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Community Organizations Behaving Badly: An Examination Of Citizen Participation And Learning In And Through Community Building Activities, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
Community Organizations Behaving Badly: An Examination Of Citizen Participation And Learning In And Through Community Building Activities, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
Adult Education Research Conference
The paper presents findings from a critical ethnographic study that examined how the behavior of community organizations shaped participation and learning of community residents engaged in community building activities.
Economic Knowledge Production Of The Growing New Farmers Consortium, 2000-2005: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Adult Agricultural Education, Kim Niewolny, Arthur Wilson
Economic Knowledge Production Of The Growing New Farmers Consortium, 2000-2005: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Adult Agricultural Education, Kim Niewolny, Arthur Wilson
Adult Education Research Conference
This study is a critical discourse analysis of adult education material developed by the Growing New Farmers Consortium (GNFC) from 2000 through 2005. Findings illustrate GNFC’s role in (re)producing the privileged tradition of neoliberal marketization existing more broadly in adult agricultural education.
Community-Based Lifelong Learning For Promoting Health In Older Adults: A Qualitative Analysis Of A Continuing Education Program For Seniors In Toronto, Miya Narushima
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This case study of the Seniors Daytime Program, a continuing education program run by the Toronto District School Board, examines the roles and benefits of community-based lifelong learning for the post-work population and, in particular, seniors at risk from the perspectives of adult education and health promotion.
Preparing Culturally Competent Practitioners For A Global Society, Vivian Mott, Steven Schmidt
Preparing Culturally Competent Practitioners For A Global Society, Vivian Mott, Steven Schmidt
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The purpose of this mixed design research was to explore the cultural competency of adult education and counseling graduates in multicultural practice environments. While race/ethnicity, age, and experience influence cultural attitudes and competencies, effective graduate education, as well as mentoring and modeling by faculty, significantly improve cultural competency of new practitioners.
Postcolonial Reflections On Research In An Inuit Community, Heather Moquin
Postcolonial Reflections On Research In An Inuit Community, Heather Moquin
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This paper considers the role of non-indigenous researchers within indigenous contexts. I propose the notions of ‘hybridity’ and a ‘third space’ as useful conceptual lenses to understand the intersection of marginalized and dominant knowledge.
Re-Viewing Adult Learning: A Collaborative Self-Directed Learning Model For Adult Educators, Ti'eshia Moore, Joe Houde, Chad Hoggan, Jennie Wagner
Re-Viewing Adult Learning: A Collaborative Self-Directed Learning Model For Adult Educators, Ti'eshia Moore, Joe Houde, Chad Hoggan, Jennie Wagner
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The CSDL model for adult education suggests the incorporation of autonomy and collaboration to traditional SDL. An exploratry model that addresses individual and group choice, control, resources and benefits is proposed.
Communities Of Practice In Graduate Education: The Learner's Perspective, Catherine H. Monoghan
Communities Of Practice In Graduate Education: The Learner's Perspective, Catherine H. Monoghan
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The focus of this paper is the use of Communities of Practice as a tool to help learners acquire lifelong learning skills. The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of this learning strategy to better understand how educators can help students to become lifelong learners.
Transformational Learning In Botswana: How Culture Shapes The Process, Sharan B. Merriam, Gabo Ntseane
Transformational Learning In Botswana: How Culture Shapes The Process, Sharan B. Merriam, Gabo Ntseane
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Transformational learning as presented by Jack Mezirow has been critiqued for its Western, rational/cognitive orientation. This study was conducted in the African nation of Botswana and examined how that culture shaped the process. The TL experiences of 10 adults were constructed in terms of spirituality and the metaphysical world, community responsibilities and relationships, and gender roles.
View From The Stoop: Exploring The Impact Of Place On Learning In Social Movements, Marilyn Mckenley Parrish
View From The Stoop: Exploring The Impact Of Place On Learning In Social Movements, Marilyn Mckenley Parrish
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Studies from the field of geography offer insightful perspectives about the impact of place within social movements. Issues such as the complex construction of space, contested discourse, and boundary setting, particularly relating to gender, are affirmed within oral history interviews with women of the Catholic Worker Movement.
Teaching To Be Radical: The Women Activist Educators Of Highlander, Colleen Mcdermott
Teaching To Be Radical: The Women Activist Educators Of Highlander, Colleen Mcdermott
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The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which gender has impacted the work and teaching of the women educators at Highlander. Maher and Tetreault’s (2001) themes of a feminist classroom, mastery, authority, voice and positionality, provided the theoretical framework for data analysis.
