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den Heyer, Molly; Smith, Eric; Irving, Catherine – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
The following article describes how one organization, the Coady International Institute, met multiple monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning objectives while still staying true to its roots in transformative adult education. The Learning from Stories of Change (LSC) methodology brought together stories-based techniques with aspects of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Transformative Learning, Social Change, Adult Education
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Schroeder, Stephanie; Currin, Elizabeth; Washington, Elizabeth; Curcio, Rachelle; Lundgren, Lisa – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
This article explores adult participation in online social media resistance groups that formed after the 2016 U.S. presidential election (e.g., Indivisible), why individuals participate, and how their views of citizenship are transformed as a result of their participation. Reporting on demographic and open-ended qualitative survey data, this study…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Presidents, Democracy, Social Media
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Quintana, Maclovia; Morales, Alfonso – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2015
Computer-mediated communications, in particular listservs, can be powerful tools for creating social change--namely, shifting our food system to a more healthy, just, and localised model. They do this by creating the conditions--collaborations, interaction, self-reflection, and personal empowerment--that cultivate distributed leadership. In this…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Informal Education
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Merga, Margaret K.; Booth, Sarah – Journal of Transformative Education, 2017
The English classroom is a space in which issues of social justice can be explored through texts, using a critical literacy approach. Indigenous Australians have been subject to racist policies throughout postcolonial Australian history, and racist attitudes toward Australia's original inhabitants prevail. This article suggests that racism in the…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Critical Literacy, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Robertson, Lorayne; Hughes, Janette – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2012
This paper outlines a four-year study of a preservice education course based on a socio-constructivist research framework. The preservice English Language Arts course focuses on critical literacy and teaching for social justice while employing digital technologies. The research study examines two concepts across all aspects of the course: 1) new…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English, Critical Literacy, Constructivism (Learning)