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Literacy as Social Capital: Transformative Experiences of Immigrant African Women
Type of Presentation
Roundtable Discussion (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
This session examines a framework wherein essential values of literacy as capital in multiple related facets - human, social, cultural and public good are examined through transformation of African women.
Target Audience
Participants who are interested in:
Adult Learning
Adult literacy studies
Transformative learning
Women's studies
International adult education
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn of the potential of Transformative learning (TL) to reach beyond traditional contexts. The study will demonstrate that TL can foster self-development and change and impact our lives to understand ourselves better and subsequently help others to do the same. The study will also offer lessons about generating critical understanding as a mechanism to foster transformation and sharpen awareness among the uninformed.
Session Description
There has been little in the literature on literacy as capital and transformative learning (TL). This construct of literacy as capital will be examined at four levels : human, social, cultural and public good among immigrant African women. Further, the discussion of this targeted population is least explored in adult education literature so it offers an opportunity for a significant contribution to the scope of TL studies and adult education studies in general. Additionally, the hope is that this construct will offer opportunity to promote practical initiatives to help African women to read the world by reading the word thereby offsetting the many social setbacks and cultural limitations posed on women in the African contexts undergoing various civil strifes.
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Wednesday November 6
Primary Presenter
Daphne Ntiri, PhD, Wayne State University
Work Title
Professor