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Examining The Indian Farmer Suicides Through The Social And Environmental Justice Lens, Yogita Abichandani, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Examining The Indian Farmer Suicides Through The Social And Environmental Justice Lens, Yogita Abichandani, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
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Approximately 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India over the last decade. A majority of them are the ones who have been failed by the non- yield of genetically modified cotton per hectare and are dependent on these crops for their daily livelihood. The GM cottonseeds represent the hegemony and oppression of the farmers propelled by the globalization movement. This paper provides an understanding that the social movements against the GM seeds are in fact movements pointing towards the social and environmental injustices and seeks to understand the role adult education can play in addressing the social and environmental injustice.
G.E.D In 3 Voices: Reconsidering What We Perceive As “Deficits”, C. Amelia Davis
G.E.D In 3 Voices: Reconsidering What We Perceive As “Deficits”, C. Amelia Davis
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In this research, I experiment re-presenting particular stories through poetic texts that contextualize and capture rich detail while honoring difference in experience between GED students and instructors. Drawing upon the evocative and consequential nature of performative writing I attempt to weave images through meaning, inviting readers to fill in the gaps, noting places where they are pushed to spaces that are difficult to fully understand or interpret.
Dueling Clocks: How Academic Women Balance Childcare With The Road To Tenure, Erin Careless
Dueling Clocks: How Academic Women Balance Childcare With The Road To Tenure, Erin Careless
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This proposed study looks at the experience of academic women as they combine the demanding roles of motherhood and academic seeking tenure. Literature has identified several themes related to role-balancing: social and gender roles/expectations, time limitations of tenure and childrearing years, available support, ambiguous policies, and personal expectations (Armenti, 2004; Ward & Wolf-Wendel, 2004; Young & Wright, 2001). Data will be obtained using narrative inquiry, and examined through a critical feminist perspective. Individuals representing both academics and those employed in the policy sector will be interviewed, with the aim of assisting in the adaptation of university-based policy for academics. Introduction
Media Literacy As An Inquiry-Based Framework For Exploring Desocialization, Iris Metzgen-Ohlswager
Media Literacy As An Inquiry-Based Framework For Exploring Desocialization, Iris Metzgen-Ohlswager
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Our educational landscape is dramatically changing; youth and adults have access to more information than ever before in history. As a world we have embraced technology with open arms, but rarely have reflected on its implications or actively educated people on how to deconstruct the endless stream of messages. Media literacy or the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media, and can be used as an inquiry-based framework for exploring desocialization in the classroom, community, or workplace.
The Power Of Cliques, Friendships, And Social Networks In Strengthening Adult Basic Education Student Persistence And Retention, Jeff Zacharakis
The Power Of Cliques, Friendships, And Social Networks In Strengthening Adult Basic Education Student Persistence And Retention, Jeff Zacharakis
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This issue of student persistence and retention continues to plague most adult learning centers. This paper develops a theoretical perspective that uses social capital and network theory to explain why some students succeed in an ABE/GED program and go on to pursue post-secondary education and why some do not.
Math Teachers Come From The Darnedest Places: Adult Learners Becoming Adult Teachers, Gary L. Wright
Math Teachers Come From The Darnedest Places: Adult Learners Becoming Adult Teachers, Gary L. Wright
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In this qualitative study I sought a better understanding of the experiences of mathematics educators who, prior to engaging with their chosen profession, participated in a developmental mathematics course or program. The purpose was to learn more about (i) the impact of faculty (or institutional) attitudes and behaviors on these individuals and (ii) the factors, inside or outside the classroom, that supported their decisions to pursue careers in academia.
Adult Learning In Community-Based Ecotourism, Pierre Walter
Adult Learning In Community-Based Ecotourism, Pierre Walter
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This paper examines the sites, processes and curriculum of adult learning in community-based ecotourism (CBE). It compares different forms of CBE; elaborates on community learning for capacity building, on the ecotourism curriculum, and on learning processes; and identifies areas in need of further research.
Educational And Mothering Discourses And Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency In A Family Literacy Program, Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins
Educational And Mothering Discourses And Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency In A Family Literacy Program, Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins
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This paper, using data from a qualitative study, examines how Mexican immigrant women in a family literacy program appropriated mainstream discourses of mothering and parent involvement to pursue their personal and academic goals. The paper examines notions of human agency, prevailing parenting and literacy discourses, and learner goals and subjectivities.
