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Chao, Xia; Kang, Boping – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
Drawing on the accounts of literacy as socioculturally situated, this 2-year ethnography explores Bhutanese adult refugees' health literacy at the intersection of their culture and experiences. This study illustrates the multifaceted relations between health literacy, culture, integration, and empowerment. This study indicates health literacy as…
Descriptors: Health, Refugees, Cultural Influences, Correlation
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Avoseh, Mejai B. M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
Every aspect of a community's life and values in indigenous Africa provide the theoretical framework for education. The holistic worldview of the traditional system places a strong emphasis on the centrality of the human element and orature in the symmetrical relationship between life and learning. This article focuses on proverbs and the words…
Descriptors: Proverbs, African Culture, Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods