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Brown, Eleanor J. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2018
This article engages with debates about transformative learning and social change, exploring practitioner perspectives on non-formal education activities run by non-governmental organisations. The research looked at how global citizenship education practitioners met their organisation's goals of change for social justice through educational…
Descriptors: Social Change, Citizenship Education, Global Education, Nonformal Education
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Ince, Amanda – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This article reports on the recognition and management of risk within the context of an intensive literacy intervention professional development programme, designed to enable expert literacy teachers become teacher-educators. The article suggests a conceptual model for recognising risk within professional learning opportunities and skills for…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Adult Education, Professional Education, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Demarse, Laura – Journal of Instructional Research, 2016
This article presents a case study on the role of spirituality in adult education at a suburban senior center located in the southeast region of the country. The purpose of the case study was to understand the deeply personal role of spirituality in adult education as seen through teaching seniors and examine the personal manifestation of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Adult Education, Adult Educators
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Hyland-Russell, Tara; Syrnyk, Corinne – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2015
This paper focuses on the results of a mixed-methods study of 13 participants in a Radical Humanities programme designed as a transformative learning space for low-income adults who have experienced barriers to learning. Using demographic questionnaires, semi-structured narrative interviews and course evaluations this study examined participants'…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Lifelong Learning, Adults, Economically Disadvantaged