A service, a ‘way of working’, or a profession? A discourse analysis of community education/community learning and development in Scotland.

Community-based informal education, like other practices, is fundamentally shaped by the discourses under which it is constituted. In Scotland, since 1975, the practice has been formally established by government policy as an amalgam of youth work, adult education and community development under a d...

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Published in:	Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 394 - 411
Main Authors:	Mackie, Gordon, Sercombe, Howard, Ryan, Anne
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2013
Subjects:	Nonformal education Government policy Youth workers (Social services) Adult education Professionalism Scotland
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