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The World As It Could Be: Class, Race And Gender For And With Working Class Students, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells Jun 2012

The World As It Could Be: Class, Race And Gender For And With Working Class Students, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper discussed the results and implications of two workshops designed for a university based labor studies center. The goal was to create space for students to grapple with the complex nature of inequality and begin to explore possibilities of a broad based social solidarity. Keywords: critical pedagogy, adult education, critical/critical race theory.


Vampires And Zombies As Critical Public Pedagogy: Using Horror For Critical Adult Education And Hrd Instruction, Robin Redmon Wright Jun 2011

Vampires And Zombies As Critical Public Pedagogy: Using Horror For Critical Adult Education And Hrd Instruction, Robin Redmon Wright

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper explores the connections among the increasing popularity of Zombie and Vampire films, and the current economic crisis, multi-national corporate abuses, over-consumption, consumerism, and environmental degradation and their effects on adult learners.


Oral Histories To Support Growing Democracy: Stories From The Nyc Adult Literacy Community, Dianne Ramdeholl May 2009

Oral Histories To Support Growing Democracy: Stories From The Nyc Adult Literacy Community, Dianne Ramdeholl

Adult Education Research Conference

This oral history project chronicled narratives from the NYC adult literacy community in an attempt to preserve the field’s public collective historical memory. These narratives, countering dominant ideologies, explicitly connect adult literacy to human rights struggles, can support the field in a larger collective conversation rooted in sustainable democratic practices.


Power And Democracy Through Self Governance: Negotiating Landscapes And Minefields In One Adult Education Doctoral Program, Dianne Romdeholl, Mansur Abdullah, Tania Giordani, Tom Heaney, Wendy Yanow Oct 2008

Power And Democracy Through Self Governance: Negotiating Landscapes And Minefields In One Adult Education Doctoral Program, Dianne Romdeholl, Mansur Abdullah, Tania Giordani, Tom Heaney, Wendy Yanow

Adult Education Research Conference

In this paper four graduates and a faculty member critically analyze efforts to develop and sustain democratic practice in the context of their doctoral program in higher education.


In Other Languages: Toward A Critical Pedagogy Of Visual Discourse, Patricia Holland Webb Sep 2008

In Other Languages: Toward A Critical Pedagogy Of Visual Discourse, Patricia Holland Webb

Adult Education Research Conference

The language of visuality, despite its ubiquitous “voice” in contemporary global life, is all but ignored in education theory. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for critical pedagogic study of visual meaning structures and interpretation, drawing on psychoanalytic theory, critical theory, and notions of multiliteracy.


21st Century Conscientization: Critical Pedagogy And The Development Of Competitive Capacity In Colombian Corteros, Angela Barrios, Carmela Nanton Ms Aug 2008

21st Century Conscientization: Critical Pedagogy And The Development Of Competitive Capacity In Colombian Corteros, Angela Barrios, Carmela Nanton Ms

Adult Education Research Conference

The Colombian sugarcane industry presents a unique 21st century opportunity to analytically examine an emergent Human Resource Development (HRD) problem of the “corteros”, key stakeholders of this lucrative industry. Critical pedagogy, competitive capacity, and conscientization theoretically frame the discussion, solution, and implications of the relationship between Adult education and HRD.