Critical Adult Education: A Response to Contemporary Social Crisis

Authors

  • David Little University of Regina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v5i0.2307

Abstract

Many adult educators currently are looking to critical theories of society as a foundation for reconceptualizing the relationship between theory and practice in the four sites of adult education: program administration, instruction, policy development and educational research. In this article, relationships between dialectics, critical theory, and critical social science are described, with particular emphasis on the role of unquestioned vital cultural tradition in perpetuating existing patterns of social reproduction. Implications are drawn for their use in the reconceptualization of the social role of adult education, with the intent to provide a conceptual framework for adult educators who are interested in but relatively uninformed about the concept of critical adult education.

Résumé

Présentement, les forraateurs et les formatrices d'adultes considèrent les théories de la critique sociale comme le fondement d'une reconceptualisation du rapport entre la théorie et la pratique à travers quatre champs en éducation des adultes: l'administration de programmes, l'enseignement, le développement de politiques et la recherche en éducation. Dans cet article, les liens entre la dialectique, la théorie critique et la science sociale critique sont décrits; l'accent est mis sur le rôle que la tradition, dans ce qu'elle renferme de vital et d'incontesté, peut jouer dans la perpétuation de modèles de reproduction sociale. Des implications sont dégagées en tenant compte de l'utilisation qui pourrait en être faite en vue d'une reconceptualisation du rôle social de l'éducation des adultes. L'article fournit un cadre conceptuel aux formateurs et aux formatrices qui bien qu'intéressés à la question sont relativement peu informés du concept d'éducation critique de l'adulte.

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Published

1991-01-01

How to Cite

Little, D. (1991). Critical Adult Education: A Response to Contemporary Social Crisis. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 5, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v5i0.2307

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Vol. 5 (1991): Special issue: Critical Social Theory and Adult Education

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