Shifting Lenses: A Critical Examination of Disability in Adult Education

Autor/inn/en	Rocco, Tonette S.; Delgado, Antonio
Titel	Shifting Lenses: A Critical Examination of Disability in Adult Education
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2011) 132, S.3-12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.426
Schlagwörter	Critical Theory; Adult Education; Adult Educators; Disabilities; Educational Research; Citizenship; Social Theories; Intellectual Disciplines; Power Structure; Postsecondary Education; Ideology; Disability Discrimination; Social Bias; Attitudes toward Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Gesellschaftstheorie; Geisteswissenschaften; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ideologie
Abstract	This article critiques the ways adult educators discuss disability. To enhance the discourse on disability from a critical perspective, the authors present concepts and theories from disability studies useful for a critical examination of disability in adult education. Disability should be an important concern for adult education and adult educators for at least three reasons: (1) The process of becoming disabled provides opportunities for the person with the disability and his or her family to learn about the disability; (2) Increasing numbers of students with disabilities enroll in formal adult and higher education programs; and (3) Disability is an identity marker that diminishes opportunities for work, education, and leisure. The authors provide a brief discussion of the state of research and thinking on disability in adult education. Next, they present four concepts from disability studies: (1) disability as social construction; (2) the comprehensive theory of disability oppression; (3) critical disability theory; and (4) critical theory of "dis-citizenship". They conclude the article by making connections between disability studies and adult education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10