How Emancipatory Is Adult Learning? Myths and Realities No. 6.

Autor/in	Imel, Susan
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	How Emancipatory Is Adult Learning? Myths and Realities No. 6.
Quelle	(1999), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Educators; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Cooperative Learning; Educational Benefits; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Independent Study; Learning Processes; Literature Reviews; Student Empowerment; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Adulte education; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Kooperatives Lernen; Bildungsertrag; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungspraxis; Selbststudium; Learning process; Lernprozess; Studienberechtigung; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	The goal of emancipatory learning is to free learners from the forces that limit their options and control their lives and to move them to act for social and political change. Although emancipatory learning is commonly associated with adulthood, not all adult education fosters it, and not all adult educators align themselves with perspectives that lead to emancipatory learning. Fostering emancipatory learning may bring adult educators in conflict with some prevailing beliefs about adult education, including the educational philosophy of andragogy. Among the theories from which adult educators draw to develop pedagogical practices that foster emancipatory learning are critical theory, feminist pedagogy, and poststructuralist theories. Critical examinations of practices underlying emancipatory learning have revealed that they do not always have the desired effect and that relationships between and among adult educators and students are not straightforward. The term "empowerment" is another issue related to emancipatory learning. Although empowerment can occur as part of emancipatory learning, it does so within the context of social and political transformation. Because of emancipatory learning's emphasis on social change, some have proposed that it is a collective activity. However, evidence exists that individuals can and do engage in emancipatory learning. (Contains 16 references.) (MN)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC