Conformity and resistance to neo-liberal discourses : shaping a curricula based on Social Justice in Further Education and Training / guest editors, Dr. Vicky Duckworth and Dr. Jonathan Tummons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duckworth, Vicky, editor.

Tummons, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

Education + Training : Volume 56, Issue 7

Education + Training, 0040-0912 ; Volume 56, Number 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Curricula--Great Britain.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bradford, [England] : Emerald Insight, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Curriculum design and implementation can determine whether educational provision is an emancipating or suppressing process. Therefore, any curriculum may be situated not as neutral or apolitical but at the centre of educational power. For example in an age of globalisation and neoliberalism, it may be viewed as a product of market driven changes, where approaches to, for example Skills for Life involve a functional Literacy approach. This is defined by its social purposes, in which there is an alignment between individual skills, the performance of society, the global economy and economic prod

Contents:

Cover; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Sustainability of community engagement - in the hands of stakeholders?; Net/working: higher education in the age of neoliberalism, crisis and social media; A fresh approach to indigenous business education; Higher Education and student engagement: implications for a new economic era; A critical investigation of the relationship between masculinity, social justice, religious education and the neo-liberal discourse; Accountability and the rise of "play safe" pedagogical practices

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78441-432-8