The market(able) place of school geography scholarship, 2007–2016 |
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| Authors: | Mike Taylor Nick Page Jane Evans Jane Foster |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, 15A Waiteata Road, PO Box 600, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand;2. HOF Social Sciences, Otumoetai College, PO Box 8033, Cherrywood, Tauranga, New Zealand;3. HOF Social Sciences, Takapuna Grammar School, PO Box 33‐1096, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand;4. Curriculum Leader Social Sciences, Marist College, 31 Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | This report analyses a decade of geography scholarship student entry and achievement data (n = 10,205) to reveal patterns and trends of high‐achieving school students. The study is an exploratory analysis, the aim of which is to describe where the greatest scholarship success has occurred, as well as attendant demographic characteristics of New Zealand's most capable geography students and their schools. Emerging from the regions is a localised story of students from an extremely narrow number of schools achieving disproportionate scholarship success. This raises questions in the wider geography teaching community about the possibility of a broader constituency achieving scholarship awards. |
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| Keywords: | academic success competition geography scholarship |
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