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Douglas, Ty-Ron Michael; Peck, Craig – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2013
This study examines how and why peoples of African descent access and utilize community-based pedagogical spaces that exist outside schools. Employing a theoretical framework that fuses historical methodology and border-crossing theory, the researchers review existing scholarship and primary documents to present an historical examination of how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Oral History, Males
Heisel, Marsel A. – Community Education Research Digest, 1986
This study aimed to investigate how 132 poor, urban, elderly black persons engage in formal and informal learning activities and the relation of such activities to educational histories and current life satisfaction. Findings show that the population is involved in purposeful learning activities and is motivated to pursue educational interests.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks, Disadvantaged