A brief history of the discussion -- 2001 to 2002
2001
- Eight years after McDonald and Wood’s (1993) seminal research paper Canadian scholars Gordon and Sork (2001) execute a similar study in BC to “broaden the imperical base” (p. 202) of research and compare Canadian and US attitudes the topic.
- In a brief on the ethical concerns facing professional adult educators Lawler (2001) tackles the influencing factors impacting the learning agenda such as a shift in ownership towards the consumer and technology is causing fresh ethical concerns such as accountability and intellectual property rights.
- Presenting their study on ethical issues that resulted from the Clinton Administration’s doomed 1996 Welfare-to-Work program, Ianinska, Rocco, Wright, Covas and Watson (2002) expose how hegemony and systemic prejudices can affect publicly funded education projects.