Examining the Research Base on University Co-Operative Education in Light of the Neoliberal Challenge to Liberal Education

Autor/inn/en	Milley, Peter; Kovinthan, Thursica
Titel	Examining the Research Base on University Co-Operative Education in Light of the Neoliberal Challenge to Liberal Education
Quelle	In: Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 60 (2014) 2, S.377-402 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-4805
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Higher Education; Cooperative Education; General Education; Literature Reviews; Educational Research; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Philosophy; Educational Objectives; Educational Practices; Commercialization; Experiential Learning; Research Needs; Foreign Countries; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kooperativer Unterricht; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungspraxis; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Forschungsbedarf; Ausland; Nordamerika
Abstract	Debates have been taking place in higher education communities in Canada and other Anglo-American contexts between defenders of liberal education and promoters of neoliberalism. One development not addressed is the growth of co-operative education (co-op). The origins of co-op may reside in John Dewey's (1939, 1966) ideas about experience and democracy, but co-op also resembles a neoliberal phenomenon. We reviewed the North American literature on co-op from 1990-2014 to see if and how the rise of co-op has posed a challenge to liberal education. Our analysis revealed a dominant focus on instrumental and economic purposes reflecting neoliberal reforms, strands of philosophical and empirical inquiry consistent with liberal education, and a notable absence of critical, emancipatory outlooks. We contend that co-op researchers need to rediscover the socially progressive promise of experiential education, informed by other educational subfields. We also argue that researchers interested in neoliberal challenges to liberal education need to tap co-op as a site of inquiry. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01