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Harris, Fleur – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Since British colonial settlement in the early 1800s, Maori children have been predominantly educated in an English-speaking system dominated by colonial governance. In this institution, Maori children have been constructed as deficient learners, primarily in relation to a colonial curriculum taught…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Bilingual Students, Foreign Countries, Malayo Polynesian Languages