Non-profit organizations in training for employment

On the transformative potential of their critique of education

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ID21725640
AuthorsMariangeles Molpeceres (0000-0001-5106-3595, Mariángeles Molpeceres, Departament de Psicologia Social, Universitat de València, València, Spain, corresponding author), Ignacio Martínez Morales (0000-0002-0509-7636, Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social, Universitat de València, Spain), Joan Carles Bernad I Garcia (0000-0002-9376-1225, Departament de Psicologia Social, Universitat de València, Spain), Fernando Marhuenda Fluixá (0000-0001-5168-2804, Universitat de València), Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá (Departament de Didàctica i Organització Escolar, Universitat de València, Spain)
Year2024
Publication date2024-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-9041 • E-ISSN: 2165-8714
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14749041241257018
OpenAlexW4399095936
LanguageEN
References cited23

A sociology of conventions perspective is used in this paper to examine how non-profit organizations make sense of their educational action in the field of training for employment. Both critiques of education that such organizations voiced and compromises that they had to establish at the turn of the 21st century are revisited here in view of the transformations that the field of training for employment has experienced in recent years. We show empirical data illustrating their discourses on education 20 years ago that were obtained through in-depth, focused interviews with trainers and management of Spanish non-profit organizations. Some critiques are highlighted that were prominent in their discourse at the turn of the century, when the ‘third sector’ was regarded as a promising actor that could amend some of the most concerning inadequacies of the education system. However, the transformative potential of such critiques is critically re-examined in view of the transformations that such an increasingly hybrid field has experienced since, transformations that allow for a new perspective into those once change-promising discourses

Adult education · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Transformative learning · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

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