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Carcasson, Martin; Sprain, Leah – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Adult education programs should turn to the deliberative democracy movement in order to help their communities better address the "wicked problems" they face. The authors contend that due to the "wicked" nature of problems in the diverse democracies, communities must develop and sustain their capacity for deliberative democracy and collaborative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Yanow, Wendy – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
In the United States there is such incredible complacency about both the meaning of democracy and America's position as the great democratic nation that there is very little, if any, public debate on what is meant by democracy and what responsibilities Americans bear as a democratic nation. In response to the editors' growing recognition of the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Adult Education, Governance, Criticism
Colin, Scipio A. J., III; Lund, Carole L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
According to Colin and Lund, there is no debate regarding the fact that many white adult educators make decisions that privilege members of their racial group, peoples of European descent, over the "other." As to whether it is a conscious or unconsciousness decision on the part of white practitioners not to accept responsibility is open for future…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Adult Educators, Racial Bias, Adult Education