This essay will do this by first, investigating the 1877 Education Act and examining the ways the New Zealand curriculum has been changed by several of processes over this time period. Second this essay will, explain how The Education Act made the curriculum to begin with, which showed what educators believed was most important in New Zealand education. ... Prior to introduction of The Education Act in 1877, education was neither free nor mandatory so only the wealthy could afford to attend (Swarbrick, 2012). ... In the same year nature study was added to the curriculum, so was a more New Zea...

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