New Strategy, Same Old Problems

Autor/in	Fryer, Bob
Titel	New Strategy, Same Old Problems
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 22 (2011) 10, S.12-14 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Politics of Education; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Values; Educational Attitudes; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adulte education; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Wertbegriff; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ausland
Abstract	In the person of John Hayes, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, the coalition government has someone no less committed than was Labour's David Blunkett to the value of expansive and inclusive lifelong learning, as has been attested to by his various speeches and articles since first being appointed. Not surprisingly, his "bons mots" on this subject have been seized upon by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and other organisations and individuals striving to defend adult learning as evidence that they have a friend at court in these straitened times of cuts in public expenditure. So what's to doubt, fear, or criticise in this open endorsement of several of the core aims, values and aspirations of adult learners, teachers, practitioners and campaigning bodies? The author argues that one needs to set the passion and self-evident commitment inscribed in the powerful rhetoric of John Hayes against one immediately visceral response and three other pieces of empirical evidence. Despite the coalition's commitment to the value of an expansive and inclusive system of lifelong learning, the author contends that there is little in its strategy to suggest a radical change in direction from the previous government's flawed policy on skills or to address the needs of the least skilled who continue to get the fewest chances to learn through work. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10