Researching and Transforming Adult Learning and Communities: The Local/Global Context

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Towards a Knowledge Democracy Movement....Pages 15-26
A Tramp Shining....Pages 27-38
Symbolic Closing of Local Community and Reflexivity....Pages 39-51
The Results of Local Community Projects....Pages 53-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Learning Citizenship in the Community....Pages 63-81
Adult Literacy and Empowerment....Pages 83-96
Social Capital, Adult Learning and Equality....Pages 97-103
“Why Choose One Hand Over the Other When We Can Use the Best of Two?”....Pages 105-118
Developing Minority Communities against the Background of the Necessary Dream of Returning to the Homeland....Pages 119-129
Adult Literacy Participants in Turkey....Pages 131-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
The Involvement of Women in Training....Pages 143-153
Researching and Sharing Power with a Learning Community....Pages 155-163
Adult Education for Social Transformation in North Eastern Algarve....Pages 165-175
Learning and Local Change in Social Movements in Chiapas, Mexico....Pages 177-186
Social Movements and Adult Learning....Pages 187-197