Special Education 2000 : a New Zealand experiment

Author: Wills, Rod¹

Source: International Journal of Inclusive Education, Volume 10, Numbers 2-3, -03/March-May 2006 , pp. 189-199(11)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This paper explores some of the outcomes at a local level arising from the policy and service delivery changes to special education in New Zealand. Aspects of Special Education 2000 (1996) are critically discussed and two problems arising from the policy components are pinpointed. The first is the failure of the discourse of educational rights in shaping the continuity of services to students with special educational needs. The second is the dominance of the managerial discourse over school leadership and governance with respect to these students. This examination is contextualized by discussion of a legal challenge resulting from the policy implementation.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/13603110500296646

Affiliations: 1: School of Social and Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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