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Considerations of the Impact of Neoliberalism and Alternative Regimes on Learning and Its Outcomes: An Empirical Example Based on the Level and Distribution of Adult Learning
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Desjardins, Richard – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
This study considers the extensive critique of the impact of the "market" or "neoliberal" model on learning and its outcomes in the light of alternative models. The purpose is to consider the potential impacts of the market on learning and its outcomes and to contextualise critique by considering alternative coordination…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, Politics of Education, Global Approach
Strategic Planning and Accountability in Irish Education
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Gleeson, Jim; O Donnabhain, Diarmaid – Irish Educational Studies, 2009
This article considers the impact of the New Public Management culture on Irish education and calls for a debate in relation to the prevailing bureaucratic model of accountability. The influence of the Lisbon Agenda (2000) on education planning is identified and the 2005/7 Education Strategy Statement is analysed using the relevant OECD framework.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Objectives, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
A Critical Appraisal of the Impact of International Agencies on Educational Reforms and Teachers' Lives and Work: The Case of Ireland?
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Sugrue, Ciaran – European Educational Research Journal, 2006
Against a general backdrop of an international discourse on educational reform that has focused on accountability, this article provides a detailed and critical analysis of the evolution of accountability policy and practice in Irish primary and post-primary education during the past 20 years. The analysis indicates clearly that national policy…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Accountability, International Organizations
Local Structures in Adult Education: A Discussion Paper.
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Irish National Association of Adult Education, Dublin. – 2002
In January 2002, Ireland's minister of state announced the establishment of the National Adult Learning Council to take effect in March 2002. One of the council's priorities will be to establish local adult learning boards (LALBs) to oversee development and delivery of adult education. An Irish government white paper recommended that LALBs'…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advisory Committees