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Language, Neoliberalism, and the Commodification of Pedagogy
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Soto, Carlos; Pérez-Milans, Miguel – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2018
Although it has revealed the material conditions under which language education programmes are implemented worldwide, research on neoliberalism and language commodification has not yet adequately centred pedagogy. Thus, processes commodifying 'objects' other than language as product go unnoticed in educational settings. Drawing on a four-year…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, Teaching Methods, Ethnography
International Students in the Private VET Sector in Melbourne, Australia: Rethinking Their Characteristics and Aspirations outside the Deficit Model
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Pasura, Rinos – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The reconstruction of the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector into a competitive training market, which led to the participation of international students and commercial for-profit private VET providers, has until recently focused on the importance of international students to the national economy whilst ignoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Models, Vocational Education
Catholic Business Schools and the Crisis of the Academic Industry
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Hoevel, Carlos – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2012
According to many analysts, after the dot-com, housing and financial bubbles, the next bubble to burst may be that of higher education and especially business education schools. Given this possible scenario, there are two ways one might interpret the current crisis in education, accompanied by two proposals for addressing the problems. According…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Business Administration Education, Higher Education, Educational Change