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Direct linkMejai Bola Mike Avoseh – Adult Learning, 2024
A rear-view mirror approach indicates that citizenship education and adult learning and education (ALE) for lifelong learning have been prominent throughout history, dating back to the League of Nations and continuing through the United Nations and UNESCO. The League of Nations was founded in 1920 after World War I when humanity realized that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Indigenous Knowledge
Hoggan, Chad; Hoggan-Kloubert, Tetyana; Owen, Renee – Adult Learning, 2023
Democracy is not only a system of government, but also an overarching way of living together. It is through the social structures we live in and the resulting social relations, behaviors, and norms emanating from those structures, that we learn how to live together, democratically or otherwise. Adult education can promote the learning of democracy…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Structure, Civics, Citizenship Education
Ugurel Kamisli, Merih – Adult Learning, 2021
Honoring the voices needing to be heard, the research investigated the lived experiences of six Syrian Muslim refugee women who resettled in the United States after the 2011 Syrian War. Data analysis was informed by qualitative research methodology and narrative inquiry. The stories of Syrian women in this study highlight the complexities of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Refugees, Muslims, Arabs
Kisiara, Otieno – Adult Learning, 2021
This study examines the motivations of refugee-background adults in participating in English language classes in the United States. Five focus group discussions were held with refugee-background adults with no or very limited English proficiency who were enrolled in an English language program in an urban area in the Northeastern region of the…
Descriptors: Refugees, Adult Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
van Rooij, Shahron Williams – Adult Learning, 2020
This study explored the use of critical reflection blogs to integrate civic-mindedness into an executive education program at a large public university in the south Atlantic region of the United States. Although there is a robust literature on the use of blogs for critical reflection in degree programs, far less attention has been given to…
Descriptors: Reflection, Citizenship Responsibility, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
Haddad, Sergio – Adult Learning, 2012
This article analyzes the participation of civil society in the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education held in Belem do Para, Brazil, 1-4 December 2009. As a foundation, the discussion first illuminates the important role that civil society in general plays in democratic issues and the relation between the state and society followed by…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values
