Derailing transformative education
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Grey, S.
Kenkel, David
Cooke, David
Loo, Wei Yuen
Kenkel, David
Cooke, David
Loo, Wei Yuen
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2018-11
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New Zealand
tertiary education
vocational education
Unitec Institute of Technology
organisational change
neoliberalism
privatisation
corporate management
Ede, Rick (Unitec Institute of Technology, CE)
student enrolments
Concentrix (Firm)
management by educators
institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs)
reform
restructure
tertiary education
vocational education
Unitec Institute of Technology
organisational change
neoliberalism
privatisation
corporate management
Ede, Rick (Unitec Institute of Technology, CE)
student enrolments
Concentrix (Firm)
management by educators
institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs)
reform
restructure
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Grey, S., Kenkel, D., Cooke, D., Loo, W. (2018, November). Derailing transformative education. Paper presented at the NZARE Conference 2018 - Shaping our futures, Manukau Auckland.
Abstract
OVERVIEW:
The direction
• Massification, marketisation, and managerialism
• Globalisation and imperialism
• Attacks on the academic profession
The impact
• Alienation, mission drift, alienation
The neoliberal experiment at Unitec.
2013-2017
• The philosophy that informed Unitec’s transformation (i.e. restructure) can be summed up: Public vocational education should prioritize and focus wholly on the needs of business.
• Education to be business focussed, not student focussed
A TRIO OF PROBLEMS:
Inherent structural problems
Incompetent and ill planned implementation
Failure to listen to advice or take account of evidence-based feedback
What do we do as a scholarly community to stop a repeat of Unitec?
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