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Kevin Collins; Cynthia E. Collins – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2024
In this article, Cindy and I explore our creative megapuppetry activism. As avocational advocates of social change in the state of Tennessee, we describe our lived experiences of educating adults about social issues in public spaces through protests, rallies, and parades. We use this description as a phenomenological autoethnography, investigating…
Descriptors: Activism, Social Change, Ethnography, Personal Narratives
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Latta, Mark; Kruger, Tina M.; Payne, Lindsey; Weaver, Laura; VanSickle, Jennifer L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
Mitchell (2008) asks faculty to adopt "a 'critical' approach to community service learning" (p. 50), one that focuses on social change, redistribution of power, and the development of authentic relationships. However, the path of transformation from "traditional" to "critical" service-learning practices remains…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Change, Power Structure, Transformative Learning
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Gilpin-Jackson, Yabome – Journal of Transformative Education, 2014
This article describes the findings from a study of the transformation experiences of African war survivors to understand how the process of transformative learning is experienced in posttrauma contexts. A narrative inquiry was conducted based on 12 interviews of African war survivors in Canada and 6 autobiographical accounts of survivors living…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Trauma, Social Change, Moral Development
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McGregor, Catherine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
A persistent and troubling trend in teacher education programmes is how gender is constructed heteronormatively. Finding ways that challenge novice teacher thinking about gender and gender identities has proven to be difficult ([Grace, A. P., and K. Wells. 2006. "The Quest for a Queer Inclusive Cultural Ethics: Setting Directions for…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Gender Issues, Social Bias, Gender Bias