TY - JOUR
T1 - The vocational turn of adult education in Denmark
T2 - an analysis of adult education policy from the late 1990s
AU - Rasmussen, Palle
AU - Larson, Anne
AU - Cort, Pia
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Denmark has a strong and versatile tradition of adult education. Over a long historical period, adult education for public enlightenment and leisure, for continuing study and for vocational and professional competence have been developed, been made part of state policy and been used by citizens. But in recent years the public and political presence of Danish adult education has changed. While education policy issues generally abound in public and political debates, adult education is given much less attention than earlier. In this article, we trace the causes of this and conclude that it reflects a turn towards focusing on vocational types of adult education and a relocation of adult education policy to networks linking the state and the social partners. Drawing on theories of policy streams, policy networks and the competition state, we provide a historical analysis of Danish adult education reforms during the past two decades and document how the vocational turn has manifested itself
AB - Denmark has a strong and versatile tradition of adult education. Over a long historical period, adult education for public enlightenment and leisure, for continuing study and for vocational and professional competence have been developed, been made part of state policy and been used by citizens. But in recent years the public and political presence of Danish adult education has changed. While education policy issues generally abound in public and political debates, adult education is given much less attention than earlier. In this article, we trace the causes of this and conclude that it reflects a turn towards focusing on vocational types of adult education and a relocation of adult education policy to networks linking the state and the social partners. Drawing on theories of policy streams, policy networks and the competition state, we provide a historical analysis of Danish adult education reforms during the past two decades and document how the vocational turn has manifested itself
KW - Adult education policy
KW - Vocational education
KW - Policy network
KW - Competition state
KW - Enlightenment
KW - adult education policy
KW - vocational education
KW - policy network
KW - competition state
KW - enlightenment
U2 - 10.1080/02601370.2019.1586778
DO - 10.1080/02601370.2019.1586778
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0260-1370
VL - 38
SP - 254
EP - 267
JO - International Journal of Lifelong Education
JF - International Journal of Lifelong Education
IS - 3
M1 - 3
ER -