Professor, College of Education, University of Otago
Karen's research is youth-focused. The book Fierce Hope. Youth Activism in Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books) reports her recent Marsden-funded research about what inspires young people to join others to create social change. An earlier Marsden-funded project culminated in the book Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. That book was about young people coming to adulthood in the wake of New Zealand's neoliberal reforms, connecting their accounts with the wider social and economic story.
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Since taking power last year, the New Zealand government has made rapid changes to the countrys education system including the introduction of structured approaches to literacy and maths and the promotion of charter...
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