Motherwork Learning: An Art-informed Inquiry into Mothering as a Site of Adult Learning

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  • Rose Barg

Résumé

This paper explores the learning and knowledge creation that takes place within the lived experience of motherwork. Women who provide primary care to children tell stories about significant moments of change and learning that result from motherwork. Using art-informed inquiry that includes storytelling and poetic narrative, I examine motherwork as a site of adult learning. An important part of adult education links learning to change and transformation for individuals as well as for society. Personal transformation often begins with a disorienting dilemma, which subsequently evolves. In order to effect change in society, many adult educators recognize that the goals of transformation are embodied in the day-to-day lives of people who challenge existing oppressive societal systems. Therefore, this study explores the links between personal agency in lived experience and public effectiveness.

Résumé

Cet article s'attarde à l'apprentissage et à la construction du savoir à travers l'expérience d'être mère. Des femmes qui prodiguent des soins de base aux enfants racontent des moments forts de transformation et d'acquisition de connaissance attribuables à leur rôle de mères. Au moyen d'une enquête par analyse littéraire, incluant des récits et du discours poétique, j'examine le rôle de mère comme lieu d'apprentissage.

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2004-11-01

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Barg, R. (2004). Motherwork Learning: An Art-informed Inquiry into Mothering as a Site of Adult Learning. La Revue Canadienne Pour l’étude De l’éducation Des Adultes, 18(2), 27–43. Consulté à l’adresse https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae/article/view/1833

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