ERIC Number: EJ1188042
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
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"I Learned I Am a Feminist": Lessons for Adult Learning from Participatory Action Research with Union Women
Hanson, Cindy L.
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, v27 n1 p49-64 Nov 2014
For almost two decades, the Prairie School for Union Women (PSUW) has operated in Saskatchewan, Canada. Its use of feminist popular education, adult learning principles in facilitation, and mentoring and support for activist practices make it unique from other labour schools in many respects. This paper focuses on a community-based participatory action research study that explored how well the PSUW is meeting its goals to "develop women's personal and leadership skills, to build solidarity among women workers, and to increase knowledge about the labour movement." The article documents how the school achieves its goals and how it offers lessons in labour education, activism, non-formal adult learning, intersectional approaches, feminist popular education, university-community relationships, and transformative education.
Descriptors: Feminism, Adult Learning, Action Research, Participatory Research, Unions, Employed Women, Leadership Training, Popular Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Education, Activism, School Community Relationship, Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Union Members, Social Change, Consciousness Raising
Mount Saint Vincent University. e-mail: cjsaerceea@gmail.com; Web site: https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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