Merriam, Sharan B. /u.a.

Global issues and adult education.

Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States.

San Francisco

2006

0787978108

Foreword
Gail McClure
Preface
The Editors
The Contributors

PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION AND THE MARKET ECONOMY

Adult Education and Social Transformation
Zelda L. Groener

Adult Education and the Empowerment of the Individual in a Global Society
Cecilia Amaluisa

Development of Educators in Relation to Globalization in Latin America
Juan Jos Madrigal Goerne

Globalization and the Future of Critical Adult Education
John D. Holst

In the Belly of the Beast: Globalization and Adult Education in the United States
Fred Schied

Adult Education and the Mass Media in the Age of Globalization
Talmadge C. Guy

Framing a Critical Discourse on Globalization
Daniel V. Folkman

PART TWO: MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS

Is Adult Education an Agent for Change or Instrument of the Status Quo?
Vivian W. Mott

Race, Politics, and Economic Self-Sufficiency in a Culture of Welfare Reform
Mary V. Alfred

Women Facing Internal Armed Conflict: The Challenge for Adult Education
Mónica Arboleda Giraldo

Using Visual Methods to Bring People to the Center
Doria Daniels

Women?s Learning and Development in the Workplace
Laura L. Bierema

Mainstreaming Marginalized Populations Through Adult Education Programmes: The Herdboys in Lesotho
Mantina V. Mohasi

Disability as an Issue of Marginalization
Tonette S. Rocco

The Intersection of Education, Hegemony, and Marginalization Within the Academy
Vanessa Sheared

Breaking Down Barriers: Challenging the Hegemony of Priviledged Positionalities
Lisa M. Baumgartner

PART THREE: ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

The Role of the Church in Combating HIV/AIDS
Irene E. Chadibe

Western and Indigenous African Knowledge Systems Affecting Gender and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Botswana
Peggy Gabo Ntseane

Aligning Health Promotion and Adult Education for Healthier Communities
Barbara J. Daley

He Hits Me and My World Shatters. . . .?: How Could Adult Education Possibly Make a Difference Here?
M. Carolyn Clark

The Greening of the Adult Education Academy
Edward W. Taylor

Environmental Adult Education: Producing Polychromatic Spaces for a Sustainable World
Robert J. Hill

Adult Education on the Environmental Margin: A Call for Action
Barbara McDonald

PART FOUR: COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Adult Education and Social Capital: Supporting Communities in the Context of HIV/AIDS
Gillian Attwood

Transformative Learning: A Community Empowerment Conduit for African American Women
Juanita Johnson-Bailey

Adult Education for Community Empowerment: Toward the Possibility of Another World
Rita María Ceballos

Noninstrumental Objectives for Contemporary Popular Education
Juli n Gonz lez

Adult Literacy Education and Empowerment in Africa: Problems and Prospects
Tonic Maruatona

Literacy as a Human Right: Research and Policies
Vera Masagao Ribiero

Improving the Effectiveness of Volunteers in Community-Based Adult Literacy Education
Alisa Belzer

PART FIVE: LIFELONG LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Radical Mutuality and Self-Other Relationship in Adult Education
Marsha Rossiter

Low-Income Adult Learners in Higher Education: Politics, Policies, and Praxis
Catherine A. Hansman

Research in Popular and Adult Education in Latin America
Mercedes Ruiz

Ways of Organizing Knowledge for Teaching in Youth and Adult Education
María del Carmen Lorenzatti

Building a Learning Community for Parents and Directors of Educational Establishments in Chile
Javier Corval n

Popular Education and Lifelong Learning: An Integrative Approach to Poverty, Development, and Change
Peter G. Malvicini

Challenges in Setting up Systems for Assessing Prior Experiential Learning in Higher Distance Education
Rita Kizito

The Role of ?Learning-Committed Leaders? in Lifelong Learning
Andrea D. Ellinger

CONCLUSION

The Role of Adult Education in Addressing Global Issues
Sharan B. Merriam, Bradley C. Courtenay, Ronald M. Cervero

Name Index
Subject Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Adult education -- Latin America.
Adult education -- Africa, Southern.
Adult education -- United States.
Globalization.