Racial And Ethnic Diversity At An Urban University: Critical Insight From A Developmental Social Justice Perspective, Larry G. Martin, Regina O. Smith, Raji Swaminathan
Racial And Ethnic Diversity At An Urban University: Critical Insight From A Developmental Social Justice Perspective, Larry G. Martin, Regina O. Smith, Raji Swaminathan
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper applies an integrated developmental social justice framework to an existing qualitative data set in order to inform organizational learning and training programs. We argue that this perspective challenges the unexamined and unconscious assumptions, beliefs, and values that inform the organizational behaviors of individuals, groups, and organizations within adult and higher education.
Perpetuating Racism In The Field Of Adult Education: A Process Of Liberation For White European Decent Professors, Carole L. Lund
Perpetuating Racism In The Field Of Adult Education: A Process Of Liberation For White European Decent Professors, Carole L. Lund
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The purpose of this case study research was to identify attitudes and analyze the behaviors of white European descent members of the adult education professoriate to determine how and in what ways they perpetuate racism. This research may change the way white European descent adult educators interact with colleagues and students of color.
Exploring The Needs And Challenges Of Adults From War Affected Backgrounds, Karen Magro
Exploring The Needs And Challenges Of Adults From War Affected Backgrounds, Karen Magro
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This research explores the literacy challenges of adults from war-affected countries, and highlights the changing role of literacy educators working with adults escaping war zones. Strategies designed to reduce learning barriers as well as an analysis of the social, cultural, and emotional dimensions of literacy learning will be explored.
Toward An Ecology Of Learning From Experience: A Model For Further Research, Nancy Lloyn Pfahl
Toward An Ecology Of Learning From Experience: A Model For Further Research, Nancy Lloyn Pfahl
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This emergent learning model derived from a narrative inquiry into epistemological processes governing institutional transformation. Our collaborative learning journey unfolded as a collection of organizational learning tales told by a team of nine college leaders. This paper and model describe the form of collective learning that preceded each systemic change.
Unveiling The Invisible Learning From Unpaid Household Work: Survey On Work And Lifelong Learning, Willa Lichun Liu
Unveiling The Invisible Learning From Unpaid Household Work: Survey On Work And Lifelong Learning, Willa Lichun Liu
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This paper explores the different dimensions of unpaid household work, and the informal learning involved in unpaid household work, and other non-work related activities. As part of a research project on Work and Lifelong learning (WALL), this paper draws its Data from a National Survey on Work and Learning (2004) done by the WALL research network, and compares them between different ethnic groups and recent immigrants, especially Chinese immigrants.
Citizenship Learning And Democracy In The Lives Of Young People, Robert Lawy, Gert Biesta
Citizenship Learning And Democracy In The Lives Of Young People, Robert Lawy, Gert Biesta
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In this paper we draw upon a case study from our research to identify the relationship between the democratic, non-democratic and non-participative dimensions of the process of citizenship learning. We learn that the process can prove uncomfortable for those involved.
Transformative Learning: The Trojan Horse Of Globalization?, Elizabeth A. Lange
Transformative Learning: The Trojan Horse Of Globalization?, Elizabeth A. Lange
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C.A. Bowers suggests that transformative learning ala Paulo Freire may be the Trojan horse of neoliberal globalization by deepening the ecological crisis and colonizing indigenous cultures. This paper critiques Bowers’ argument and proposes a contextual pedagogy for sustainability education.
Experiences Of Post-Colonial Women In Grassroots Organizations In Mali: The Case Of “L’Association Des Femmes Fabricantes De Savon, Koulikoro Plateau I” (Affskp), Mali, Maimouna Konate
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This qualitative research conducted in Mali during June-August 2006 explored the perceptions of thirty-eight women of a grassroots organization named “Les Femmes Fabricantes de Savon de Koulikoro Plateau I.” This study examined the experiences of poor women in Mali and sought to include their voices as they told their stories.
Immigration & Credentialing: A Case Study Of Jamaican Teachers In 1960s Alberta, Jennifer Kelly, Dan Cui
Immigration & Credentialing: A Case Study Of Jamaican Teachers In 1960s Alberta, Jennifer Kelly, Dan Cui
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This paper examines the experiences of Jamaican teachers who immigrated to Alberta during the early 1960s. Using teacher narratives as well as archival research the paper aims to develop an understanding of issues related to racialization, immigration and citizenship.
Critical Hrd—Need For Emergence Of Critters In Adult Education, Jeffrey M. Keefer, Robin Yap
Critical Hrd—Need For Emergence Of Critters In Adult Education, Jeffrey M. Keefer, Robin Yap
Adult Education Research Conference
Critters seek to expose, understand, and change the underlying causes of a phenomenon—the business of adult education. Adult education is foundational to the engagement of critical management studies (CMS). Critical HRD appears to be a bridge between CMS frameworks and Adult Education theories. Critters will ensure the complexities and breadth of influences get threaded for all stakeholders.
