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African Americans and Self-Help Education: The Missing Link in Adult Education. ERIC Digest No. 222.
Rowland, Michael L. – 2000
Self-help education and self-help literature is important in the lives of African American adults, but the basic models of learning, development, and program planning in adult education have often been developed with little concern for the unique needs of African Americans. In addition, current theories of adult learning often lack understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Afrocentrism
Grudens-Schuck, Nancy; Hargrove, Tasha M. – 2000
Participatory adult education programs assist individuals to substitute interdependent, mutually beneficial relationships for unrewarding, dependent relationships. Indicators of changes in dependency, however, are absent or imprecise in evaluations of participatory projects. A study explored facets of dependency by relating practitioners'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Community Development, Community Education