NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
McCarthy, Finola; O'Brien, Stephen – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2020
This paper examines the experiences of one adult educator's engagement with Freire's praxis through teaching horticulture. The principal belief of the paper is that engaging in critical dialogue and reflexive action is an evolving journey of unlearning and hope for both learners and educators. The paper suggests that trusting in Freire's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Praxis, Horticulture, Humanization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pierce, Clayton – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2012
This article investigates the biopolitical dimensions that have grown out of the union between biocapitalism and current science education reform in the US. Drawing on science and technology study theorists, I utilize the analytics of promissory valuation and salvationary discourses to understand how scientific literacy in the neo-Sputnik era has…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Biological Sciences, Science Education, Economic Impact