Reclaiming the Radical: Using Fiction to Explore Adult Learning Connected to Citizenship

Autor/inn/en	Gouthro, Patricia; Holloway, Susan
Titel	Reclaiming the Radical: Using Fiction to Explore Adult Learning Connected to Citizenship
Quelle	In: Studies in the Education of Adults, 45 (2013) 1, S.41-56 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-0830
Schlagwörter	Adult Learning; Adult Education; Citizenship Education; Fiction; Lifelong Learning; Reading; Writing (Composition); Neoliberalism; Critical Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Citizenship; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Fiktion; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Leseprozess; Lesen; Schreibübung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Kritisches Denken
Abstract	Traditionally, adult education has had a focus on learning connected to social purpose. In the current neoliberal climate, lifelong learning is increasingly defined as an endeavour whereby individuals must situate themselves in a competitive position in order to succeed in the global marketplace. Radical educators who believe that education should have a broader mandate need to explore alternative pedagogical approaches that will challenge adult learners to think critically about social issues, political and economic structures and cultural concerns. Drawing upon the research from a SSHRC funded study on lifelong learning, citizenship, and fiction writing, this paper argues that using fiction may be one way to disrupt the pervasive, in Habermasian terms, "worldview" that limits the focus of adult learning to a narrow, market-oriented mandate. Instead, educators can use fiction reading and writing as a means to explore challenging issues pertaining to lifelong learning and citizenship. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10