Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives

doi:10.46692/9781447350064

Neoliberalism is having a detrimental impact on wider social and ethical goals in the field of education. Using an international range of contexts, this book provides practical examples that demonstrate how neoliberalism can be challenged and changed at the local, national and transnational level.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Dedication
pp iii-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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List of figures, tables and boxes
pp vii-vii
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Notes on contributors
pp viii-xvi
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Foreword: the imperative to resist
pp xvii-xx
- By Kathleen Lynch
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Introduction: resisting neoliberalism in education
pp 1-10
- By Lyn Tett, Mary Hamilton
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Part I - Adult education
pp 11-12
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1 - Accountability literacies and conflictual cooperation in community-based organisations for young people in Québec
pp 13-26
- By Virginie Thériault
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2 - Research, adult literacy and criticality: catalysing hope and dialogic caring
pp 27-40
- By Vicky Duckworth, Rob Smith
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3 - The employability skills discourse and literacy practitioners
pp 41-54
- By Gwyneth Allatt, Lyn Tett
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Part II - School education
pp 55-56
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4 - Making spaces in professional learning for democratic literacy education in the early years
pp 57-74
- By Lori McKee, Rachel Heydon, Elisabeth Davies
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5 - Countering dull pedagogies: the power of teachers and artists working together
pp 75-88
- By Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
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6 - Resisting the neoliberal: parent activism in New York State against the corporate reform agenda in schooling
pp 89-102
- By David Hursh, Sarah McGinnis, Zhe Chen, Bob Lingard
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7 - Nourishing resistance and healing in dark times: teaching through a Body-Soul Rooted Pedagogy
pp 103-118
- By Shiv Desai, Shawn Secatero, Mia Sosa-Provencio, Annmarie Sheahan
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Part III - Higher education
pp 119-120
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8 - Everyday activism: challenging neoliberalism for radical library workers in English higher education
pp 121-134
- By Katherine Quinn, Jo Bates
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9 - Strategies of resistance in the neoliberal university
pp 135-150
- By Mary Hamilton
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10 - Moving against and beyond neoliberal higher education in Ireland
pp 151-164
- By Fergal Finnegan
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Part IV - National perspectives
pp 165-166
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11 - The appropriation of cultural, economic and normative frames of reference for adult education: an Italian perspective
pp 167-180
- By Marcella Milana, Francesca Rapanà
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12 - The marginalisation of popular education: 50 years of Danish adult education policy
pp 181-194
- By Anne Larson, Pia Cort
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13 - Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet?
pp 195-208
- By Keiko Yasukawa, Pamela Osmond
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Part V - Transnational perspectives
pp 209-210
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14 - Education policy and the European Semester: challenging soft power in hard times
pp 211-224
- By Howard Stevenson, Alison Milner, Emily Winchip, Lesley Hagger-Vaughan
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15 - Rethinking adult education for active participatory citizenship and resistance in Europe
pp 225-238
- By George K. Zarifis
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16 - Leaving no one behind: bringing equity and inclusion back into education
pp 239-252
- By Carlos Vargas-Tamez
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Afterword: resources of hope
pp 253-258
- By Mary Hamilton, Lyn Tett
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Index
pp 259-270
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