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The Roles Of Global Workers’ Education In The Transnational Movement, Jaeung Kim
The Roles Of Global Workers’ Education In The Transnational Movement, Jaeung Kim
Adult Education Research Conference
This study analyzes the role of workers’ education at the global level in building a transnational labor movement through the case of the Global Labour University.
Towards A Political Economy Of Adult Education And Globalization: Theoretical Insights For Confronting Wicked Problems In Global Times, John D. Holst
Towards A Political Economy Of Adult Education And Globalization: Theoretical Insights For Confronting Wicked Problems In Global Times, John D. Holst
Adult Education Research Conference
Our global times are defined and profoundly shaped by globalization. As adult educators, we need theory to help explain the nature of and paths forward from the devastating social, political, and cultural impacts of globalization. Moreover, when we consider the field beyond academia and include social movement-based adult educators, it is important to understand that not only do we need theory, but some of the best theory we need is developed by social movement-based adult educators. This cross-disciplinary theoretical inquiry presents a political economic framework for understanding adult education and globalization that draws on academic and social movement-based theory.
Adult Education And The Nation-State: A Systematic Review Of Literature, Hye-Su Kuk
Adult Education And The Nation-State: A Systematic Review Of Literature, Hye-Su Kuk
Adult Education Research Conference
In this literature review, I analyze how the concept of the state is defined and used in empirical adult education research articles. Findings are in three themes of 1) systems of governance in adult education, 2) governmentality and contention, and 3) research challenging whether the state boundaries are blurred in the adult education literature. I discuss the implications of the findings in comparison to theoretical approaches toward the state in adult education.
Journey To Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, And Best Practices For Newcomers And Schools, Trina D. Harlow
Journey To Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, And Best Practices For Newcomers And Schools, Trina D. Harlow
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Pre-K through 12th grade schools within the United States have become much more diverse in recent years. Schools are now commonly not only diverse because of diverse students born in the United States, but also have many immigrant students. A growing number of these immigrant students are resettled children who have refugee status. In schools, these recent immigrants are called newcomers. This book is a culmination of research and anecdotal experiences regarding the refugee issue as it pertains to these students in American schools and schools elsewhere in the world. Scholars, policy makers, educators, those who work in the refugee …
The Third Way To Adult Education, Judith Walker
The Third Way To Adult Education, Judith Walker
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper examines how Third Way politics play out in policy discourse in adult education in Canada and New Zealand. It then places these findings in the larger context of the debates on “second modernity.”
The Politics And Economics Of Globalization And Social Change In Radical Adult Education: A Critical Review Of Recent Literature, John D. Holst
The Politics And Economics Of Globalization And Social Change In Radical Adult Education: A Critical Review Of Recent Literature, John D. Holst
Adult Education Research Conference
This review analyzes perspectives on globalization within radical adult education focusing on how perspectives of the globalization process affect people’s understanding of the nature and agents of social change. It argues that new movements move us beyond the limits in current globalization perspectives.
The Trouble With Shopping: Discourses, Practices And Pedagogies Of The Consumer-Citizen, Kaela Jubas
The Trouble With Shopping: Discourses, Practices And Pedagogies Of The Consumer-Citizen, Kaela Jubas
Adult Education Research Conference
In this paper, I begin with an outline of modern citizenship and a review of feminist and other critical analyses of this concept. I then discuss the role of consumption as a marker of citizenship. The paper closes with the prospect of understanding shopping as a potential process of learning about the links between consumption, citizenship and globalization.