Five Lives Well Lived: Life Histories of Jamaican Adult Educators

Autor/in	Gouthro, Patricia
Titel	Five Lives Well Lived: Life Histories of Jamaican Adult Educators
Quelle	In: Convergence, 37 (2004) 2, S.39-53 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Adult Educators; Adult Learning; Interviews; Personal Narratives; Literacy; Teacher Persistence; Biographies; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Adulte education; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Biography; Biografie; Biographie
Abstract	In this article, the author focuses on one of the riches of the country: its people. She interviewed five adult educators who have made significant contributions in Jamaica. The author's interest in this research began from the opportunities that she had to meet some of the participants through their programme's connections with JAMAL (the Jamaican Association for the Movement for Advancement in Literacy). As a white Canadian, she came to this story from an outsider's perspective, but she believes that it is through working across these divides that adult educators can come to a richer understanding of the complexities of teaching across different countries and cultures. From the lives of these educators, lessons from the past can be learned to inform the future. While the challenges Jamaica faces sometimes seem rather insurmountable, the author concludes that societal improvement requires the regeneration of civil society. Therefore, the only hope for any change is always contained within the will of the people. (Contains 7 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/Publications/Periodicals/Default.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10