Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult Education

<p>By exploring how the religious beliefs scientific knowledge and social surroundings of African-American sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impacts their understanding of the condition this book develops a new model of effective adult learning.</p><p>Presenting the findings of rigorous qualitative research undertaken with five individuals with T2DM this volume considers how individuals’ educational background their personal experiences and their relationship with African-American theism have impacted on their efforts to understand and manage the disease. Identification of the social and spiritual dynamics which govern adults’ acceptance of a chronic condition such as diabetes and their ability to manage the illness according to modern medical principles informs the development of a new theory of adult learning known as permeated learning. This model which extends beyond transformative learning to recognize the influence of social constructs specific to African-American communities will have broad application to adult education and the management of chronic diseases.</p><p>This scholarly text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students researchers academics and policymakers in the field of adult education African-American education transformative learning lifelong learning and multicultural education.</p>