"Producing Human Capital": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Autor/inn/en	Shin, Jaran; Ging, Liz
Titel	"Producing Human Capital": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 69 (2019) 3, S.163-183 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shin, Jaran)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713619834663
Schlagwörter	Federal Legislation; Labor Force Development; Labor Legislation; Adult Education; Educational Legislation; Language Usage; Discourse Analysis; Adult Students; Eligibility; Educational Objectives; Accountability; Federal Aid; Educational Finance; Neoliberalism; Competition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Arbeitskräftebestand; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Sprachgebrauch; Diskursanalyse; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Eignung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Verantwortung; Bildungsfonds; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Wettkampf
Abstract	Historical and legislative evolutions of education policy have repurposed federally funded adult education programs in the United States. The 2014 passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) has considerable repercussions for everyone involved in the field because it controls the funding, assessment, and structure of these programs. Using critical discourse analysis, this study examines the public law and a Program Memorandum from the federal government. It demonstrates how the language used in the documents characterizes Title II of WIOA (the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act), the goals of adult education, eligible adult learners, and the process by which programs are held accountable for federal funding. The findings show the ways in which Title II tactically legitimizes the U.S. government's neoliberal capitalist desire within a democratic society: The idealistic language of opportunity acts as a camouflage for the further infiltration of market-oriented practices into the public sector. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01