Within the discourse about the professionalisation of adult and continuing education, an extensive discussion about how adult and continuing education can become a profession has taken place. Based on ‘classic professionalisation theories’, which are guided by the concept of ‘traditional professionals’, this discussion was about the fulfilment of specific attributes, and profession was considered in terms of its role in society. In the last two decades, this perspective has changed, and theoretical and empirical approaches now focus on the ‘professionalism’ of adult educators. This development is linked to extensive transformations in the modern working world, in which professionalism is considered a sign of quality. These changes and their influence on professionalisation were already discussed in terms of a sociology of professions and the ‘new professionalism’ approach – but researchers in adult and continuing education have so far made little use of this perspective. This paper is analysing the discourse around ‘new professionalism’ for its adaptability in adult and continuing education. Based on this analysis, it proposes a multi-level perspective for analysing professionalisation in adult and continuing education.

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从“传统专业”到“新专业化”：分析成人和继续教育专业化的多层次视角

在关于成人和继续教育专业化的论述中，关于成人和继续教育如何成为一种职业的广泛讨论已经展开。在“传统专业化理论”的指导下，以“传统专业人士”的概念为指导，本次讨论的重点是实现特定属性，并根据职业在社会中的作用来考虑职业。在过去的二十年中，这种观点发生了变化，理论和经验方法现在都集中在成人教育者的“专业主义”上。这种发展与现代工作世界的广泛变革有关，在这种变革中，专业精神被认为是质量的标志。这些变化及其对专业化的影响已经通过职业社会学和“新专业化”方法进行了讨论，但是到目前为止，成人和继续教育领域的研究人员很少使用这种观点。本文正在分析有关“新专业精神”在成人和继续教育中的适应性的论述。基于此分析，它提出了一个多层次的视角来分析成人和继续教育的专业化。