Adult Learning articles from September 2001

Adult Learning archives from September 2001

A note from the editors.
September 22, 2001... This issue of Adult Learning is a double issue, consisting of both the Fall 2001 and the Winter 2002 issue (Volume 12, Number 4 and Volume 1 Number 1). This decision has been made because the topic of immigrants as adult learners is meaningful...

Immigrants in America: who are they, and why do they come?
September 22, 2001... The concept of diversity in education has received much attention in social science and adult education literature. Focusing primarialy on race, class, gender, and sexual orientation and how these contexts impact teaching and learning, little...

Learning within the community, learning from the community.
September 22, 2001... It's Saturday morning and a middle-aged teacher has walked into her classroom and begun to greet her students. As she sorted through her handouts and overheads, more learners strolled in, finding seats, and greeting each other. Finally, she...

Leadership through language and literacy: how immigrants repositioned themselves into active community participants through classroom discourse.
September 22, 2001... First we wanted to improve our skills but now we understand we need more than basic skills. We want not only to survive, but we want to thrive and be connected to our society. Literacy is the act of knowing the world. Literacy gives us more...

It begins with the people: community development and indigenous wisdom.
September 22, 2001... Increasingly, educators and community development practitioners are seeking to expand their knowledge base and engage racial and ethnic minority learners (Alfred, 2002; Guy, 1999; Ross-Gordon, 1991; Lee & Sheared. 2002). Many of these scholars...

Black immigrants of the Caribbean: an invisible and forgotten community.
September 22, 2001... The number of black Caribbean immigrants in America is growing with the most prevalent countries of origin being the Bahamas, Haiti, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago (Schmidley & United States Bureau of the Census,...

A sociocultural approach to planning programs for immigrant learners.
September 22, 2001... This article illustrates the cultural character of planning adult education programs and the connections among culture, immigrant learners, and learning. Key factors that are useful for developing a sociocultural approach to planning programs...

Facilitating learning and transition among the refugee population.
September 22, 2001... Those of us who work with recent immigrants can attest to the fact that it can be both a rewarding as well as a challenging experience. We work with people who are tremendously resourceful, driven, resilient, and eager to learn and succeed, but...

Strangers in the mirror: immigrant students in the higher education classroom.
September 22, 2001... What can immigrant students bring to the higher education classroom? How can instructors facilitate communication between and among immigrants and non-immigrants in the classroom so that all students learn to question taken for granted...

Futures: societal benefits.
September 22, 2001... Our exploration of future directions for adult and continuing education programs and associations should include their societal benefits. Program beneficiaries include individual participants and society generally, which are served by varied...

Out of site, out of mind? Adult language learning outside the classroom--how it can happen.(Personal Reflections)
September 22, 2001... Remember the joy you felt as a student when it was time for a field trip? Once that permission slip was signed--or even when we were college-age--we were off to new adventure. Field trips provide adult ESL learners with a great opportunity to...

Responding to Adult Learners in Higher Education.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... By Carol Kasworm, Cheryl Polson and Sarah Fishback. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 2002. ISBN 1-57524109-9. Hardcover, 190 pages. The authors claim that Responding to Adult Learners in Higher Education will assist practitioners whose...

Freedom Road: Adult Education of African Americans.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... (Rev. ed.), edited by Elizabeth A. Peterson. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 2002. ISBN 1-57524208-7. Hardcover, 164 pages. The 2002 edition of Freedom Road is a revision and expansion (by 30 pages) of the 1996 edition. The text provides biographical...

Action Learning: Images and Pathways.(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... By Robert L. Dilworth and Verna J. Willis. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resource Development Series. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 2003. ISBN 1-57524203-6. Hardcover, 213 pages. Dilworth and Willis claim that action learning...