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Download full textWillis, Peter – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
In this paper I use a story to introduce the idea of stories in adult educational practice. Telling stories seems to be as old as human culture. MacIntyre referred to humans as "story-telling animals" (1981: 201). The secret is the ways in which this storytelling capacity can be used in a holistic humanistic pedagogy. Education, the process of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Practices, Story Telling, Classroom Communication
Giles, David; Alderson, Sharon – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
Educational discourse has often struggled to genuinely move beyond deficit-based language. Even action research, a predominant model for teacher development, starts with the identification of a problem (Cardno 2003). It would appear that the vocabulary for a hope-filled discourse which captures the imagination and influences our future educational…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Action Research, Transformative Learning, Adult Students
