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White Lies: A Critical Race Study Of Power And Privilege, Patricia Jones Brainard Apr 2009

White Lies: A Critical Race Study Of Power And Privilege, Patricia Jones Brainard

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This was a phenomenological study of racial privilege as experienced by White people who have struggled to become more racially aware and socially active in dismantling racism and White privilege. The primary conceptual framework for this study was Critical Race Theory with Transformative Learning theory and Racial Identity Development as additional theoretical lenses. The purpose of this study was to increase our awareness of how White people come to understand their racial privilege and what change in behavior occurs as a result of that increased awareness. Its goal was to promote and influence White adult educators to find explicit ways …


Hope—Heartbeat Of Adult Education: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Phillip L. Moulden Feb 2005

Hope—Heartbeat Of Adult Education: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Phillip L. Moulden

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This phenomenological study of the phenomenon—hope identified two essential meaning structures (“change” and “human agency”) in the experiences communicated by the Adult Educators interviewed. It was also discovered that hope is an energy that interacts with Affective, Relative (Re-lay-tive), and Cognitive energies in the lives of the research participants. Understanding how “change” and “human agency” can be aligned with these A.R.C. energies holds implications for further research and the practice of Adult Education.