Abstract:
The New Zealand Curriculum begins with a vision that sets the directions for learning. This vision itemises the learning orientations and dispositions “we want for our young people” (Ministry of Education, 2007, p. 8). This study asks the Korean adult community attached to one secondary school if they share in this vision for their young people. The research is informed by Bhabha’s contention that such national ‘consensus’ discourses are sometimes given tacit consent by minority groups resulting in the suppression of alternative discourses (Bhabha, 1994, cited in McDonald, 2006). The findings show that, while the Korean participants endorsed the consensus vision, when asked to articulate their own vision there was clear divergence.