Between external prescription and local practiceThe uses of official knowledge by adult education professionals in Portugal

dc.creator	Artur Cristóvão
dc.creator	Armando Loureiro
dc.creator	Telmo Caria
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:39Z
dc.identifier	10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela0088
dc.identifier	2000-7426
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9b3aa2855c7c4560b077f5acaf2d34d4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27071
dc.description	This article presents the results of research where the main objective was to achieve abetter understanding of the uses made by professionals in the adult education sphere ofthe official knowledge that provides the framework and guidelines for their work. The study was undertaken using Bernstein's theoretical model of the structure of official pedagogical discourse, and employed an essentially ethnographic fieldwork methodology to analyse the work of a team of adult education specialists working in a local development association in the north of Portugal. The results of the study show that the team was able to make both reproductive and recontextualising use of official knowledge, thereby demonstrating that, even in workplaces where external prescription is extremely influential, it is possible to put official knowledge to alternative i.e. more effective, locally-adapted use.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Linköping University Electronic Press
dc.relation	http://www.rela.ep.liu.se/issues/10.3384_rela.2000-7426.201341/rela0088/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2000-7426
dc.rights	CC BY-NC
dc.source	European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 65-80 (2013)
dc.subject	Official knowledge
dc.subject	knowledge use
dc.subject	adult education professionals
dc.subject	sociology of education
dc.subject	Portugal
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Between external prescription and local practiceThe uses of official knowledge by adult education professionals in Portugal
dc.type	article