Communities Of Lifelong Learning [2]: Social Dialogue: Exchanges Shaping Learning Experiences, James E. Thornton, Shauna Butterwick, Thomas Sork
Communities Of Lifelong Learning [2]: Social Dialogue: Exchanges Shaping Learning Experiences, James E. Thornton, Shauna Butterwick, Thomas Sork
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Social Dialogues discussed in this paper are the learning exchanges that develop in structured adult learning activities and essential communities of lifelong learning. Social dialogues, Social Justice and Social Territories and Borders (Session 1) are topics essential to the development of communities of lifelong learning. They provide the scaffolding critical to the professional and policy discourses shaping lifelong learning and educational opportunities over the adult life course in diverse social communities of practice.
Hinduism And Adult Learning: Fostering A Mind-Body Connection, Swathi Nath Thaker
Hinduism And Adult Learning: Fostering A Mind-Body Connection, Swathi Nath Thaker
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The Western notions of learning have, and still, dominate the field of adult education, with non-cognitive forms of learning such as somatic learning and spirituality only recently emerging. While much of the Western literature on learning and knowing suggest that the mind and body are split, a number of cultures around the world do not believe in this dichotomy, and Hinduism is no exception. Hinduism, which is said to be over four thousand years old, defines itself according to the Vedas, the most ancient body of religious literature. While much of this content has long been unknown to most Hindus, …
Financial Literacy For Adult Learners In Community-Based Settings: A Mixed Methods Study, Edward W. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Karin Sprow
Financial Literacy For Adult Learners In Community-Based Settings: A Mixed Methods Study, Edward W. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Karin Sprow
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This paper discusses the findings of a mixed method study (282 surveys and 15 interviews) of pedagogical techniques and strategies of financial literacy educators in community based settings.
Digital Storytelling In Adult Education: Toward A Conceptual Framework, Marsha Rossiter, Penny A. Garcia
Digital Storytelling In Adult Education: Toward A Conceptual Framework, Marsha Rossiter, Penny A. Garcia
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Interest in digital storytelling in a multitude of settings has burgeoned in recent years. Although digital storytelling is not new in the world of educational technology, so far it has received little attention in the literature of adult learning. Our aim in this paper is to explore elements of a conceptual framework for the use of digital storytelling in adult education.
From Grassroots Adult Literacy To Navigating Academia: An Autoethnography, Madevi Ramdeholl
From Grassroots Adult Literacy To Navigating Academia: An Autoethnography, Madevi Ramdeholl
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This study chronicled the first year of a grassroots adult literacy practitioner into the world of academia. This scholar practitioner reflects on her transition into this culture and the implications for other new scholars of color.
Facilitating Cross-Cultural Mentoring, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
Facilitating Cross-Cultural Mentoring, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
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Researchers have recognized several factors that are formidable forces preventing African Americans and other minorities to achieve their fullest potentials in organizations (Thomas, 1989; Hackett & Byers 1996). Studies have revealed that African American women are more disadvantaged than African American men in the career development process (Cox & Blake 1991; Cox, 1993; Palmer, 2001). While racism remains a defiant career barrier for both, African American women must deal with the added layer of sexism. Experts and scholars believe that various barriers (discrimination, prejudice, structural variables, lack of mentoring, etc.) have prevented African Americans from achieving their full potentials in …
Learning About/For Sustainability As Contested Space: Contemporary Characterizations Of Adult Education In The Sustainable Agriculture Movement, Kim L. Niewolny, Nancy Grudens-Schuck, Arthur L. Wilson
Learning About/For Sustainability As Contested Space: Contemporary Characterizations Of Adult Education In The Sustainable Agriculture Movement, Kim L. Niewolny, Nancy Grudens-Schuck, Arthur L. Wilson
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We illustrate how various forms of adult education, and the interests they serve, help create spaces for learning in the sustainable agriculture movement as a neglected dimension of adult education research. Implications for further exploring the learning dimensions of social movements are discussed.
