Shifting the Ground of the Familiar: Using Autobiography and Intercultural Learning in a Time of Transition.

Jongeward, Carolyn

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ERIC Number: EJ585147

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Publication Date: 1999

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Shifting the Ground of the Familiar: Using Autobiography and Intercultural Learning in a Time of Transition.

Jongeward, Carolyn

Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, v13 n1 p21-40 May 1999

Explores the challenges of living in an unfamiliar physical and cultural environment through the concepts of complexity, self-organization, and chaos. Discusses creative resilience, composed of risk taking, reflection, and relationships, and its role in adult learning for sustainability. (SK)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Autobiographies, Coping, Emotional Response, Experiential Learning, Multicultural Education, Resilience (Personality), Risk

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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