Adult education in the Limpopo province of South Africa: challenges for policy implementation

Autor:	Jacobus Zeelen, M. Rampedi, G. de Jong
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Economic growth Policy development Grassroots Adult education media_common.quotation_subject Political science Policy implementation Quality (business) Education policy Public administration Life-span and Life-course Studies Education media_common
Zdroj:	International Journal of Lifelong Education. 30:385-402
ISSN:	1464-519X 0260-1370
DOI:	10.1080/02601370.2011.570874
Popis:	In this article we report and reflect on a study about the problems encountered in the implementation of adult education policies in the Limpopo province of South Africa. We used the model of intergovernmental policy implementation of Van Horn and Van Meter as a theoretical framework. We reflect on this study and link the findings with more recent literature on and experiences with developments in the implementation of adult education policies. The findings of our study show several discontinuities and contradictions in the implementation of an adult education policy, partly caused by the legacies of the past. A central recommendation, informed by contributions from stakeholders at grassroots level, is to use a combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches (bottopdown) in policy development to improve the quality of the implementation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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