Performance Inquiry As Political Participation: A Storied And Embodied Model For Community Based Research, Yolanda Nieves, Randee Lipson Lawrence
Performance Inquiry As Political Participation: A Storied And Embodied Model For Community Based Research, Yolanda Nieves, Randee Lipson Lawrence
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This paper introduces a model of arts-based research using performance to center a sub-altern perspective utilizing a feminist process of data analysis and representation. Stories are collected from narrative interviews and then analyzed and expressed as performance text in the communities where they originated. Research becomes accessible beyond the academy while purposely centering previously marginalized voices.
Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: A Critical Approach To The Educational Doctorate In Leadership, Carlos Nevarez, Lori Johnson Santamaria
Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: A Critical Approach To The Educational Doctorate In Leadership, Carlos Nevarez, Lori Johnson Santamaria
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In the coming years, the community college will experience unprecedented turnover in its leadership, especially among its senior ranks (Shults, 2001; Weisman & Vaughan, 2001; 2006). Weisman & Vaughan (2006) note that 84 percent of community college Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) plan to retire by 2016. Primarily, the ‘impending’ leadership void is being created by educators who entered the community college in the 1960s and 1970s, and have served in these institutions for decades (Phillippe & Sullivan, 2005; Schults, 2001). On the verge of retirement, the presidential ranks are becoming progressively older. In 1996, the average age of a community …
Interracial Marriage And Black Women’S Racial Identity: Polyrhythmic Voices And Realities In Adult Education, Joyce Mcnickles
Interracial Marriage And Black Women’S Racial Identity: Polyrhythmic Voices And Realities In Adult Education, Joyce Mcnickles
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This research study explored how Black women who are married to White men understood, experienced, and described their Black identity. Applications of womanism, Black women’s epistemology, racial identity theory, and constructivist grounded theory revealed Exogamous Black Identity as a dimension of racial identity.
Culture And Emotion: The Work Of The Women Of Highlander Center, Colleen Mcdermott
Culture And Emotion: The Work Of The Women Of Highlander Center, Colleen Mcdermott
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The purpose of this study was to uncover the roles of the women of Highlander Research and Education Center. In this paper. I focus upon the influence of these women as cultural workers and caregivers. Robnett’s (1997) concept of bridge leader provided the theoretical framework for data analysis.
Lifelong Learning Or Lifelong Listening? Transforming The Learning Experiences Of Older Adults In Higher Education In Scotland Through Dialogue, Chris Mcallister, Grace D. Poulter
Lifelong Learning Or Lifelong Listening? Transforming The Learning Experiences Of Older Adults In Higher Education In Scotland Through Dialogue, Chris Mcallister, Grace D. Poulter
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This paper proposes that theorising about widening participation pedagogic practice in relation to older adults can be significantly developed by integrating insights from critical educational gerontology and academic literacies perspectives. We examine the possibilities of this theoretical development by drawing on two exploratory research projects with 20 older students in a Scottish university, proposing dialogue can act as a catalyst for making the opaque, transparent and learning experiences, transformative.
Enhancing Language Skills And Fostering Perspective Transformation In Adult Esl Education: A Transformative Learning Approach, Bruce Manson, Eric Poitras, Yuan-Jin Hong
Enhancing Language Skills And Fostering Perspective Transformation In Adult Esl Education: A Transformative Learning Approach, Bruce Manson, Eric Poitras, Yuan-Jin Hong
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The objectives of this action research are to examine how a transformative learning approach in a university-level ESL setting improved the English language skills of two classes of 32 learners, and how this approach influenced their perspectives on a number of issues. Findings indicate that many learners experience significant gains in their English language abilities, increased self-confidence in English, and perspective shifts regarding the language learning process, other cultures, and a number of social issues.
Adult Education To Become Citizen. An Experience From Southern Europe, Emilio Lucio-Villegas, Antonio Fragoso
Adult Education To Become Citizen. An Experience From Southern Europe, Emilio Lucio-Villegas, Antonio Fragoso
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In this paper, we present a reflection on experiences with adult education and participation. We consider citizenship as something connected to social justice and to social inclusion.
