Social justice is a critical component of many of the helping disciplines. Similar goals govern these different disciplines, which are reflected in the scholarship of their professional training. However, the crossover in scholarship is limited. This review of social justice andragogy literature from various fields in the United States creates a…

This chapter discusses how to relate mindfulness with the concept of cultural humility to teach with greater attention to health equity issues in adult education and public health teaching contexts.

In this paper we will share successful teaching techniques for creating effective learning experiences for adult learners in an international context. We studied the experiences of two groups of Chinese undergraduate students from public health and nursing in short-term study abroad programs in the United States. We used the experiential learning…

The shift to a knowledge information society has given rise to a need for lifelong learning programmes. Such programmes are especially relevant for public health professionals, whose dynamic field of practice is subject to changes due to rapidly developing technologies, evolving expectations of the labour market and new health treats. Lifelong…

This paper describes pedagogy in a series of "diabetes literacy" programs involving culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The programs were jointly delivered in local community sites, including neighbourhood centres and public housing halls, by qualified nutritionists from a public health service and adult literacy…

There has been a recent surge of interest in cooking skills in a diverse range of fields, such as health, education and public policy. There appears to be an assumption that cooking skills are in decline and that this is having an adverse impact on individual health and well-being, and family wholesomeness. The problematisation of cooking skills…

Increasingly, staff members in community and public health programs and projects are required to undertake evaluation activities. There is, however, limited capacity for, and understanding of, evaluation within this workforce. Building the capability of individual workers and thereby contributing to the overall capacity among the community and…

Community Health Aides and Community Health Practitioners (CHA/Ps), the primary providers of healthcare in rural Alaska, share the importance of story as a culturally respectful way for creating meaning and broadening understanding. Story is woven into the fabric of cancer education courses for CHA/Ps. Between May 2004 and April 2007, 13 week-long…

From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to September 1, 1922, immediately following Bulleting, 1922, no. 21. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned…

From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to December 15, 1922, immediately following Bulletin, 1922, no. 33, which comprised publications received by the…

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to April 1, 1925. The last preceding list in this series of records was issued as Bulletin, 1924, No. 27 and comprised publications received by the Bureau of Education to June 1, 1924. The listing includes…

From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to October 15, 1923, immediately following Bulletin, 1923, no. 32. The publications are organized into the…

This bulletin provides an annotated, classified bibliography of books, articles from periodicals, reports, surveys, proceedings of associations, and investigations and research into present educational conditions received by the library of the Office of Education during the first six months of 1929, January to June, inclusive. An index will be…

From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to May 1, 1923, immediately following Bulletin, 1922, no. 46, which comprised publications received by the Bureau…