Resisting Neoliberalism in Education

Local, National and Transnational Perspectives
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5007-1
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 447 g

Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising ‘free markets’ as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and be detrimental to wider social and ethical goals.

Drawing on a range of international contexts across informal, adult, school and university settings, this book provides innovative examples that show how neoliberalism in education can be challenged and changed at the local, national and transnational levels in order to foster a more democratic culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tett, Lyn

Hamilton, Mary

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lynch, Kathleen

Vargas-Tamez, Carlos

Hagger-Vaughan, Lesley

Winchip, Emily

Milner, Alison

Stevenson, Howard

Osmond, Pamela

Yasukawa, Keiko

Cort, Pia

Larson, Anne

Rapanà, Francesca

Milana, Marcella

Finnegan, Fergal

Bates, Jo

Quinn, Katherine

Sheahan, Annmarie

Angelica Sosa-Provencio, Mia

Secatero, Shawn

Desai, Shiv

Lingard, Bob

Chen, Zhe

Hursh, David

Hall, Christine

Thomson, Pat

Davies, Elisabeth

Heydon, Rachel

Mckee, Lori

Tett, Lyn

Smith, Rob

Allatt, Gwyneth

Duckworth, Vicky

Thériault, Virginie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: the imperative to resist ~ Kathleen Lynch

Introduction: resisting neoliberalism in education ~ Lyn Tett and Mary Hamilton

Part I: Adult education

Accountability literacies and conflictual cooperation in community- based organisations for young people in Québec ~ Virginie Thériault

Research, adult literacy and criticality: catalysing hope and dialogic caring ~ Vicky Duckworth and Rob Smith

The employability skills discourse and literacy practitioners ~ Gwyneth Allatt and Lyn Tett

Part II: School education

Making spaces in professional learning for democratic literacy education in the early years ~ Lori McKee, Rachel Heydon and Elisabeth Davies

Countering dull pedagogies: the power of teachers and artists working together ~ Pat Thomson and Christine Hall

Resisting the neoliberal: parent activism in New York State against the corporate reform agenda in schooling ~ David Hursh, Sarah McGinnis, Zhe Chen and Bob Lingard

Nourishing resistance and healing in dark times: teaching through a Body- Soul Rooted Pedagogy ~ Shiv Desai, Shawn Secatero, Mia Sosa- Provencio and Annmarie Sheahan

Part III: Higher education

Everyday activism: challenging neoliberalism for radical library workers in English higher education ~ Katherine Quinn and Jo Bates

Strategies of resistance in the neoliberal university ~ Mary Hamilton

Moving against and beyond neoliberal higher education in Ireland ~ Fergal Finnegan

Part IV: National perspectives

The appropriation of cultural, economic and normative frames of reference for adult education: an

Italian perspective ~ Marcella Milana and Francesca Rapanà

The marginalisation of popular education: 50 years of Danish adult education policy ~ Anne Larson and Pia Cort

Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet? ~ Keiko Yasukawa and Pamela Osmond

Part V: Transnational perspectives

Education policy and the European Semester: challenging soft power in hard times ~ Howard Stevenson, Alison Milner, Emily Winchip and Lesley Hagger- Vaughan

Rethinking adult education for active participatory citizenship and resistance in Europe

~ George K. Zarifi s

Leaving no one behind: bringing equity and inclusion back into education ~ Carlos Vargas- Tamez

Afterword: resources of hope ~ Mary Hamilton and Lyn Tett

Über Autor(innen)

Tett, Lyn
Lyn Tett is Professor of Community Education at the University of Huddersfield and Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh.

Tett, Lyn
Lyn Tett is Professor of Community Education at the University of Huddersfield and Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh.

Smith, Rob
Rob Smith is Professor of Education at Birmingham City University based in the Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE).

Hamilton, Mary
Mary Hamilton is Professor Emerita of Adult Learning and Literacy in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University.

Thomson, Pat
Pat Thomson is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham and Visiting Professor at Deakin University, Australia, The University of South Australia, the University of Iceland and the University of the Free State South Africa. She was previously a headteacher and senior public servant in the Australian school system. She has published many books, is an active blogger at patthomson.net and tweets at @ThomsonPat.

Bates, Jo
Jo Bates is Professor of Data and Society at the University of Sheffield.

Finnegan, Fergal
Fergal Finnegan became interested in issues of community development and equality through his work as a community educator in Dublin. He is now a lecturer at the Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University where he is a co-director of the Doctorate in Higher and Adult Education programme. His research interests include social movements, popular education, biographical research, social class and equality and higher education.

Lyn Tett is Professor of Community Education at the University of Huddersfield and Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh.

Mary Hamilton is Professor Emerita of Adult Learning and Literacy in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University.