Making Space: Merging Theory and Practice in Adult Education
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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. Booknews Twenty-nine specialists from the U.S., Canada, and Australia contribute to this text examining issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation in adult education. Twenty-three chapters are organized around five main topics: deconstructing exclusion and inclusion in adult education; the function of adult learning within certain important social and historical movements and phenomena; adult basic education in community-based programs, prisons, federally-funded programs, and workplace settings; culture and its influence on learning processes, settings and outcomes; and the future of adult education, the implications of marginalization, empowerment, and opportunities and cautions for those in the field. For educators, graduate students, and policymakers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIDeconstructing Exclusion and Inclusion in Adult Education11Opening the Gates: Reflections on Power, Hegemony, Language, and the Status Quo32Incorporating Postmodernist Perspectives into Adult Education153Challenging Adult Learning: A Feminist Perspective294Talking about Whiteness: "Adult Learning Principles" and the Invisible Norm425An Invisible Presence, Silenced Voices: African Americans in the Adult Education Professoriate57IIHistory Revisited and Claimed716The African-American Market Woman: Her Past, Our Future737Creating an Intellectual Basis for Friendship: Practice and Politics in a White Women's Study Group898Northern Philanthropy's Ideological Influence on African-American Adult Education in the Rural South1099Struggling to Learn, Learning to Struggle: Workers, Workplace Learning, and the Emergence of Human Resource Development12410The Role of Adult Education in Workplace Ageism138IIIClassrooms and Communities: Contexts, Questions, and Critiques15311Communities in the Classroom: Critical Reflections on Adult Education in an Appalachian Community15712Education, Incarceration, and the Marginalization of Women16813Adult Basic Education: Equipped for the Future or for Failure?18214Teaching as Political Practice195IVCultural Infusion: Reflections on Identity and Practice20915African-American Women of Inspiration21316Through the Eyes of a Latina: Professional Women in Adult Education22717By My Own Eyes: A Story of Learning and Culture24218Using Queer Cultural Studies to Transgress Adult Educational Space25719Feminist Perspectives on Adult Education: Constantly Shifting Identities in Constantly Changing Times271VReconstructing the Field: Our Personal and Collective Identities28720Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Confronting Who "We" Are28921Technologies of Learning at Work: Disciplining the Self30122The Political Economy of Adult Education: Implications for Practice31423What Does Research, Resistance, and Inclusion Mean for Adult Education Practice? A Reflective Response326Index337About and Contributors355
