Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult Educ... - 9780367345389

Taylor & Francis

Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult EducationReligion, Health, and Permeated Learning as a New Model of Adult Learning\nAuthor(s): Gerald D. Redwine\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367345389, 978-0367345389\nSynopsis\nBy 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.\n\nPresenting 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 .