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Peer reviewedBall, Wendy – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1992
Identifies the strands of critical social theory that offer a basis for emancipatory research in adult education. Considers the methodology for critical research and barriers to it in the academic mode of production. A case study of research on adult education and the antiracist/antisexist programs illustrates the dilemmas of the "hired expert" as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Theory, Feminism, Racial Discrimination
