Community and Learning for the New Economy

Barbara Adkins; Eryn L Grant; Jenny Summerville; Karen Barnett; Laurie Buys

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Community and Learning for the New Economy

Barbara Adkins, Eryn L Grant, Jenny Summerville, Karen Barnett and Laurie Buys

Proceedings of the 2003 Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, pp.1-12

Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, 2003 (Brisbane, Australia, 21-Nov-2003)

Queensland University of Technology

2003

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Abstract

Sociology

Cultural Studies

New Basics

Education Queensland

school reform

The New Basics reform of the Queensland Education sector has identified its central goal as enhanced student outcomes for 'New Times'. Research on this reform (Adkins et al, forthcoming) has identified the role of communities as an important factor in schools' capacity to deliver this outcome. This paper provides a foundation for research into issues regarding the role of community for school reform oriented to the needs of students in the New Economy. Its central purpose is to critique extant theory in order to generate questions about how themes in education reform discourse may be re-contextualised in the context of school practice. First, it reviews the role of 'community' in discourses on the Knowledge Economy and 'New Times'. Second, it examines the way 'community' is conceptualised in the context of Education Queensland's New Basics reform. Third, the paper will consider some "paradoxes" that may arise when this new conceptualisation of 'community' is applied in the practical implementation of education reform.

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Title: Community and Learning for the New Economy
Authors: Barbara Adkins (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Eryn L Grant (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Jenny Summerville (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Karen Barnett (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Laurie Buys (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Contributors: Rebecca Bradley (Editor)
Jeff Lyddon (Editor)
Laurie Buys (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2003 Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, pp.1-12
Conference details: Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, 2003 (Brisbane, Australia, 21-Nov-2003)
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2003
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449044002621
Output Type: Conference paper

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