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Anja Heikkinen is a professor of adult education in
University of Jyväskylä. She has experience from being a
teacher of mathematics and sciences and educational
administrator before the career in the university. Her
main field of study is historical and cultural research on
relations between education and work. She has a long
experience from participating and co-ordinating
international research and academic teaching on
vocational, continuing and adult education, also from a
gender perspective. Anja Heikkinen is active in various
national and international associations and networks
related to vocational and adult education, e.g. as the
chair of Finnish Association for Adult Education, chief
editor of the journal Adult Education and board of
national graduate school Education, Knowledge and CUlture,
the co-ordinator of the VET and culture-network and as a
member of ESREA, ECER (VETNET and policy analysis), ISCHE
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Among her
latest publications are
Nijhof, W. &
Heikkinen, A. & Nieuwenhuis, L. (eds). 2002. Shaping
Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training.
Dordrecht-Boston: Kluwer.
Lindgren, A. &
Heikkinen, A. (eds.) 2004. Social competences in
vocational and continuing education. Bern etc: Peter Lang.
Husemann, R. & Heikkinen, a. (eds.)
2004. Marketization and Governance in vocational and
continuing education. Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang.
Gender and the transforming adult
education theory and practice. In Dybbroe, B. & Ollagnier,
E. (eds.) 2003. Challenging Gender in Lifelong learning.
University of Roskilde.
Transformation of Vocational Education
in the Gender Perspective. In Oelkers, J. (ed.). 2003.
Futures of Education. Vol II: Work, Education and
Occupation. Bern etc.: Peter Lang.
Re-enter initiatives in the context of
integrative vocational education. In Evans, K. & Niemeyer,
B. (eds.) 2004. Reconnection - Combating social
exclusion in the light of situated
learning. Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer.
Models of vocational education in
service of policy making. In Greinert, W.-F. & Hanf, G.
(eds.) 2004. History of vocational education in Europe.
BIBB&CEDEFOP.
Evaluation as trans-national management
by projects policies. In Journal European Educational
Researcher 2/2004.
Models, paradigms or cultures of
vocational education. In CEDEFOP Journal of Vocational
Training 2/2004.
Manufacturing the European. In Sultana,
R. & Kuhn, M. (eds.) 2004. Homo Europeaus.
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