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Kastner, Monika; Motschilnig, Ricarda – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
This article argues for the beneficial interconnectedness of adult basic education as an educational practice, community-based participatory research as a methodological approach, and the framework of transformative learning, for exploring and theorizing about adult learning and education. It is elaborated that these three approaches are connected…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Participatory Research, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Qi Sun; Xi Lin; Xiaoqiao Zhang; Rachel Rui – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
This qualitative case study examines the learning experiences of self-organized Chinese and Chinese American adults from the X Care Group amid the political repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings revealed how care group members created meaning in their daily life experiences, reformed their identity, and increased their Chinese and…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Community Involvement, Asian Americans, Asians
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Sims, Laura; Sinclair, A. John – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2008
Based on an ongoing qualitative case study in Costa Rica, this article presents the participatory work that the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is doing with farmers to protect watersheds from erosion and contamination. Specifically, it includes a description of ICE's Watershed Management Agricultural Programme and how farmers…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Case Studies