Creating Space And Pathways For Elder Knowledge Transfer In University Settings, Colleen Kawalilak
Creating Space And Pathways For Elder Knowledge Transfer In University Settings, Colleen Kawalilak
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This preliminary exploration of the literature informs a subsequent study that will focus on the richness of Elder faculty knowledge and how creating spaces for Elder knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer will significantly contribute to the overall quality of faculty life and learning for Other less senior faculty members.
Consuming Fiction: Stories About Consumerism, Shopping And Consumption, Kaela Jubas
Consuming Fiction: Stories About Consumerism, Shopping And Consumption, Kaela Jubas
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From a critical cultural studies perspective, this paper acknowledges the tension between culture and materiality, and asserts that opportunities for informal, critical adult learning are present in everyday life. It uses consumerism as an example of hegemonic ideology encountered in daily living, and presents two anti-hegemonic responses to it.
Policies Versus Practice: “Grey” Areas And “Organized Chaos” In Emergency Response, Shawn Jolemore, Nancy Taber
Policies Versus Practice: “Grey” Areas And “Organized Chaos” In Emergency Response, Shawn Jolemore, Nancy Taber
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Paramedics and firefighters work in unpredictable and often dangerous situations. Organizational policies can help in guiding their decision making processes, but learning in practice and relying on experience is most helpful in their daily work. This paper explores how paramedics and firefighters learn to understand their practice through legitimate peripheral participation.
Lean On Me: The Support Experiences Of Black Graduate Students, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Thomas Valentine, Ronald M. Cervero, Tuere Bowles
Lean On Me: The Support Experiences Of Black Graduate Students, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Thomas Valentine, Ronald M. Cervero, Tuere Bowles
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The social support experiences of Black graduate students who graduated from a major Southern Research University from 1962 to 2003 were examined in a comprehensive survey that explored three areas: relationships with faculty, students, and the institution. The study revealed that the Black graduate students believed that White graduate students experienced a different campus and a more positive environment.
Critical Texts: Issues Of Knowledge, Power And Discourse In Researching Gender And Learning, Catherine J. Irving, Leona M. English
Critical Texts: Issues Of Knowledge, Power And Discourse In Researching Gender And Learning, Catherine J. Irving, Leona M. English
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We explore our academic labour on a State of the Field Review on Gender and Adult Learning for a government funded educational body. Using poststructuralism as our theoretical background, and a critically reflexive framework as our method, we examine the research process.
Towards An Understanding Of What It Might Mean To Research Spiritually, Cheryl Hunt, Linden West
Towards An Understanding Of What It Might Mean To Research Spiritually, Cheryl Hunt, Linden West
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This paper reports on a two-year funded seminar series in the UK. This highlighted two distinct ‘locations’ of spirituality and the need to recognise different ‘ways of knowing’ when working in this field. It also raised questions about what it might mean to research spiritually.
A Hermeneutical Study Of The Essentialities Of Adult Peace Education, Hsiu-Chu Hsu
A Hermeneutical Study Of The Essentialities Of Adult Peace Education, Hsiu-Chu Hsu
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By including peace courses in graduate programs and essentializing criticality, nonviolence, and wholistic views, as represented by Paulo Freire, Mahatma Gandhi, and Thich Naht Hanh, respectively, adult education can promote a more peaceful society and include peace education as a subfield.
When Do We Stop Asking ‘Why’?: Exploring The Possibilities And Challenges Of Collective Critical Reflection For Staff And Organizational Development, Margo J. Hittleman
When Do We Stop Asking ‘Why’?: Exploring The Possibilities And Challenges Of Collective Critical Reflection For Staff And Organizational Development, Margo J. Hittleman
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This study of an organization-wide process of collective critical reflection discusses the challenges and possibilities that the staff of a multi-cultural community center faced as they attempted to not only reflect on, but collectively respond to contesting perspectives on their work within social environments shaped by institutionalized relations of power.
Resources And Resilience: An Assets Based Examination Of Native Student Success, Diane Hirshberg, Diane Erickson
Resources And Resilience: An Assets Based Examination Of Native Student Success, Diane Hirshberg, Diane Erickson
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Alaska Native alumni of the University of Alaska Anchorage, graduating between 1975 and 2005, were interviewed to explore the key events, relationships, and activities from pre-K through higher education that influenced their decision to attend college and complete a baccalaureate degree.
Study Circles To Enhance Program Growth In The New York City Adult Literacy World, Barbara Heuer, Dianne Ramdeholl, Eric Appleton
Study Circles To Enhance Program Growth In The New York City Adult Literacy World, Barbara Heuer, Dianne Ramdeholl, Eric Appleton
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The experiences of facilitators and participants in 4 study circles which focused on qualitative research points up individual, group, and systemic challenges and potential for educators in New York City literacy centers.