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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.