‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education
This article analyses how directors and programme planners at the German Volkshochschule (adult education centre) support racism-critical organisational development. The data is interpreted with qualitative content analysis and based on five interviews conducted with directors and program planners...
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This article analyses how directors and programme planners at the German Volkshochschule (adult education centre) support racism-critical organisational development. The data is interpreted with qualitative content analysis and based on five interviews conducted with directors and program planners within one Volkshochschule. In order to research the potential avenues of support, the article employs a theoretical framework based on racism-critical leadership approaches. The article argues that through an interplay of leadership characteristics and leadership actions two forms of support empirically emerge: (1) an organisational guiding principle of education for all, by all and with all and (2) a community-driven programme planning challenging the programme planning table and making communities to curators of their own learning pathways. The findings indicate the central role of directors and programme planners in racism-critical organisational development processes and underscore the necessity of continuous organisational self-critique to address racism.
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| spelling | doaj-art-db8da19c7875471aa276759225e264ae2025-08-20T01:48:29ZengLinköping University Electronic PressEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults2000-74262025-04-0110.3384/rela.2000-7426.5670‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult educationJennifer Danquah0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-2561Regina Egetenmeyer1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-5583Julius-Maximilian-University of Würzburg (JMU)Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg (JMU) This article analyses how directors and programme planners at the German Volkshochschule (adult education centre) support racism-critical organisational development. The data is interpreted with qualitative content analysis and based on five interviews conducted with directors and program planners within one Volkshochschule. In order to research the potential avenues of support, the article employs a theoretical framework based on racism-critical leadership approaches. The article argues that through an interplay of leadership characteristics and leadership actions two forms of support empirically emerge: (1) an organisational guiding principle of education for all, by all and with all and (2) a community-driven programme planning challenging the programme planning table and making communities to curators of their own learning pathways. The findings indicate the central role of directors and programme planners in racism-critical organisational development processes and underscore the necessity of continuous organisational self-critique to address racism. https://rela.ep.liu.se/article/view/5670racism-critical organisational developmentracismVolkshochschuleGerman adult education centrecritical leadership |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Danquah Regina Egetenmeyer ‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults racism-critical organisational development racism Volkshochschule German adult education centre critical leadership |
| title | ‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education |
| title_full | ‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education |
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| title_full_unstemmed | ‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education |
| title_short | ‘For all, by all, with all’: Directors and programme planners as co-creators of racism-critical organisational development in adult education |
| title_sort | for all by all with all directors and programme planners as co creators of racism critical organisational development in adult education |
| topic | racism-critical organisational development racism Volkshochschule German adult education centre critical leadership |
| url | https://rela.ep.liu.se/article/view/5670 |
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