Vanessa Sheared - Making space: merging theory and practice in adult education

Foreword by Phyllis M. Cunningham

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Acknowledgments

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Deconstructing Exclusion and Inclusion in Adult Education

Opening the Gates: Reflections on Power, Hegemony, Language, and the Status Quo
Peggy A. Sissel and Vanessa Sheared

Incorporating Postmodernist Perspectives into Adult Education
David F. Hemphill

Challenging Adult Learning: A Feminist Perspective
Daniele D. Flannery and Elisabeth Hayes

Talking about Whiteness: Adult Learning Principles and the Invisible Norm
Sue Shore

An Invisible Presence, Silenced Voices: African Americans in the Adult Education Professoriate
Sherwood E. Smith and Scipio A. J. Colin III

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History Revisited and Claimed

The African-American Market Woman: Her Past, Our Future
Cheryl A. Smith

Creating an Intellectual Basis for Friendship: Practice and Politics in a White Womens Study Group
Jane M. Hugo

Northern Philanthropys Ideological Influence on African-American Adult Education in the Rural South
Bernadine S. Chapman

Struggling to Learn, Learning to Struggle: Workers, Workplace Learning, and the Emergence of Human Resource Development
Fred M. Schied

The Role of Adult Education in Workplace Ageism
Su-fen Liu and Frances Rees

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Classrooms and Communities: Contexts, Questions, andCritiques

Communities in the Classroom: Critical Reflections on Adult Education in an Appalachian Community
Mary Beth Bingman and Connie White with Amelia R. B. Kirby

Education, Incarceration, and the Marginalization of Women
Irene C. Baird

Adult Basic Education: Equipped for the Future or for Failure?
Donna Amstutz

Teaching as Political Practice
Ruth Bounous

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Cultural Infusion: Reflections on Identity and Practice

African-American Women of Inspiration
Angela Humphrey Brown

Through the Eyes of a Latina: Professional Women in AdultEducation
Rosita Lopez Marcano

By My Own Eyes: A Story of Learning and Culture
Lynette Harper and Mira

Using Queer Cultural Studies to Transgress Adult Educational Space
Andr P. Grace

Feminist Perspectives on Adult Education: Constantly Shifting Identities in Constantly Changing Times
Elizabeth J. Tisdell

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Reconstructing the Field: Our Personal and CollectiveIdentities

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Confronting Who We Are
Merilyn Childs

Technologies of Learning at Work: Disciplining the Self
John Garrick and Nicky Solomon

The Political Economy of Adult Education: Implications for Practice
Jorge Jeria

What Does Research, Resistance, and Inclusion Mean for Adult Education Practice? A Reflective Response