Implementation Of Lifelong Learning Policies In South Korea: A World Society Perspective4, Jung Eun Lee
Implementation Of Lifelong Learning Policies In South Korea: A World Society Perspective4, Jung Eun Lee
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This study examines the process of the implementation of lifelong learning policies in South Korea, and builds on a world society perspective, which views international organizations as major agents that diffuse the norm of lifelong learning across nations. Analysis of literature reveals that UNESCO through international conference on adult education (CONFINTEA) played a decisive role in South Korea’s adaptation of lifelong learning as a national agenda.
Toward Understanding Reciprocity In Community-University Partnerships: An Analysis Of Theories Of Power, Brandon Kliewer, Lorilee R. Sandmann, Jihyun Kim, Anthony Omerikwa
Toward Understanding Reciprocity In Community-University Partnerships: An Analysis Of Theories Of Power, Brandon Kliewer, Lorilee R. Sandmann, Jihyun Kim, Anthony Omerikwa
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Reciprocity and mutuality are fundamental values and inherent goals of community-engaged partnerships. However, achieving reciprocal relationships demands an understanding of forms of power and differentials in power. With the work of major theorists and philosophers as its foundation, this paper provides a framework from which to analyze power as it relates to reciprocity in community engagement.
The Limits Of Hrd: Retrieving The Meaning Of Workplace Learning, Junghwan Kim, K.P. Joo, K.P. Joo, Fred M. Schied
The Limits Of Hrd: Retrieving The Meaning Of Workplace Learning, Junghwan Kim, K.P. Joo, K.P. Joo, Fred M. Schied
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The purpose of this paper is to critically review the perspectives of HRD and its relationship to workplace learning by clarifying existing conceptual ambiguity and suggesting alternative approaches that incorporate various perspectives on work, workplace, and workplace learning
Advancing Cultural Knowledge: Experiential Learning International Graduate Study Training Programs In The Health And Stem Disciplines, Janelle Jung, Rosemary S. Caffarella
Advancing Cultural Knowledge: Experiential Learning International Graduate Study Training Programs In The Health And Stem Disciplines, Janelle Jung, Rosemary S. Caffarella
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This paper, based on a review of the case studies of international experiential learning programs in the sciences and health sciences, discusses key characteristics of current programs in increasing cultural knowledge among graduate students in those fields, and proposes a set of guidelines for future program development.
Critical Policy Analysis: Investigating ‘Missing’ Values In The Lifelong Education System Of South Korea, K.P. Joo, In Tak Kwon
Critical Policy Analysis: Investigating ‘Missing’ Values In The Lifelong Education System Of South Korea, K.P. Joo, In Tak Kwon
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This paper illustrates that ‘critical policy analysis’ (CPA) can uncover meaningful ‘missing’ values within the highly structured, centralized South Korean lifelong education policies and institutions.
The Intersection Of Gender And Race In Adult Education Research, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
The Intersection Of Gender And Race In Adult Education Research, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
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Across a fifteen year career, this researcher has labored to conduct research through a perspective that equally considered and honored gender and race, with an acceptance of the complex and often contested passion that recognized a universality to gender that is not consistent in the multifaceted system of race/racism. After an introduction of the two theoretical frames that have guided this researcher’s publications, this paper follows the progression of five exemplars chosen from over 100 publications: Women of Color in the Academy: Where’s Our Authority in the Classroom; Everyday Perspectives on Feminism: African American Women Speak Out; Sonia Sanchez: Telling …
Expanding The Application Of The African Centered Paradigm Model, Use Of Its Social Components As Tools In The Provision Of Mobile Hiv Aids Outreach With Transgender Dropout Youth And Adults, Expanding The Empirical Study, Nancy E. Jackson
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In this session we will explore adapting some of the social components of the African centered paradigm as tools to improve the provision of street outreach services to African American male and female and transgendered sex workers targeted for positive health and well being messages, HIV and AIDS Education, Testing and informal counseling in a mobile camper setting.
Lucy Wilcox Adams: Early Advocate Of Discussion-Based Adult Education, Susan Imel
Lucy Wilcox Adams: Early Advocate Of Discussion-Based Adult Education, Susan Imel
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The writings of Lucy Wilcox Adams as well as both historical and contemporary adult education literature were analyzed for the purposes of (1) examining the role of women in the development of the field; (2) discerning the development of Adams’ ideas regarding discussion-based adult education; and (3) comparing and contrasting her ideas with other literature.