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Scott McLean; Laura Montes de Oca Barrera – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This article explores informal adult education for change in Mexico through the conceptual lens of social movement learning and public pedagogy. It adopts a multiple case design featuring two advocacy networks, two civil society organisations, and two self-help authors. It analyses how they position themselves as change agents addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Social Change, Advocacy
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Nordvall, Henrik; Wadende, Pamela A.; Amutabi, Maurice N. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
This article reports an empirical case study of a community self-help group (chama) in Western Kenya, utilising the study circle model promoted by a Swedish non-governmental organisation. Methodologically, it is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and participant observation for data collection. The results show that the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Models
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McLean, Scott; Dixit, Jaya – Canadian Journal of Education, 2018
The concept of identity has become prominent in the study of Canadian education. We further the understanding of identity by examining the ways through which adults present themselves as subjects in learning processes. We recruited 134 adults who had recently read self-help books pertaining to health, careers, or relationships, and conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Adults, Adult Learning
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McLean, Scott; Dixit, Jaya – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
In this article, we explore the relationship between adult education and socioeconomic precariousness, through extending existing scholarship regarding the concept of the hidden curriculum. We analyze transcripts of 134 qualitative interviews undertaken to explore the learning experiences associated with reading self-help books in the domains of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Socioeconomic Status, Hidden Curriculum, Learning Experience
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Lee, Moosung – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
This article explores and explains the subjectivity of self-helping adult learners, as depicted in contemporary, best-selling self-help books. It interrogates how those self-help texts embody particular features of self-helping subjectivity by appropriating neoliberalist perspectives on self and the world. It illuminates four salient features of…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Bias, Self Help Programs, Help Seeking
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McLean, Scott – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Numerous scholars have documented and critiqued the predominance of neoliberal policies and rationalities shaping adult and continuing education around the world. Contemporary sociologists have argued that neoliberal citizens are characterized by hyperindividuality and a strong sense of personal autonomy. Self-help reading is widely viewed as one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Personal Autonomy, Interpersonal Relationship
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McLean, Scott – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
Self-help literature has become an important domain of adult learning in North America. Self-help books offer readers advice on how to take charge of their lives and achieve goals such as prosperity, love, happiness, wellness, and self-actualization. Despite the popularity of self-help books, there has been little research about them from scholars…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Adult Students, Adult Education
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McLean, Scott; Vermeylen, Laurie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Interviews, Qualitative Research
Jones, Keiwana O'Neal – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The education of African American adults evolved in response to the changing social, economic, and political needs of the Black community. To address these needs, Black Greek-Letter Organizations (BGLOs) created and implemented initiatives at the local, national, and international levels using education as a catalyst to change aspects of African…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Adult Students, Adult Education
Nguyen, Quynh T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effectiveness of a parent training program whose children are diagnosed with autism. The sample consisted of families who are currently participating in a parent training program. The study examined the stress levels of parents utilizing the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress at the beginning of the study and then again…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Program Effectiveness, Autism, Children
Swindell, Rick; Vassella, Ken; Morgan, Lee; Sayer, Tony – Online Submission, 2009
The self-help University of the Third Age (U3A) is an adult education approach for older people in which all the teaching and administration is carried out by unpaid volunteers. The purpose of this study was to reveal some of the successful ageing characteristics of the 205 independent U3As in Australia and the 60 independent U3As in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Adult Education, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Cuban, Sondra – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2008
The researcher analysed two women's uses of popular culture texts on the island of Hawai'i. They read these texts in order to learn about, and manage, their health problems. These vernacular texts were different from the institutional texts that were prescribed to them by their doctors, as well as the commercial ones that were in the literacy…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Females, Ethnography, Researchers
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Brown, Louis D.; Shepherd, Matthew D.; Wituk, Scott A.; Meissen, Greg – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Self-help initiatives stand as a classic context for organizational studies in community psychology. Behavior setting theory stands as a classic conception of organizations and the environment. This study explores both, applying behavior setting theory to consumer-run organizations (CROs). Analysis of multiple data sets from all CROs in Kansas…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Organization Size (Groups), Leadership Role, Community Involvement
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Knipscheer, Jeroen W.; Kleber, Rolf J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
In this article, the authors present essential aspects of the help-seeking behavior with regard to mental health problems of Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands. Samples of citizens in the general population (n=97) and outpatients treated in mental health care facilities (n=36) were included. Data were acquired by administering a semi-structured…
Descriptors: Health Services, Self Help Programs, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Rowland, Michael L. – Adult Learning, 2006
Many adults search for spiritual guidance and direction and persist in seeking answers to life in today's fast-paced world. With burgeoning economic challenges, political corruption, war in Iraq, poverty, health care concerns, environmental concerns, rising fuel costs, violence, racism, and oppression, many adults seek solace and greater…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Self Concept, Improvement, Christianity