Leader." Wanganui Chronicle 14 Sept. 1998: 6.
  • Erai, Michelle, Fuli, Everdina, Irwin, Kathie and Wilcox, Lenaire. Māori Women: An Annotated Bibliography. [Wellington, N.Z.]: Michelle Erai, Everdina Fuli, Kathie Irwin and Lenaire Wilcox, 1991. 30.