Examining Interpersonal Dynamics among Adult Learners through the Lens of Place

Autor/in	Prins, Esther
Titel	Examining Interpersonal Dynamics among Adult Learners through the Lens of Place
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 28 (2009) 1, S.91-106 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Family Literacy; Interpersonal Communication; Conflict; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Student Diversity; Geographic Location; Context Effect; Attachment Behavior; Immigrants; Group Dynamics; Adult Educators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Konflikt; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Gruppendynamik; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to analyze interpersonal problems among adult learners in three family literacy programs and to identify how these tensions were connected to place or distinctive community contexts. Drawing on the critical geography literature, the article argues that interpersonal problems must be understood in light of socio-cultural and spatial factors such as the history of steel-era industrial capitalism and immigrant settlement patterns resulting from global economic restructuring. By linking micro-level interactions to contextual factors, the article provides a sociological, place-conscious alternative to individualistic explanations of relational conflicts. In short, the group dynamics adult educators and learners encounter in the classroom should be understood as a microcosm of spatially produced social relations outside the program. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10