Learning for economic self sufficiency : constructing pedagogies of hope among low-income, low-literate adults

• Other Authors: Alfred, Mary V., 1951-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age, 2010.
• Series: Adult education special topics.
• Subjects: Higher education and state > United States.; Economics > Social aspects > United States.; United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.; Education > Adult & Continuing Education.; For adult education.; Adult education, continuous learning.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617197
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-112-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 233 pages)

In a most timely volume addressing many of the connections among current fiscal and employment crises to adult education, Learning for Economic Self-Sufficiency highlights the problems and challenges that low-literate adults encounter in various environments. Moreover, this book presents strategies...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and context / Mary V. Alfred and Noelle Eason
• Chapter 1. Promises and challenges for institutions of higher education in educating low-income adult learners / Catherine A. Hansman
• Chapter 2. The role of the community college in redirecting careers of low-literate, low-income, and low-skilled citizens / Liliana Mina, Deryl Davis-Fulmer and Regina Smith
• Chapter 3. Riches from the poor: Teaching humanities in the margins / Janet Groen and Tara Hyland-Russell
• Chapter 4. Using technology to improve pedagogy and empowerment with low-literacy adults / Kathleen P. King
• Chapter 5. The connection between health literacy and adult literacy in developing economic self-sufficiency / Lilian H. Hill
• Chapter 6. Adult learners in urban communities: Challenges and opportunities for economic independence / Larry L. Martin
• Chapter 7. No worker left behind: Providing low-wage workers equitable access to workplace learning / Laura L. Bierema
• Chapter 8. The role of the black church in developing congregants for the workplace / E. Paulette Isaac-Savage
• Chapter 9. Learning on the move: Migrant workers in adult education / Aida A. Nevárez-La Torre
• Chapter 10. Consumption, gendered stereotypes, and the struggle for respect: Controlling images of poor women as consumers in popular, political, and adult education discourses / Jennifer A. Sandlin
• Chapter 11. Learning for self-sufficiency among immigrants in Canada: The role of community-based adult education / Shibao Guo
• Chapter 12. Literacies from the inside: Learning from and within a culture of corrections / Dominique T. Chlup and Irene C. Baird
• Chapter 13. The role of social capital in developing economic self-sufficiency / Mary V. Alfred.