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Empowering adult students through action research.
Abstract
The purpose of this classroom study was to explore ways to empower adult students to articulate and share their work and life experiences through action research and to also explore the transferability of learning to other social roles they assume in their respective communities.
Introduction
Public discourse about adult education has focused on the need for workers to learn new skills in order to cope with today's rapid social and technological changes. Being a productive citizen in the current political economy is important. However, there is more to adult education than just participating in the production and exchange of goods and ...
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