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Interview findings show AEOs implementing an imported, insufficiently defined system to fit the Irish education context. Bureaucracy constrains leadership as policies prioritize productivity over service quality. 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Their pedagogical leadership role is impeded by bureaucracy which has seen the introduction of policies and practices prioritising productivity over quality of service.  \nThis paper seeks to highlight the need for policy makers to clearly define the context within which the AEOs operate. This should recognise and acknowledge the potential pedagogical leadership role of the AEO to ensure a quality VET service, as proposed under the Bruges Communiqué (2010) .  \nKey words: Bruges Communiqué (2010), pedagogical leadership, Adult Education Officer, vocational education and training, further education and training  \nIntroduction  \nTo promote prosperity in Europe, the Bruges Communiqué (2010) stressed the need to transform Vocational Education and Training (VET) . This study set out to investigate the Vocational Education and Training (VET) context and the pedagogical leadership role of the middle manager within this context. The study then looked at whether the role reflects the 2013 Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council’s conclusion on effective pedagogical leadership  \nin education to meet the Bruges Communiqué (2010) and ensure quality provision. This was done by examining the pedagogical leadership role of the Adult Education Officer within the VET context.  \nThe Context  \n“Without doubt, successful leaders are sensitive to context”(Leithwood et al., 2008, p. 31). However, Leithwood et al. (2008) and Hallinger (2003), stress that successful leaders should only be responsive to, not dictated to by the context within which they operate, applying “contextually sensitive combinations”(Leithwood et al., 2008, p. 31) of leadership practices. Callan etal. (2007) would go further by suggesting that leaders in VET should not simply respond to context, but should be proactive in designing the future context.  \nThe context within which leaders lead makes a difference to how they lead (Lumby et al., 2009, p. 164). Any attempt to decontextualize leadership practice destroys that which it attempts to explain (Eacott, 2013) . It is the context that gives the behaviours meaning and significance (Eacott, 2013) . The lack of attention to this leads to “an under-problematised engagement with the political workings of education in general and specifically the administration of schooling”(Eacot, 2013, p. 179) . Coates et al. (2010) state that VET leaders have always had to contend with commercial pressures but leaders “now face new pressures arising from the elevation of VET as a key vehicle for national workforce development and productivity”(p. 7) . It is planning and leading change in this increasingly commercial context “that is the focus of VET leadership, rather than education-specific matters”(Coates et al., 2010, p. 12) . This commercial context has led to the creation of policies and legislation in Europe and Ireland influencing the administration of VET and in turn the practice of pedagogical leadership.  \nEuropean Policies on Adult Education  \nAccording to Egan (2012) it is unambiguous that the OECD, UNESCO and the European Commission have had a strong influence in shaping Ireland’s adult education policy up to the present time. It is well documented that there is a neo-liberal agenda in the pursuit of education (Lynch, 2009, Sugrue, 2008, Finnegan, 2008) . Lynch (2009) states that neo-liberalism defines the person tobe educated in economic terms as “homo economicus”, a worker whose life and purposes are determined by their economic status.","cbCaiiPFl8uodQfN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiPFl8uodQfN","pdf",88800,15,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# The Context\n# European Policies on Adult Education","[{\"question\":\"What leadership role does the study focus on in VET?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on the pedagogical leadership role of the Adult Education Officer (AEO) within the VET context, as a middle-manager function.\"},{\"question\":\"What limits the AEOs’ pedagogical leadership according to the study?\",\"answer\":\"AEOs’ leadership is impeded by bureaucracy and by policies and practices that prioritize productivity over service quality.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper relate the VET context to the Bruges Communiqué (2010)?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that policymakers should clearly define the context in which AEOs operate so their pedagogical leadership can support quality VET provision, aligned with the Bruges Communiqué (2010).\"}]","Pedagogical Leadership of VET within a confused FET Context | PDF",1792065828,38]