Countering the Risks of Vocationalisation in Master's Programmes in International Development

Autor/inn/en	Denskus, Tobias; Esser, Daniel E.
Titel	Countering the Risks of Vocationalisation in Master's Programmes in International Development
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 8 (2015) 2, S.72-85 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2015.080205
Schlagwörter	Masters Programs; International Studies; Graduate Study; Professional Development; Intellectual History; Vocational Education; Skill Development; Educational Development; Educational History; Intellectual Disciplines; Commercialization; Educational Practices; Educational Philosophy; Educational Objectives; Outcomes of Education; Risk + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Internationaler Studiengang; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Geistesgeschichte; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geisteswissenschaften; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Risiko
Abstract	We review the ontological and pedagogical origins of International Development graduate education in the context of increasing pressures to "professionalise" graduate curricula. We apply Giroux's concept of "vocationalisation" to argue that professionalisation risks undermining the field's intellectual foundations in an elusive quest to equip students with functional rather than intellectual skills. Acknowledging ever-growing competition among graduates for gainful employment in this sector, we argue that instructors of International Development should recommit to the field's reflective tradition by creating spaces for transformative education and develop a repoliticised ethos that critically engages global capitalism. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01