Marketising Slovene adult education policies and practices using mechanisms of the Europeanisation of education

Authors

  • Borut Mikulec University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Sabina Jelenc Krašovec University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9081

Keywords:

Europeanisation of education, European adult education policy, Slovene adult education policy and practice, marketisation of adult education

Abstract

This article addresses the issue of marketisation in the field of adult education by reflecting on the Europeanisation of education currently taking place through the _x000D_
establishment of European adult education policies. The article argues that Europeanisation fosters marketisation of adult education and commodifies valuable knowledge and desirable forms of neoliberal subjectivity. An analysis of Slovene adult education policies from 2004-2015 reveals how a European economised vocabulary is being implemented in Slovene adult education policies and practices. The main argument of this article is that these practices are shaped through financial mechanisms that marketise the adult education field. This results in new relationships between governing bodies within the field, the unstable and decreasing role of public adult education institutions and the prevailing role of private providers of adult education, who offer training programmes to meet labour market needs.

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Published

2016-10-10

How to Cite

Mikulec, B., & Jelenc Krašovec, S. (2016). Marketising Slovene adult education policies and practices using mechanisms of the Europeanisation of education. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 7(2), 151–170. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9081