The beginning of the social democratic decade saw the first Labour government been elected in to govern New Zealand in 1935 with Michael Joseph Savage as Prime Minister. Peter Fraser then took over from 1940, however prior to this position, he was the Minister of Education from 1935 to 1940. Along with the new Government been elected in, Peter Fraser saw the election victory as an opportunity for social reforms to be implemented on the nation to build a viable nation state. Such reforms included the Labour housing schemes in 1930. Before the Labour government party was elected in, the Liberal Government had attempted to provide state housing in 1905. This was later expanded and continued by the new Labour government in the 1930’s. The aim of
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The reforms to education were part of a much broader programme to improve the lives of New Zealanders as well as society as a whole. This paragraph will highlight the influences the social reforms had on education in New Zealand and the influence of Peter Fraser and Clarence Beeby on the education reforms during this period. At the time, politically the nation was recovering from the great depression and the great war known as world war one as well as the world war two. Socially, schools were closing down and unemployment was becoming an economic issue affecting schools greatly because of the shortage of school resources such as pens and papers due to factories closing down. Such social reforms had affected the education of New Zealand and so reforms to educations were implemented under the Labour Government. Fraser believed that secondary education should be broadly available not just for the privileged in life but for everyone. He felt that secondary education was a place for students to grow to continue a democratic community. His famous phase …show more content…
The social democratic era during the 20th century was a crucial contribution to the development of the country and to the New Zealand education today. All in all, the education system today would not have been structured accordingly without the influence of key historical people and the reforms which were executed. Education in New Zealand is vocational and it is only through this that individuals will be fully equipped for future
The reforms to education were part of a much broader programme to improve the lives of New Zealanders as well as society as a whole. This paragraph will highlight the influences the social reforms had on education in New Zealand and the influence of Peter Fraser and Clarence Beeby on the education reforms during this period. At the time, politically the nation was recovering from the great depression and the great war known as world war one as well as the world war two. Socially, schools were closing down and unemployment was becoming an economic issue affecting schools greatly because of the shortage of school resources such as pens and papers due to factories closing down. Such social reforms had affected the education of New Zealand and so reforms to educations were implemented under the Labour Government. Fraser believed that secondary education should be broadly available not just for the privileged in life but for everyone. He felt that secondary education was a place for students to grow to continue a democratic community. His famous phase …show more content…
The social democratic era during the 20th century was a crucial contribution to the development of the country and to the New Zealand education today. All in all, the education system today would not have been structured accordingly without the influence of key historical people and the reforms which were executed. Education in New Zealand is vocational and it is only through this that individuals will be fully equipped for future