THE POWER OF LANGUAGE AND THE LANGUAGE OF POWER: EXPLORING DISCOURSES ON DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION IN POLICIES UNDERPINNING ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION

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作者
Bracken, Meliosa [1 ]
机构
[1] Saolta, Galway, Ireland
关键词
Development Education; Education for Sustainable Development; Adult Education; Community Education; Further Education and Training; Policy; Strategy; Critical Discourse Analysis;
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
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Taking policy as discourse, this article provides a critical discourse analysis of development education in the adult and community education sector. Drawing on key policy documents from Irish Aid, the Department of Education and Skills and SOLAS, I examine how development education for adults is understood, imagined and supported at policy level. Findings show that opportunities for DE with adult learners are severely limited when adult education is viewed primarily through an employability lens and that a more enabling policy environment is needed to ensure effective and high-quality development education opportunities are readily available for adult learners.
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页数:22
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