"We Must Believe in Ourselves": Attitudes and Experiences of Adult Learners with Disabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Rule, Peter; Modipa, Taadi Ruth
Titel	"We Must Believe in Ourselves": Attitudes and Experiences of Adult Learners with Disabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 62 (2012) 2, S.138-158 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713611400303
Schlagwörter	Adult Learning; Foreign Countries; Disabilities; Educational Attitudes; Schemata (Cognition); Action Research; Educational Experience; Self Concept; Human Body; Self Efficacy; Adult Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Handicap; Behinderung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Projektforschung; Bildungserfahrung; Selbstkonzept; Menschlicher Körper; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Many adults with disabilities in South Africa never had a chance to attend school or dropped out at an early age because of poverty and discrimination. This article investigates the attitudes and experiences of adults with disabilities regarding education. It draws on an interactional model of disability and an embodied understanding of cognition as theoretical frames. The study attempted to adopt an emancipatory action research approach that involved persons with disabilities in conceptualizing and conducting the research. It found that adults with disabilities had generally negative experiences of education as children but a strong desire to learn as adults. Involvement in collective learning and action has the potential to transform the body images and self-efficacy of adults with disabilities. The research findings suggest a perspective on adults with disabilities as potentially powerful and resourceful learners and citizens. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10