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Drayton, Brendaly – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter discusses the influence of cultural identity and social conditions on the transition to adulthood in a stratified, multicultural context.
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Social Influences
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Miller, Brian; Mondesir, Joserichsen; Stater, Timothy; Schwartz, Joni – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter addresses the challenges facing men of color who return to adult education after incarceration. It frames their experience as a war from a sociopolitical and cultural context, and then explains the support men need to succeed both in and outside the classroom.
Descriptors: Reentry Students, Institutionalized Persons, Adult Education, Cultural Context
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Borg, Carmel; Mayo, Peter – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
The sites of adult education practice are multiple, and museums feature regularly among these sites (Chadwick and Stannett, 1995, 2000). This chapter explores the potential of museums as sites for critical "public pedagogy." It foregrounds the role of adult educators as co-interrogators with adult learners of what is generally perceived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students