Culture as Context for Adult Education: The Need for Culturally Relevant Adult Education.

TC Guy - New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 1999 - search.ebscohost.com
New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 1999search.ebscohost.com
Culturally relevant adult education can help learners validate their cultural identity and use
their cultural knowledge as a basis for personal and social transformation. … All too often, it is
persons whose group identity is socially, politically, and economically marginalized—for
example, African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian
Americans—who are most affected by the cultural mismatch between the learning environment
and their own cultural history. This chapter argues that culturally relevant adult education is …
Abstract
Discusses the role of culture in shaping the education process. Perspectives on culture; Consequences of oppression; Elements of the learning environment that should be examined through the lens of the culture.
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