Teadmuspõhise ühiskonna ja elukestva õppe diskursuste rekontekstualiseerimine Eestis
On the recontextualization of discourses concerning a knowledge-based society and life-long learning in Estonia

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the construction of discourse concerning educational objectives and the factors influencing it. It outlines ideological principles used in the formation of educational policy in society, and seeks answers to the question how joining the European Union has influenced education and beliefs about educational objectives in Estonia. The empirical section of the article is based on Norman Fairclough’s model for studying social changes in transitional societies. It is a socio-linguistic study focused on changes in social processes, examining the relation between the discourses verbalizing them. The thesis examines how new discourses become dominant strategies and how they are recontextualized. Development strategy documents and development scenarios are analyzed as discourses through which the vision of a perfect society is framed.

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