Professor Elizabeth Mary Rata

PhD, MEd, BA

Professor

In: Critical Studies in Education » Faculty of Education and Social Work

Biography

Elizabeth Rata is a professor in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland and Director of the Knowledge and Education Research Unit (KERU). She was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 2003. Her major works are: A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism, 2000, and The Politics of Knowledge in Education, 2012. She is a sociologist of education with research interests into the effects of global economic change on ethnicity, socio-economic class, higher education, and curriculum knowledge.

Elizabeth Rata's speeches

Research | Current

Neotribal capitalism
Higher education
Curriculum knowledge
Ethnic politics
Social realism

Teaching | Current

Doctorate of Education: Serving Society - Creating equity, diversity, and justice
EDUC 776 Education, Culture and Identity Masters course
EDPROFST 754 Special Topic: Critical Research Methodologies in Education Masters course
EDUC 118 History and Society in New Zealand Education
EDUC 321 Politics, Philosophy and Education

Distinctions/Honours

British Educational Research Journal Paper of the Year Award, 2012
Fulbright Senior Scholarship, Georgetown University, 2003
Faculty of Education Excellence in Supervision Award, 2013
Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Award, Auckland College of Education, 2002
University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

Responsibilities

Director of the Knowledge and Education Research Unit (KERU)
Course Director: EDUC 776, EDPROFST 754, EDUC 118

Areas of expertise

Sociology of Education
Ethnic politics
Knowledge and Education
Politics of knowledge
Curriculum theory
Higher Education
Culture and Identity
Educational Policy
Maori education
Social Realism
Neotribal capitalism

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Director of the Knowledge and Education Research Unit (KERU)
Chair: School of Critical Studies in Education Research Committee
School of Critical Studies in Education Postgraduate Committee
Member of the Faculty Academic Reference Group: Professional Services Transition

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Lourie, M., & Rata, E. (2017). Using a realist research methodology in policy analysis. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (1), 17-30. 10.1080/00131857.2016.1167655
McPhail, G., & Rata, E. (2016). Comparing Curriculum Types: ‘Powerful Knowledge’ and ‘21st Century Learning’. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 51 (1), 53-68. 10.1007/s40841-015-0025-9
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Graham McPhail
Rata, E. (2016). A pedagogy of conceptual progression and the case for academic knowledge. British Educational Research Journal, 42 (1), 168-184. 10.1002/berj.3195
Rata, E., & Zubaran, C. (2016). Ethnic Classification in the New Zealand Health Care System. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 41 (2), 192-209. 10.1093/jmp/jhv065
Rata, E., & Taylor, A. (2015). Knowledge Equivalence Discourse in New Zealand Secondary School Science. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 50 (2), 223-238. 10.1007/s40841-015-0020-1
Lourie, M., & Rata, E. (2014). A critique of the role of culture in Maori education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 35 (1), 19-36. 10.1080/01425692.2012.736184
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/24103
Rata, E. M. (2014). Multiculturalism and Education. In F. Mansouri (Ed.) Cultural, Religious and Politicial Contestations: The Multicultural Challenge (pp. 107-118). Springer. 10.1007/978-3-319-16003-0_7
Rata, E. M., & Barrett, B. (2014). Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum. In B. Barrett, E. Rata (Eds.) Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum: International Studies in Social Realism (pp. 1-22). Basingstoke, UK; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.