Making space : merging theory and practice in adult education / edited by Vanessa Sheared and Peggy A. Sissel ; foreword by Phyllis M. Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheared, Vanessa, 1956-

Sissel, Peggy A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education--Social aspects--United States.

Adult education.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Adult education--Social aspects.

United States.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 359 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001.

Summary:

A study of the sociological and political implications of adult education and adult learning theories and practices through the lens of race, class, gender, language, culture, and sexual orientation.

Contents:

I. Deconstructing Exclusion and Inclusion in Adult Education 1

1. Opening the Gates: Reflections on Power, Hegemony, Language, and the Status Quo / Peggy A. Sissel, Vanessa Sheared 3

2. Incorporating Postmodernist Perspectives into Adult Education / David F. Hemphill 15

3. Challenging Adult Learning: A Feminist Perspective / Daniele D. Flannery, Elisabeth Hayes 29

4. Talking about Whiteness: "Adult Learning Principles" and the Invisible Norm / Sue Shore 42

5. An Invisible Presence, Silenced Voices: African Americans in the Adult Education Professoriate / Sherwood E. Smith, Scipio A. J. Colin III 57

II. History Revisited and Claimed 71

6. The African-American Market Woman: Her Past, Our Future / Cheryl A. Smith 73

7. Creating an Intellectual Basis for Friendship: Practice and Politics in a White Women's Study Group / Jane M. Hugo 89

8. Northern Philanthropy's Ideological Influence on African-American Adult Education in the Rural South / Bernadine S. Chapman 109

9. Struggling to Learn, Learning to Struggle: Workers, Workplace Learning, and the Emergence of Human Resource Development / Fred M. Schied 124

10. The Role of Adult Education in Workplace Ageism / Su-fen Liu, Frances Rees 138

III. Classrooms and Communities: Contexts, Questions, and Critiques 153

11. Communities in the Classroom: Critical Reflections on Adult Education in an Appalachian Community / Mary Beth Bingman, Connie White, Amelia R. B. Kirby 157

12. Education, Incarceration, and the Marginalization of Women / Irene C. Baird 168

13. Adult Basic Education: Equipped for the Future or for Failure? / Donna Amstutz 182

14. Teaching as Political Practice / Ruth Bounous 195

IV. Cultural Infusion: Reflections on Identity and Practice 209

15. African-American Women of Inspiration / Angela Humphrey Brown 213

16. Through the Eyes of a Latina: Professional Women in Adult Education / Rosita Lopez Marcano 227

17. By My Own Eyes: A Story of Learning and Culture / Lynette Harper, "Mira" 242

18. Using Queer Cultural Studies to Transgress Adult Educational Space / Andre P. Grace 257

19. Feminist Perspectives on Adult Education: Constantly Shifting Identities in Constantly Changing Times / Elizabeth J. Tisdell 271

V. Reconstructing the Field: Our Personal and Collective Identities 287

20. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Confronting Who "We" Are / Merilyn Childs 289

21. Technologies of Learning at Work: Disciplining the Self / John Garrick, Nicky Solomon 301

22. The Political Economy of Adult Education: Implications for Practice / Jorge Jeria 314

23. What Does Research, Resistance, and Inclusion Mean for Adult Education Practice? A Reflective Response / Vanessa Sheared, Peggy A. Sissel 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897896009

0897896017

OCLC:

44518254