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The culture of science that predominates in many academic circles dissociates almost by definition science from culture, and analytics from advocacy. While there are portentous analytical risks when advocacy is brought to the fore as a central element of educational policy formation — and some institutions like UNESCO have assumed explicit responsibilities in this regard — advocacy is almost a nonsequitur in education.
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Torres, C.A. (2013). Reinventing adult Learning Education. In: Political Sociology of Adult Education. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-227-3_6
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