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Direct linkBrookfield, Stephen – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2014
Adult education scholarship has been racialized through the lens of Eurocentric theory and research. Theoretical paradigms such as Africentrism struggle to gain academic legitimacy as discourses of transformative learning, critical thinking and self-direction--all grounded in the European Enlightenment tradition of the individual pursuit of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Racial Bias, Social Attitudes, Minority Groups
Brookfield, Stephen – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2012
Critical theory is one of the most influential theoretical frameworks influencing scholarship within the field of adult and community education. This chapter outlines what constitute the chief elements of critical theory using Horkheimer's (1937/1995) classic essay as a touchstone for this analysis. It argues for a set of adult learning tasks that…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Adult Education, Community Education, Adult Learning
