COMPULSORY education, EDUCATIONAL law & legislation, BRITISH education system, POST-compulsory education, LEARNING, EDUCATION policy, ADULT education, EDUCATIONAL change
Abstract
This paper examines recent empirical work on the lived experience of learners in post‐compulsory education. The starting point is a brief examination of the socio‐economic context of the sector. Despite the sophistication of analyses of learning cultures, a more radical approach is needed. Failure to do so renders these analyses amenable to appropriation by ‘new labour’ modernisers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]