Community Education and Neoliberalism Philosophies, Practices and Policies in Ireland /

• Main Author: Fitzsimons, Camilla (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Education and state.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Curriculum Studies.; Education Policy.

This book explores community education in Ireland and argues that neoliberalism has had a profound effect on community education. Rather than retain its foundational characteristics of collective, equality-led principles and practices, community education has lost much of its independence and has be...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Community Education in Neoliberal Times
• PART I. Community Education, Philosophies and Practices
• Chapter 1. Models of Community Education
• Chapter 2. Community Education in Ireland
• Chapter 3. Critical Education and Community Education
• PART II. The Neoliberalisation of Community Education
• Chapter 4. Community Education and Employability
• Chapter 5. Community Education and Accreditation
• Chapter 6. Insiders, Outsiders and the Professionalisation of Community Education
• Chapter 7. Re-Kindling Community Education in Neoliberal Times.