Elizabeth Rata

Elizabeth Rata (born 1952) is a New Zealand academic who is a professor of 'Critical Studies in Education' at the University of Auckland[1] and is noted for her positions on biculturalism and Māori language immersion education in New Zealand.

Elizabeth Rata
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
Thesis

Career

Rata gained both her MSc[2] and PhD[3] from the University of Auckland. After a Senior Fulbright Scholar to Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 2003, she returned to Auckland and rose to professor in 2017.[4]

Both her Master's thesis, 'Maori survival and structural separateness: the history of Te Runanga o nga Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamaki Makaurau 1987–1989,' and her doctoral thesis, 'Global capitalism and the revival of ethnic traditionalism in New Zealand : the emergence of tribal-capitalism,' are related to biculturalism in New Zealand.

In 2003 Rata published an opinion piece on the New Zealand school secondary curriculum decrying the lack of explicit knowledge and a 'focus on skills and the process of learning.' [5][6] The piece was directly criticised by authors such as Steve Maharey[7][8] and Jane Gilbert[9] For the past 10 years she has been Director of the Knowledge in Education Research Unit (KERU) at the University of Auckland and has published widely about knowledge in education.

Commenting on Rata's stance on Māori language immersion education, Leonie Pihama (then an academic at the University of Auckland) said: The recent attack by Elizabeth Rata on Kaupapa Maori developments highlights a disturbing trend of racism being disguised as public debate.[10]

Rata is a member of,[11] and wrote a position paper for, the 'Independent Constitutional Review' a think tank which has been opposed to placing biculturalism in the New Zealand constitution.[12][13][14][15] Morgan Godfery wrote a rebuttal of her position paper.[16]

Selected works
  • Li, Tania Murray, Baviskar Amita, Rob Cramb, Kaushik Ghosh, Rusaslina Idrus, Pauline E. Peters, Nancy Postero, Elizabeth Rata, Irina Wenk, and Tania Murray Li. "Indigeneity, capitalism, and the management of dispossession." Current Anthropology 51, no. 3 (2010): 385–414.
  • Rata, Elizabeth. Knowledge-Rich Teaching: A Model of Curriculum Design Coherence, British Educational Research Journal.2019
  • Rata, Elizabeth. Knowledge and Teaching, British Educational Research Journal. 43(5), 1003–1017. 2017
  • Rata, E. Ethnic Revival. In Fathali M. Moghaddam Ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, (pp. 265–268). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2017.
  • Rata, Elizabeth. A political economy of neotribal capitalism. Lexington Books, 2000.
  • Rata, Elizabeth. "The politics of knowledge in education." British Educational Research Journal 38, no. 1 (2012): 103–124.
  • Rata, Elizabeth. "Late capitalism and ethnic revivalism: A New Middle Age'?." Anthropological Theory 3, no. 1 (2003): 43–63.
  • Rata, Elizabeth. "Rethinking biculturalism." Anthropological Theory 5, no. 3 (2005): 267–284.

References
  1. "Professor Elizabeth Rata – The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. "Maori survival and structural separateness : the history of Te Runanga o nga Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamaki Makaurau 1987–1989 – The University of Auckland". Librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "Global capitalism and the revival of ethnic traditionalism in New Zealand : the emergence of tribal-capitalism – The University of Auckland". Librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "Inaugural lecture for Professor Elizabeth Rata – The University of Auckland". Education.auckland.ac.nz. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. "Let's bring knowledge back into schools". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Knowledge lost from our kids' learning: expert". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. "Steve Maharey: Education is not just about knowledge". The New Zealand Herald. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. "OPINION: One Dimensional Education is Not Enough – Massey University". Massey.ac.nz. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  9. "Jane Gilbert: It's what students do with knowledge that really matters". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. "Maori And Indigenous Education (Iri) Statement | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. "Independent Constitutional Review". www.nzcpr.com.
  12. "Elizabeth Rata: Tribalism, democracy incompatible". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. "An Argument against Iwi Claims to Constitutional Recognition and Public Resources – NZCPR Site". www.nzcpr.com.
  14. "New Zealand Constitution: Why iwi have got it wrong – NZCPR Site". www.nzcpr.com.
  15. Rata, Elizabeth. Marching through the institutions: the neotribal elite and the Treaty of Waitangi, first published in Sites, December 2005
  16. "Maui Street: Fact checking Elizabeth Rata". Mauistreet.blogspot.co.nz. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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