The Limits of Learning: Homelessness and Educating the Employable Self

Autor/in	Gerrard, Jessica
Titel	The Limits of Learning: Homelessness and Educating the Employable Self
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 36 (2015) 1, S.69-80 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2013.831661
Schlagwörter	Lifelong Learning; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Homeless People; Social Influences; Political Issues; Poverty; Adult Learning; Adult Education; Public Policy; Labor Market; Social Justice; At Risk Persons; Role of Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Sozialer Einfluss; Politischer Faktor; Armut; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Öffentliche Ordnung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Risikogruppe; Bildungsauftrag; Australien
Abstract	Across national contexts, in the attempt to develop and buttress "knowledge economies", increasing pressure is placed on the need for flexible lifelong learners capable of constant knowledge and skills renewal. In this paper, I explore the impact of this broader sociopolitical context on the policy approach to poverty and, in particular, homelessness in Australia. Examining the ways in which education and learning for adults are increasingly at the centre of public policies, I trace the uses of education and learning in homelessness policy. Contextualising this within a consideration of recent shift towards a "skills agenda" in the adult education sector, I argue that the purported power of education in homelessness policy must be understood in light of structural inequalities in the labour market and in the society more broadly. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10