A Chinese Model of Education in New Zealand

Abstract

With a growing number of migrants who are of Chinese ethnicity in New Zealand, there have been demands from the wider Chinese community for increased educational opportunities that allow students to succeed in the mainstream New Zealand education system. Drawing upon literature and studies on community schools and interviews of migrants in Auckland, this chapter aims to define what a Chinese education model might be and the notion of success in the New Zealand context. Beurdieu’s notions of ‘capital’ and ‘field’, Lave and Wenger’s notion of ‘legitimate peripheral participation’ all aide to the analysis of the interview findings.