| Description |
1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. About the book -- Introduction -- A case study -- Terminology -- What is literacy? -- What's it for? -- The 'field' -- Who are the students? -- Are those students still out there? -- Stories from practice -- Whose voices are represented? -- The interpretive lens -- 2. Preparing the fertile ground -- Introduction -- The socially progressive 1970s -- UNESCO -- Social justice -- Human capital -- Post-war Australia -- Election of the Whitlam government |
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The emergence of the Vocational Education and Training sector -- Three influential reports -- Paulo Freire -- The legacy of the early literacy programs -- Conclusion -- 3. The foundation years -- Introduction -- The emergence of advocacy groups -- Australian Council for Adult Literacy -- Commonwealth Government involvement -- Development of the field in NSW -- Collaboration between statutory bodies -- The Adult Literacy Discourse -- Student-centred -- Self-direction -- Personal growth -- Participation -- Emancipation -- Social capital -- NSW adult basic education programs |
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Genesis of the TAFE NSW Adult Basic Education Program -- Diversity of provision -- An accredited curriculum -- Adult Literacy Information Office -- The community of practice -- Collaboration -- Professional development -- Searching for saliences -- Agency -- National Policy on Languages -- Discussion and conclusion -- 4. A new discourse emerges -- Introduction -- The new coalition of actors on the global stage -- Market liberal economics -- The New Right -- The human capital ideology and the OECD -- The OECD and a new immutable mobile -- The media and the new immutable mobile |
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A new coalition of Australian actors -- Australian microeconomic reform and LLN -- VET in Australia -- Influence of industry -- The National Training Reform Agenda (NTRA) -- Competency-Based Training (CBT) -- Assessment -- The training market -- Adult basic education in Australia -- A new national policy -- Integration -- Outsourced foundation skills products -- A new national strategy -- The new literacy/numeracy actor network -- Deprofessionalising the profession -- The community of practice begins to fracture -- Discussion and conclusion -- 5. What have we learnt? -- Introduction |
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A search for green shoots -- The moral purpose -- Acts of everyday resistance -- The future of VET -- Some lessons from our history -- Immutable mobiles -- Human actors -- Diversity of provision -- The way forward -- A new thought collective -- Re-professionalising the profession -- Research -- Adding nuance to the public imaginary -- Concluding remarks -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000350500 |
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1000350509 |
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