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Direct linkBuck, M. Alison; Mercer, Wanita N.; St. Clair, Norman S.; Herbers, M. Sharon – Adult Learning, 2019
Dr. Dorothy, "Dot," Ettling was a contemplative practitioner, a spiritual leader, a scholar, and a mentor. She had the phenomenal ability to see the talents of others and enlist their aid in serving marginalized people, whether women walking miles for water in Africa or local mothers needing shelter and job skills. This learning leader…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Females, Empowerment, Social Justice
Hodges, Traci L. – Adult Learning, 2017
Traci L. Hodges is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Her research interests are comparative adult education, African American adult education, and critical education. Having witnessed freedom protests in Madrid, Spain, and Ferguson, Missouri, she shares her…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Activism, Learning Experience
Sehin, Oleksandra; Coryell, Joellen; Stewart, Trae – Adult Learning, 2017
Afghan women's human rights are a crucial concern for the international community and the government in Afghanistan. Framed by hope theory, this study captured Afghan women's understandings of recent realities, particularly those focused on expanding women's roles in Afghan life and community. Based on focus groups with 107 women conducted in 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Feminism, Womens Studies
Belanger, Paul – Adult Learning, 2012
In this keynote address, the author explains why it is important to advance the right to lifelong learning and extend education throughout life. The author stresses that the continuing development of knowledge and skills within the adult population is one of the most strategic investments that societies must make today. Furthermore, this is an…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Social Change, Adult Education, Role of Education
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
Adult Learning, 2012
This article presents the International Council of Adult Education (ICAE) 8th World Assembly Declaration (June 2011). This declaration focuses on adult educators' conviction in the possibility of a "world worth living in," and their declaration of their collective determination to work towards making it a reality all around the planet.
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Social Change
