TY - JOUR
T1 - Democracy and robust hope : Queensland's education and training reforms for the future
AU - Singh, Michael
AU - Sawyer, Wayne
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A key aim of democratic public policy should be the provision of hope. It is often argued that a key element of hope is not only a drive for equity in the face of neo-liberal marketization, but also the opportunity for the practice of agency by (especially disadvantaged) citizens. Here we examine the relationship between democracy and hope in an educational context by discussing recent education and training reforms 'for the future' (ETRF) in the Australian state of Queensland. We argue that these reforms have provided the opportunity for active democratic participation by young people and their communities in planning their futures and that they therefore provide an instance of what we have called 'robust hope'.
AB - A key aim of democratic public policy should be the provision of hope. It is often argued that a key element of hope is not only a drive for equity in the face of neo-liberal marketization, but also the opportunity for the practice of agency by (especially disadvantaged) citizens. Here we examine the relationship between democracy and hope in an educational context by discussing recent education and training reforms 'for the future' (ETRF) in the Australian state of Queensland. We argue that these reforms have provided the opportunity for active democratic participation by young people and their communities in planning their futures and that they therefore provide an instance of what we have called 'robust hope'.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/555146
U2 - 10.1177/1746197908090082
DO - 10.1177/1746197908090082
M3 - Article
SN - 1746-1979
VL - 3
SP - 223
EP - 237
JO - Education , Citizenship and Social Justice
JF - Education , Citizenship and Social Justice
IS - 3
ER -
