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Sulé, V. Thandi – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2013
African Americans have historically championed education as a vehicle for community enrichment (Anderson "Education"; Cooper "Voice"; Giddings). Among African Americans, education has long served as a mechanism to facilitate societal transformation--the form of transformation that addresses social inequities. For many African…
Descriptors: Activism, Teaching Methods, Educational Attainment, Race
Nazombe, Elmira T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of popular education, as articulated by Paulo Freire and others, is the transformation of communities and societies. There is in need to supplement existing literature with assessment of the outcomes of the practice of popular education in the US, especially under women's leadership. This qualitative research study assesses the outcomes…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Organizational Culture, Females, Social Change
Daniell, Beth – 2003
Private and personal literacy practices of reading and writing, which have typically been regarded as less important than the more visible and public literacies used by men, are important in the lives of women because they aid the development and empowerment of the self. Qualitative interviews were conducted with six women of diverse socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Alcohol Abuse, Cooperative Learning, Discussion Groups
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Spatig, Linda – Theory and Research in Education, 2005
Drawing on published feminist literature, this essay deconstructs developmentalism as a metanarrative that contributes to the oppression and exploitation of women and underpins educational practice. First, I examine feminist critiques of developmentalism, distinguishing between "insider critiques" formulated by feminist psychologists evaluating…
Descriptors: Feminism, Psychologists, Educational Practices, Teacher Student Relationship
Mangano, Joseph A.; Corrado, Thomas J. – 1978
To assess the relative importance of selected educational needs for adult students in New York's two-year colleges, samples of faculty/staff, younger (17-24) traditional college students, and older (25+ years) re-entry adult students were administered the Survey of Student Needs, a 75-item questionnaire tapping the following five facets of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ancillary Services, Classification, College Curriculum
Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed.; Horn, Raymond A., Jr., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Cognition, mind, counseling psychology, lesson plans, learning styles, and Vygotsky are just a few of the many subjects discussed in this exciting work. Educators, students, counselors, parents, and others will find new understanding as they read and browse. How does the immigrant experience affect student outcomes? What are the effects of poverty…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Guides, Reference Materials, Student Diversity