1st Edition

Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult Education Religion, Health, and Permeated Learning as a New Model of Adult Learning

By Gerald D. Redwine Copyright 2020
186 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. Presenting the findings of rigorous qualitative research undertaken with five individuals with T2DM, this volume considers how individuals’... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1

Laying the Foundation

1 Mothers, the Martyr’s Response, and Afro-Theism

2 The Participants and the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) Subculture

3 Afro-Theism: Subcultural Results

4 The COGIC Significant Subculture

PART 2

Research Approach

5 So, What Is the Problem?

6 Purpose and Questions

7 Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory

PART 3

Background and Methodology

8 Researcher’s Perspective

9 Theoretical Framework

PART 4

Data Collection and Analysis

10 Interviews

11 Search for Symbols

12 Data Analysis

PART 5

Emerging Theory

13 Emergent Categories: Fear and Ancestral Mentors

14 Emergent Categories: Fix, Fatalism, Faith, Frustration, and Authoritarian Mentors

15 Anatomy of Substantive Living

16 Substantive Living

PART 6

The Theory: Emerge of Permeated Learning

17 Key Finding

18 Permeated Learning

19 Permeated Learning: Implications and Recommendations

20 Permeated Learning: Past to Present

21 Gaps Bridged: Permeated Learning Theory Applied

References

Biography

Gerald D. Redwine is Associate Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science at Texas State University, USA.