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1 online resource |
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Adult Education in Neoliberal Times; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I Historical and Political Contexts for Adult Education; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Neoliberalism and Its Impact on Adult Education; Mapping the Field of Adult Education; The Scope and Nature of Adult Educators' Work; Situating Adult Educators' Beliefs and Values; Professionalism and Career Identity in Adult Education; Summary of the Book; 2 From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning: A Changing Global Landscape; Introduction |
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The Importance of History in Understanding Contemporary Adult EducationHistorical Developments in Adult Education; The Protestant Reformation; The 'Enlightenment' and Revolution; Colonial Expansion; Urbanisation and Industrialisation; A Post-World War Two Consensus on Education; Anti- and Post-Colonialism; Globalising Capitalism and Neoliberalisation; The Global Discourse of Lifelong Learning; The Capture of Adult Education for Lifelong Learning Policy Hegemony; Adult Education in the Current Context; Summary; 3 England and New Zealand: Two National Contexts for Adult Education; Introduction |
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New Zealand and England: A Brief Demographic SketchTwo Historical Contexts for Adult Education; Adult and Community Education and the Rise of the Welfare State; The Sixties and Seventies: Radical Influences and Educational Idealism; Struggles with Neoliberalism; England and the Legacy of Thatcherism; New Zealand and the Neoliberal Experiment; 2016: Where Are the Adult and Community Educators?; Summary; Note; 4 Professionalism, Professionalisation and Continuing Professional Development in the Adult Education Arena; Introduction; Discourses of Professionalism in Formal Education |
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Traditional Discourses of ProfessionalismProcess Discourses: Professionalism as 'Becoming'; Government Intervention and the Reconstruction of Professionalism; 'New' Teacher Professionalism: Responses to Governmental Professionalism; Policy, Professionalism and Adult and Community Education in England and New Zealand; Policy, Professionalisation and Post-Compulsory Education in England; The Impact on Adult and Community Education; Professional Development and Adult and Community Education in Aotearoa New Zealand; Summary: Professionalism: Two Versions -- One Outcome? |
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Part II Adult Educators' Working Lives Researched5 Researching Perspectives on Adult Education Policy and Practice; Introduction; A Narrative, Career History Approach; A Comparative Approach; The Process of Researching Adult Educators' Careers; The Adult Educators; The Interviews; Analysing the Interview Data; Documentary Sources; Summary; 6 A 'Non-career': Occupational Identities and Career Trajectories; Introduction; Six Portraits of a Career in Adult Education; Routes to a 'Non-career'; 'Falling Into' Adult Education; A 'Fall-Back' Career; A Career with a Social Mission |
| Summary |
This book explores the realities of adult education practice in the current political and economic climate. With a particular focus on examining the effect of the multitude of changes in policy and philosophy over the past 30 years, the book explores how the values and career expectations of adult educators have been affected, and considers the implications for adult education as a field of professional practice. As well as exploring the broader international picture, the book draws on the findings of recent research into adult and community education practitioners' perspectives in two case study countries - England and Aotearoa/New Zealand - to illustrate how local contexts and cultures, as well as global trends, impact on the structure and organisation of adult education. By presenting the perspectives of adult educators, whose voices have been relatively absent from the recent literature, this book gives a unique insight into how their work has been adversely affected by funding and policy pressures in an increasingly insecure educational environment, and analyses their responses to the contradictions between their professional values and the expectations placed upon them by policy and funding changes. It will be of great interest to students and researchers working in Education and Sociology, and will also make compelling reading for policy-makers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 10, 2017) |
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Adult education.
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Continuing education.
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Neoliberalism.
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Education, Continuing
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continuing education.
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Educational strategies & policy.
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Philosophy & theory of education.
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Industrial or vocational training.
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Sociology.
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Education.
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Adult education, continuous learning.
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EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
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EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
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Adult education
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Continuing education
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Neoliberalism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319508832 |
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3319508830 |
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