Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives

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Neoliberalism is having a detrimental impact on wider social and ethical goals in the field of education. Using an international range of contexts, this book provides practical examples that demonstrate how neoliberalism can be challenged and changed at the local, national and transnational level. Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising 'free markets' as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and be detrimental to wider social and ethical goals. Drawing on a range of international contexts across informal, adult, school and university settings, this book provides innovative examples that show how neoliberalism in education can be challenged and changed at the local, national and transnational levels in order to foster a more democratic culture. 'This book brings together an impressive international group of researchers to focus on challenging neoliberalism in education. I would recommend this book for the ideas it discusses and the practices of resistance the authors detail in depth.' - Leona M. English, St. Francis Xavier University

Lyn Tett is Professor of Community Education at the University of Huddersfield and Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh. Mary Hamilton is Professor Emerita of Adult Learning and Literacy in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University.

''Mary Hamilton and Lyn Tett's edition makes a most insightful contribution to our understanding of neoliberal education as well as how to resist it.'' Australian Universities Review-- "Australian Universities Review" "The book sets out to answer how best practitioners, researchers and policy makers can resist the way that neoliberal ideas and institutional practices erode teaching and learning that is centred on dialogue.... very useful and stimulating collection." International Journal of Lifelong Education