Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet?

Yasukawa, K; Osmond, P

Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet?

Yasukawa, K

Osmond, P

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Publisher:: Policy Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Resisting Neoliberalism in Education Local, National and Transnational Perspectives, 2019, pp. 195 - 195 (207)
Issue Date:: 2019-08-06

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dc.contributor.author	Yasukawa, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-0289	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Osmond, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Tett, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hamilton, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-08-06	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Resisting Neoliberalism in Education Local, National and Transnational Perspectives, 2019, pp. 195 - 195 (207)	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1447350057	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781447350057	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138939
dc.description.abstract	In 2007, the Australian Labor Party came into government espousing the mantra ‘The Australian economy needs an education revolution’. It is arguable whether this and what subsequent governments initiated could be characterised as a revolution; what is clear is that they succeeded in cementing a neoliberal governance system of adult education, including adult basic education (ABE). The changes in ABE from a practitioner led provision guided by a social justice ethos to what remains now is a story covering over four decades. Ironically, however, what has been most impactful in recent years is the absence of an identifiable policy. Tracing the ABE’s trajectory into a policy vacuum, and analysing the difficulty this vacuum presents for activists within the field, the chapter points to possibilities of resistance that may strengthen and restore an ethos of social justice in the field.	en_US
dc.publisher	Policy Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Resisting Neoliberalism in Education Local, National and Transnational Perspectives	en_US
dc.title	Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet?	en_US
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Abstract:

In 2007, the Australian Labor Party came into government espousing the mantra ‘The Australian economy needs an education revolution’. It is arguable whether this and what subsequent governments initiated could be characterised as a revolution; what is clear is that they succeeded in cementing a neoliberal governance system of adult education, including adult basic education (ABE). The changes in ABE from a practitioner led provision guided by a social justice ethos to what remains now is a story covering over four decades. Ironically, however, what has been most impactful in recent years is the absence of an identifiable policy. Tracing the ABE’s trajectory into a policy vacuum, and analysing the difficulty this vacuum presents for activists within the field, the chapter points to possibilities of resistance that may strengthen and restore an ethos of social justice in the field.

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