Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1. Discipline in education

Control justified. Discipline as moral regulation in adult education / Leena Koski

‘How to cultivate freedom through coercion’. Defining discipline in anarchist education / Ivan Zamotkin

Struggles for identity. A Finnish university’s identity transition in its own policies after reform / Henry Yuan Wang

Section 2. Justification of educational knowledge

Disciplinary struggles in and between adult, vocational and general education in the academy. Lessons from Finland / Anja Heikkinen, Jenni Pätäri & Sini Teräsahde

(Re)thinking the disciplinary relationship between the researcher and object of study in educational practices in the Brazilian context / Lais Oliveira Leite

Thinking outside the box. De-structuring continuing and higher education / Markus Weil & Balthasar Eugster

Multiculturalism in education and political philosophy / Tarna Kannisto

Changing vocational special needs education. From teacher to developer / Maija Hirvonen & Raija Pirttimaa

Section 3. Meanings and functions of education

Ecological wisdom as a challenge for the philosophy of education / Kari Väyrynen

How does phenomenological psychology contribute to current concepts of sustainability in Germany’s vocational education system? A brief historical outline and remarks on current problems / Burkhard Vollmers, Werner Kuhlmeier & Sören Schütt-Sayed

Financing and institutions as key elements of the future of adult education. Disciplinary struggles about empirical observations / Lorenz Lassnigg & Stefan Vogtenhuber